Con Brio Releases Anthem “United State of Mind” Off Their Full-Length Album, Explorer, Just In Time For Your 4th of July Weekend Summer Tour Takes the Rock-Soul Septet to Europe, Canada, and Across the U.S.

Con Brio is a San Francisco Bay Area seven-piece that plays energetic soul, psych-rock and R&B that’s as fresh and freethinking as the place they call home. This funk-soul septet known for their acrobatic, adrenaline-fueled live shows in clubs and festivals all over the world, have released their summer synergistic single, “United State of Mind” just in time for your 4th of July weekend party.

Add United State Of Mind to your July Weekend Spotify Playlist here - https://open.spotify.com/album/60LRHt6pv56VXLRUYsOevc

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Con Brio never set out to be a political band. To be sure, Paradise contained songs about inequality and the Black Lives Matter movement. In a world divided, Con Brio has set out to find a way to bring love, positivity, and compassion through uplifting, sultry rhythms, and lyrics. It makes sense that Consequence of Sound has called them “a party punk version of Sly and the Family Stone.

“United State of Mind” reflects directly on America’s current political moment, urging strength and perspective in the face of cynicism and apathy. It’s also a song that was created to be played on dance floors across the world.  Over a cheerful guitar lick from Benjamin Andrews, the former track sings the praises of travel, the ways it can make the world feel bigger and smaller all at once — and how sometimes you have to leave home to see it with fresh eyes.

Explorer, out today, July 6th, is Con Brio’s sophomore full-length album. Showcasing a newly layered, contemporary production style, the record represents an impressive leap for the group PopMatters calls “the best new live band in America.” Explorer is a travelogue of sorts, it was written over two years and one presidential election—all while the band was touring the globe and fielding questions about our leaders, our choices, our guns. If Paradise turned a mirror on America in 2016, Explorer looks outward, confronting uncertainty about the future, and the challenges of representing America abroad during a time of unprecedented volatility at home.

Con Brio will tour the U.S. and Europe in support of Explorer throughout the remainder of 2018. (See dates below.)

Con Brio Tour Dates

Jul 07           Bobital Festival                                     Bobital, France

Jul 08            Royal Park                                           Baarn, Netherlands

Jul 14         Bospop                                                   Weert, Netherlands

Jul 14        North Sea Jazz Festival                           Rotterdam, Netherlands

Jul 17            Umbria Jazz                                         Umbria Italy

Jul 19            Groene Ster                                          Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Jul 21            Umbria Jazz                                          Umbria Italy

Jul 22        Welcome To The Village Festival              Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Jul 27           Guitarfish Festival                                  Cisco Grove, CA

Jul 28            Newberry Event                                     La Pine, OR

Aug 03          State Room                                            Salt Lake City, UT

Aug 04 – 05 Arise Festival                                          Loveland, CO

Aug 08          Live! From Mt. Crested Butte                 Crested Butte, CO

Aug 09           Club Red                                               Telluride, CO

Aug 10          Dillon Amphitheater                                Dillon, CO

Sep 15-16    Whale Rock Music and Arts Festival      Paso Robles, CA

Sep 23         Sonoma Harvest Music Festival            Sonoma, CA

Listen to “Explorer” on SoundCloud

Tickets can be purchased on:

http://www.thebandconbrio.com/home/shows/

http://www.thelondonsouls.com/tour/