Tucson's Digital Leather has signed to hip Mississippi-based label Fat Possum (Wavves, The Black Keys, fellow Tucsonian Bob Log III) and is prepping for a national tour and album release. The band, a project of multi-instrumentalist Shawn Foree, who grew up in the Baha'i hippie commune of Southern Arizona, is managed by Jay Reatard, who you may recall featured prominently in last week's music feature on Tempe's Earthmen and Strangers.Tour dates on the jump.
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Digital Leather will play The Manor this Friday night, making sure to rock the very foundation of the unique venue Digital Leather is the lovechild of Shawn Foree and, well, Shawn Foree. He is the creative force behind the band -- injecting dirty synths, subdued guitars and crunchy drum machines into his grimy sound. This paragraph, taken from the band's website, best sums up Digital Leather's live sound:The live Digital Leather sound is ugly and raw like a porkchop sitting out in the sun cra
