# Darkwave/Postpunk Pioneers PINK TURNS BLUE Kick Off ‘TAINTED 2022’ Tour, Release New EP

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/darkwave-postpunk-pioneers-pink-turns-blue-kick-off-tainted-2022-tour-release-new-ep/
- Published: 2022-09-07T11:00:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**Darkwave / Postpunk pioneers PINK TURNS BLUE kick off ‘TAINTED 2022’ tour, release
new EP**

_“One of the most ethically driven and environmentally conscious post-punk artists
of our time… powerful” _ ~ **The Spill Magazine**

_“Consistent purveyors of quality guitar-laden post punk and dark-bent indie rock…
one of the most honest and most direct enduring acts in post punk today”_ ~ **Destroy//
Exist**

_“The timeless message is driven home with a timeless sound composed with refined
effect”_ ~ **Post-Punk.com **

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_“They have had high ranks in the charts and still have a place deep in the heart
of many fans” _~ **Reflections of Darkness**

_“When it comes to actual darkwave, Berlin’s Pink Turns Blue are rightly regarded
as one of the founding acts… one of the finer exemplars of continental postpunk”_
~ **CVLT Nation**

Trailblazing darkwave-postpunk pioneers [**Pink Turns Blue**](https://www.pinkturnsblue.com/)****
kick off their long-awaited [**TAINTED 2022 tour**](https://pinkturnsblue.com/live-dates)
on September 2, bringing them to 23 cities across North America and select cities
in the UK, Germany and Spain the same day that they release their special-edition
[**‘TAINTED Tour-2022 EP’**](https://lnk.to/PinkTurnsBlue_TaintedTour2022EP).

Riding on the strength of their **[‘Tainted’ album](https://pinkturnsblue.com/shop)**,
released in late 2021 via** Orden Records**, and on the trail of their recently 
released single **[‘Not Gonna Take It’](https://lnk.to/PinkTurnsBlue_NotGonnaTakeIt)**,
Pink Turns Blue brings this music to fans from one coast to another while also sharing
four new songs that reflect their emotional state in today’s world.

Formed in 1985 in the first generation of gothic rock and named after a Hüsker Dü
song, today Pink Turns Blue is a trio, made up of **Mic Jogwer **(vocals, guitar),**
Paul Richter** (drums) and **Luca Sammuri** (bass). Their debut album[** **](http://pinkturnsblue.com/music/if-two-worlds-kiss)
[**‘If Two Worlds Kiss’ **](http://pinkturnsblue.com/music/if-two-worlds-kiss)advanced
the darkwave sub-genre while becoming a seminal post-punk album. Emerging from the
fear and uncertainty of a divided Cold War Germany, they have since released a dozen
full-length LPs.

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**Photos by [Daniela Vorndran](http://www.black-cat-net.de/)**

Both the ‘Tainted’ LP and the new EP relate to a world in havoc and the seemingly
powerlessness of today’s youth to take over the world and change it for the better.
But this album is also a call to never give up, to never lose faith or the understanding
that making this world just a bit better every day is what makes our lives worth
living.

With potent singles such as [**‘Not Even Trying’**](https://youtu.be/FZuh3ZdEepI),
[**‘You Still Mean Too Much To Me’**](https://youtu.be/goK9_etF2OY), **[‘There Must Be So Much More’](https://youtu.be/313g81nFcEI)**
and** [‘So Why Not Save The World’](https://youtu.be/qTTbuTX5WHg)** address such
themes as climate change, its effects, the reaction to it, the split within society,
isolation, health risks and financial uncertainty.

“Since Pink Turns Blue presented the ‘Tainted’ album, things have changed for the
worse, or have become more desperate and we have used this time to develop a few
songs from the ‘Tainted’ sessions further – songs that didn’t make it onto the album
since they were not ready yet, says In defiance of the global trend that the powerful
use any excuse to enforce their agenda and defend their accumulation of benefices,
more and more people see through it and stand up – for themselves and never give
up to make this world just a little bit better,” says **Mic Jogwer.**

“Since February 24 (actually my birthday), when Russia invaded Ukraine, things became
even worse. Instead of slowly getting back to “normal” and trying to get our humanity’s
shit together and to alleviate climate change and the consequential effects, now
we have to cope with war and an energy, food and financial crisis (again) with the
risk of losing the battle for equality, climate change, peace… you name it. So now
the world is not only TAINTED but is in DISARRAY”.

As of September 2, the **‘TAINTED Tour-2022 EP’** can be found everywhere online.
The ‘Tainted’ LP is also available via [**Apple Music**](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/pink-turns-blue/49237864)
and [**Spotify**](https://open.spotify.com/artist/47oP5alMot58ggzcFwldky?si=H17iiq_kQ1y1C5GhGdZp_w&dl_branch=1),
with CD and limited-edition vinyl editions available via [**the band’s website**](http://www.pinkturnsblue.com/shop.).
Tickets for their live dates can be ordered at [**https://pinkturnsblue.com/live-dates**](https://pinkturnsblue.com/live-dates)**.**

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**TAINTED 2022 – TOUR DATES**
SEP 2  Seattle, WA – FunhouseSEP 3  Vancouver, Canada–
Rickshaw TheatreSEP 4  Portland, OR – Star TheaterSEP 6  Garden City, ID – Visual
Arts Collective (VAC)SEP 7  Salt Lake City, UT – The Urban LoungeSEP 9  San Francisco,
CA – DNA LoungeSEP 10  San Diego, CA – CasbahSEP 11  Los Angeles, CA – Part Time
Punks, EchoplexSEP 15  Denver, CO – Hi-DiveSEP 17  Dallas, TX – Cheapsteaks (aka.
Cheap Steaks)SEP 18  Austin, TX – Sunny’s BackyardSEP 22  Tampa, FL – CrowbarSEP
23  Miami, FL – GrampsSEP 26  Atlanta, GA – 529 BarSEP 27  Richmond, VA – The CamelSEP
29  Pittsburgh, PA – SpiritOCT 4  Toronto, Canada – The GarrisonOCT 5  Montreal,
Canada – Bar Le Ritz PDBOCT 6  Rochester, NY – Photo City Music HallOCT 7  Cambridge,
MA – The Middle East Restaurant and NightclubOCT 8  Brooklyn, NY – Market HotelOCT
9  Baltimore, MD – Metro GalleryOCT 10  Philadelphia, PA – PhilaMOCAOCT 14  Pinto,
Spain – DarkMAD Festival MadridOCT 28  Rüsselsheim, Germany – These Days Festival
2022DEC 15  Glasgow, UK – Ivory BlacksDEC 16  Manchester, UK – Night PeopleDEC 17
London, UK – Electrowerkz

**FOR FANS OF:** 
Interpol, ACTORS, Soviet Soviet, TRAITRS, Sad Lovers & Giants,
Human Tetris, Lebanon Hanover, Motorama

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