Nat Myers hits Europe this month; starting in the UK

“I’m always searching,” says the Korean-American blues poet Nat Myers. “Itinerancy is something that I’ve owned. I’ve done a lot of traveling, but lately it’s started to seep into my songwriting and my music. Life just feels simpler on the road. You’re just trying to get to the next place in one piece.” His debut album, Yellow Peril, is full of jumpy blues songs about hopping trains, burning up highways, running from some danger but also running toward something harder to define and even harder to catch. Full of intelligence and soul, contradiction and nuance, these songs reflect his restlessness and wanderlust in their fleet riffs, complex rhythms, and quick tempos, as he draws from a variety of stylistic strains and historical threads to weave a complex epic about life in post-pandemic America. 

Steeped in history, in poetry, in old 78s, Yellow Peril nevertheless sounds current, capturing its creator’s idiosyncrasies as well as the country’s contradictions. Not only did these songs help Myers connect with his own heritage, but they allow him to keep moving through America—onward as well as upward. “I wasn’t raised with a clear understanding of my Asianness, and I didn’t really have a consciousness about who I was as a Korean American until very recently. I got very militant about it during the pandemic, and while I’ve chilled out a little since then, I’m all about Yellow Power. I want this record to raise my folks up.” 

It's this month when Nat Myers returns to Europe, to continue telling the stories of Yellow Peril and this time he performs with a drummer. Going to the UK, Benelux, France and Spain:

13/11: Bristol, UK - Elmers Arms
14/11: Manchester, UK - Gullivers
15/11: Gateshead, UK - The Central
16/11: Colchester, UK - At The Crossroads
17/11: London, UK - The Grace
18/11: Eindhoven, NL - Americana Mondays
20/11: Yvelines, FR - Festival Blues Sur Seine
21/11: Yvelines, FR - Festival Blues Sur Seine
22/11: Yvelines, FR - Festival Blues Sur Seine
23/11: Yvelines, FR - Festival Blues Sur Seine
26/11: Leon, ESP - Leon University
27/11: Madrid, ESP - El Sotano
28/11: Zaragoza, ESP - Rock And Blues
30/11: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, FR - La Clef