Meet The Fairground Saints!!!

If you’re heading out to the KAABOO Del Mar Music Festival this weekend then make sure to checkout The Refreshing Trio The Fairground Saints.

They will be performing at KAABOO on the Tourmaline Stage Presented in Partnership with Gigtown Music at 6pm – 6:45PM on Friday.

In August, The Fairground Saints celebrated their debut self-titled debut album release at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica. The band will be performing at the Kaaboo Festival on Friday September 18 followed by a string of West Coast tour dates with Marc Broussard. The Fairground Saints added even more new tour dates with Striking Matches kicking off September 29 at Rockwood Music Hall in New York.

Who are The Fairground Saints?

The Fairground Saints album—produced by Matthew Wilder (No Doubt/Christina Aguilera)—is available for purchase on iTunes HERE. The first four tracks from the band, including debut single “Can’t Control the Weather,” “Ain’t Much for Lyin’,’” “Turn This Car Around” and “All For You” are streaming on Spotify HERE.

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FAIRGROUND SAINTS TRACK LIST:

1. Ain’t Much for Lyin’
2. Can’t Control the Weather
3. All For You
4. Church
5. Still
6. Gossip Land
7. Wish I Was
8. Until Then
9. Sunday Lover
10. Made to be Forgotten
11. Turn this Car Around
12. Somethin’ from Nothin’

Mason Van Valin (vocals and guitar), Elijah Edwards (vocals, guitar, mandolin, keyboards, Dobro, accordion) and Megan McAllister (vocals, guitar, dulcimer) met by chance. “We gelled quickly and started making music together right away,” says McAllister, “it was almost like we were already family.” The trio began getting songs together for their debut album and in 2014 landed a deal with The Verve Music Group/Universal Records to release it.

In making Fairground Saints, the band shook off all inhibitions in their creativity, taking a playful approach in writing and recording. This allowed them to hold true to their vision of creating what McAllister calls a “very love-driven album.” “There’s no filter on the emotion coming through in our songs,” notes Edwards, “they’re all based in visceral feeling, and the lyrics are as real as a conversation you could be having with an ex-girlfriend or boyfriend.” For instance, “‘Ain’t Much for Lyin’ is a song about being with somebody else while you’re dating somebody,” says Van Valin, “it was my lack of bravery to have that conversation with my girlfriend at the time so I put it in a song.” However, in “Turn This Car Around,” where all three members wrote the lyrics, you get both sides of the story. “It’s kind of that back and forth story where you get it from his perspective and then her perspective,” McCallister explains.

Stay Connected to The Fairground Saints:

 

FAIRGROUND SAINTS TOUR DATES
* with Marc Broussard
† with Striking Matches

August 28 /// McCabe’s Guitar Shop /// Santa Monica, CA
September 18 /// Kaaboo Festival /// San Diego, CA
September 22 /// City Winery /// Napa, CA *
September 23 /// Great American Music Hall /// San Francisco, CA *
September 24 /// SLO Brewing Company /// San Luis Obispo, CA *
September 25 /// The Troubadour /// Los Angeles, CA *
September 28 /// Ramshead Live /// Annapolis, MD †
September 29 /// Rockwood Music Hall /// New York, NY †
September 30 /// Café 939 at Berklee /// Boston, MA †
October 1 /// World Café Upstairs /// Philadelphia, PA †
October 3 /// Avalon Theatre /// Easton, MD †
October 5 /// The Basement /// Columbus, OH †
October 6 /// The Space /// Evanston, IL †
October 7 /// The Pike Room /// Pontiac, MI †
October 16 /// 3rd and Lindsley /// Nashville, TN †
October 17 /// Cask & Drum Fest /// Birmingham, AL†
October 28 /// The Foundry /// Athens, GA†
October 29 /// Eddie’s Attic /// Decatur, GA†
October 31 /// The Evening Muse /// Charlotte, NC†