My America lose vocalist, announce tour dates

Vocalist David Rushman has left technical noisecore outfit My America Is Watching Tigers Die.

The frontman cited financial woes as the main reason for his departure in a lengthy blog post:

"I am totally not stoked to be writing this, but I will no longer be a part of My America. The decision was made after I had a lot of down time to think about it. Basically what it boils down to is that I am not financially stable enough to live the self sufficient ‘adult’ lifestyle and still be able to tour as much as the rest of the band wishes to. Thanks to a $30,000 tab compliments of five years at the University of Delaware, as well as rent, car insurance, car payments, and a maxed out credit card, I am in a pretty immense amount of debt. I don’t expect to be getting out of it anytime soon, but as it was, touring was pushing me deeper and deeper into the hole. This all really reached a head while we were doing our more recent US tour with Romans this past summer. I realized how fucked I was going to be when I got home… and guess what… I was. Over the course of the tour, there were talks about my financial situation between the rest of the band and myself, and I ultimately told them that I would NEVER knowingly hold them back because of it."

You can read the rest of the blog here.

While no word on a permanent replacement has been made yet, the rest of the band is pressing on and have announced two weeks worth of tour dates with A Girl, A Gun, A Ghost. You can find all those dates below:

Oct 3rd Savannah, GA @ The Jinx w/ Kylesa

Oct 4th Orlando, FL @ Island Oasis

Oct 5th Tampla, FL @ Transitions Art Gallery

Oct 6th Jacksonville, FL @ Fuel Coffeehouse

Oct 7th Pensacola, FL @ The Red Door

Oct 8th Alabaster, AL @ Shenaniganz

Oct 9th Macon, GA @ Macon Venue Project

Oct 10th Valdosta, GA @ Vitos Rock ‘N’ Roll Pizza

Oct 11th Buchanan, GA @ The Hangar

Oct 12th Clarksville, TN @ The Coup

Oct 13th Knoxville, TN @ TBA

Oct 14th Virginia Beach, VA @ Club Relevant

Oct 15th Danville, VA @ Plan B

Oct 16th Raleigh, NC @ The Brewery

Oct 17th Wilmington, NC @ Lucky’s Pub

Oct 18th Charleston, SC @ The Oasis