Fire Note Staff

Hailing from Manchester UK, Fruit Tones will offer up one steam-rolling-mondo-garage thud on their debut Natural Selection. Straight forward garage rock bliss on 14 tracks knocked out in just over 30 minutes.

The album is set to release mid June via Greenway Records and you can pre-order a copy HERE.

With her new album, Midnight, arriving this Friday, June 7th, on Saddle Creek, Detroit’s Stef Chura is back today with “Scream.” It serves as further proof of Stef’s singular knack for merging melody and tumult – made even clearer on this record as a result of her collaboration with producer Will Toledo of Car Seat Headrest.

Behind its punchy veneer, it’s a track that Stef describes as being “partly about the loneliness of social media. How being popular online doesn’t equate to feeling whole in your real life, projecting a persona of an ideal ‘you’ online.”

The video for “Scream” was directed by Ambar Navarro – that plays on these themes of duality, popularity and personality. Stef Chura will embark on a North American tour, kicking off at Empty Bottle in Chicago. All tour dates are below.

STEF CHURA TOUR DATES
Wed. June 19 – Sun. June 23 – Calgary, AB @ Sled Island
Fri. July 5 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Sat. July 6 – Detroit, MI @ Deluxx Fluxx
Sun. July 7 – Toronto, ON @ The Drake
Mon. July 8 – Montreal, QC @ Casa del Popolo
Tue. July 9 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott
Fri. July 12 – Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade
Sat. July 13 – Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA
Mon. July 15 – Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong
Tue. July 16 – Durham, NC @ The Pinhook
Wed. July 17 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
Fri. July 19 – New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa
Sat. July 20 – Houston, TX @ The Satellite
Sun. July 21 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
Mon. July 22 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
Thu. July 25 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
Fri. July 26 – San Diego, CA @ Sodabar
Sat. July 27 – Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theatre
Sun. July 28 – San Francisco, CA @ Cafe du Nord
Tue. July 30 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
Wed. July 31 – Seattle, WA @ Barboza
Thu. Aug. 1 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
Fri. Aug. 2 – Spokane, WA @ Lucky You Lounge
Sat. Aug. 3 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux
Mon. Aug. 5 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
Tue. Aug. 6 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
Wed. Aug. 7 – Omaha, NE @ Reverb
Fri. Aug. 9 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
Sat. Aug. 10 – Milwaukee, WI @ Backroom at Colectivo

The Figgs are looking to release their 14th studio album, Shady Grove, a six sided behemoth of a record featuring a slew of the catchy, harmony drenched tunes which they’ve become attached to their whole career.

Shady Grove is a very special album to The Figgs. Since they began cutting the tracks that would become “Shady Grove”, losses would hit the band in profound ways. A few months into the tracking of the album, their longtime musical associate and touring keyboardist, Ted Collins, died in early 2017. Ted had originally played in the band from which Gent and Donnelly had poached Hayes! He had been a dear friend to the band since the very early days. Needless to say, it was a heartbreaking loss.

Later in 2017, another long time friend and roadie, Eric Harmon, passed away. The Figgs met Eric on one of their first National tours when he was playing drums for the Chainsaw Kittens. Harmon would later join The Figgs on dozens of headlining tours working as their road manager, drum tech, merchandise handler and therapist. Other people close to the band left them in 2018 and 2019 making death a constant in their recent lives.

The Figgs soldiered on with the new album allowing some of the more experimental numbers on the record to be tributes to these lost comrades. You can help finish the project HERE at Indiegogo.

Tiny Engines recently announced the new album from Portland’s Summer Cannibals. The label will release Can’t Tell Me No on June 28th which you can pre-order HERE. The title track is out today and here is the video!

The band just finished up shows with Hop Along in April and Slothrust in May. Summer Cannibals recently announced June & July West Coast tour dates and now have more shows for August added. Full list of dates below.

The Ocean Blue have announced the release of their first new album in over 6 years – Kings and Queens / Knaves and Thieves. The record is out June 21 on Korda Records.

Now you can watch the Seventh Seal-esque video for first single “Kings and Queens.” The band will be hitting the road starting in June and you can find the current dates below.

Tour Dates
6/22: Lancaster, PA @ Tellus360
6/23: Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade
6/27: Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
6/28: Portland, OR @ Holocene
7/26: Minneapolis, MN @ The Fine Line
7/27: Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
8/23: Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
8/24: Norfolk, VA @ NorVa
9/5: Lima, PERU @ Coco’s Club
9/6: Arequipa, PERU @ El QuinQué
10/4: Washington, DC @ Union Stage
10/5: Vienna, VA @ Jammin Java
11/1: Detroit, MI @ The Magic Bag
11/3: Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
11/17: Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
12/6: Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall

Seattle trio Dude York have returned with the new full-length Falling, their tribute to adolescent romance and the pop-punk that clogged up FM radio wavelengths of yesteryear. To celebrate the announcement, the band has shared a new animated music video for the album’s title track. Falling will be out Friday, July 26th on LP, CD, Digital, and Cassette via Hardly Art. You can pre-order a copy HERE. First-run LP copies come on frosting-colored vinyl.

Dude York TOUR DATES
Fri, May 17 – Hawthorne Theater, Portland OR (w/ The Frights)
Sat, May 18 – Chop Suey, Seattle WA (w/ The Frights)
Sat, May 18 – Bothell Block Party and Brew Fest, Seattle WA
Wed, May 22 – Strummer’s, Fresno CA (w/ The Frights)
Thu, May 23 – Fremont Theater, San Luis Obispo CA (w/ The Frights)
Fri, May 24 – The Catalyst, Santa Cruz CA (w/ The Frights)

Alex Cameron has just released a new single/video, “Miami Memory,” directed by Cameron, and starring himself, his business associate and sax player Roy Molloy and actress Jemima Kirke. A love song to the city, “Miami Memory” embraces the lustful air of Miami and explores both Alex’s personal relationship with both the city and his girlfriend. “Miami Memory” is the first new music Cameron has released since 2017’s Forced Witness.

“‘Miami Memory’ is a story about how we audition in the present for our future selves to enjoy in retrospect. In that way, tender memories that we share together are captured in thought and stored with the same electricity that keeps our heart beating,” says Cameron. “It’s a gift for my girlfriend Jemima, and it is dedicated to the artist Greer Lankton and her partner Paul Monroe. I am lucky to have learned that a group of people can be a shining light.”

Cameron has a fall European and North American tour set up, including shows in Chicago, Toronto, New York and Los Angeles. North American tickets will be on sale this Friday, May 10th at 10am local time. You can find the dates below.

Alex Cameron Tour Dates:
Wed. Sept. 18 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
Thu. Sept. 19 – Brussels, BE @ AB Club
Fri. Sept. 20 – Brighton, UK @ The Haunt
Sat. Sept. 21 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Sun. Sept. 22 – Dublin, IE @ Button Factory
Tue. Sept. 24 – Bristol, UK @ The Fleece
Wed. Sept. 25 – London, UK @ Electric Brixton
Thu. Sept. 26 – Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
Fri. Sept. 27 – Glasgow, UK @ Art School
Sun. Sept. 29 – Southampton, UK @ Loft
Tue. Oct. 1 – Lille, FR @ Aeronef Club
Wed. Oct. 2 – Paris, FR @ Trianon
Thu. Oct. 3 – Reims, FR @ La Cartonnerie
Fri. Oct. 4 – Nantes, FR @ Lieu Unique
Sat. Oct. 5 – Orléans, FR @ Astrolabe
Mon. Oct. 7 – Zurich, CH @ Mascotte
Tue. Oct. 8 – Dudingen, CH @ Bad Bonn
Wed. Oct. 9 – Milan, IT @ Ohibo
Thu. Oct. 10 – Bologna, IT @ Covo
Sat. Oct. 12 – Salzburg, AT @ Rockhouse Birthday Party
Sun. Oct. 13 – Vienna, AT @ Flex Cafe
Mon. Oct. 14 – Munich, DE @ Strom
Tue. Oct. 15 – Prague, CZ @ Meet Factory
Wed. Oct. 16 – Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg
Fri. Oct. 18 – Stockholm, SE @ Vasateatern
Sat. Oct. 19 – Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret
Sun. Oct. 20 – Gothenburg, SE @ Pustervik
Mon. Oct. 21 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
Tue. Oct. 22 – Hamburg, DE @ Uebel & Gefährlich
Wed. Oct. 23 – Cologne, DE @ Artheater
Fri. Nov. 8 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
Fri. Nov. 15 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Fri. Nov. 22 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
Fri. Dec. 6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour

Philadelphia, PA indie punk band Mannequin Pussy have announced their new album Patience, due June 21 on Epitaph. This is the follow-up to their 2016 release Romantic and the band’s Epitaph debut.

The third full-length from Mannequin Pussy, Patience is an album fascinated with the physical experience of the body, its songs tracking the movements of mouths and hands and racing hearts, skin and spit and teeth and blood. Deeply attuned to the power of their own physicality, members Colins Rey Regisford (bass, samples, vocals), Kaleen Reading (drums, percussion), Marisa Dabice (guitar, vocals), and Athanasios Paul (guitar, keys) channel complex emotion in blistering riffs, thrashing rhythms, vocals that feel as immediate and untamed as a gut reaction. But throughout Patience, the band contrasts that raw vitality with intricate melodies and finely detailed arrangements, building a strange and potent tension that makes the album all the more cathartic. Patience matches Mannequin Pussy’s wild volatility with a narrative voice that’s often painfully vulnerable.

You can now watch the new single/video “Drunk II” from the album Patience, which was directed by Marisa Dabice. Dabice, who directed the video says, “I wanted to capture the feeling that so many of us experience when we are heartbroken and trying to move on. We pretend we have fun so that we are socially acceptable to those around us. We hope that drinking will make us happy and we wish that our nights will lead us into the arms of a beautiful stranger who will momentarily distract us from the pain we feel. I wanted to blend reality and fantasy in the music video for “Drunk II” – where you aren’t quite sure if my character is just out with her bandmates and friends, pitifully crying to them about their lost love or if they are actually meeting those beautiful strangers every night. I wanted to show what it feels like to be out and heartbroken – that no matter where you are it feels like you are the only one with a broken heart. That everyone around you is deeply in love and you are completely alone. That no matter who you meet, you can’t stop thinking about that person who you lost.”

Pre-orders for Patience are available at HERE. Mannequin Pussy is on the road with Hot Snakes through May 4 in Jersey City. Tour dates below.

TOUR DATES w/ Hot Snakes
Weds/Apr 24- Fayetteville, AR – Backspace
Fri/Apr 26- Dallas @ Curtain Club
Sat/Apr 27- Austin TX @ Barracuda
Sun/Apr 28- Houston TX @ Secret Group
Tue/Apr 30- Orlando FL @ The Abby
Wed/May 1- Atlanta GA @ Masquerade – Hell
Thu/May 2- Durham NC @ Motorco
Fri/May 3- Washington DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel
Sat/May 4- Jersey City NJ @ White Eagle

Courtney Barnett has reunited with long time collaborator Danny Cohen on the video for new single “Everybody Here Hates You” which is here today. The award winning director ingeniously takes us inside Barnett’s brain as it slowly implodes, to dizzying, brilliant effect.

“Everybody Here Hates You” features an anthemic sing-along choruses and the single is the superb final installment from the creative period of Barnett’s life which gave us her sophomore album Tell Me How You Really Feel.

You can catch Courtney below on one of her many world tour dates.
WORLD TOUR DATES
05/16/19 – Fuzz Live Music Club – Athens, Greece
05/18/19 – Babylon Club – Istanbul, Turkey
05/20/19 – Akvarium Klub – Budapest, Hungary
05/21/19 – Culture Factory – Zagreb, Croatia
05/25/19 – All Point East – London, United Kingdom
05/27/19 – La Sirène – La Rochelle, France
05/28/19 – Atabal – Biarritz, France
05/30/19 – Primavera Sound Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain
05/31/19 – This Is Not A Love Song Festival – Nimes, France
06/01/19 – Bad Bonn Kilbi – Dudingen, Switzerland
06/02/19 – We Love Green Festival – Paris, France
06/04/19 – Beaches Brew Festival – Ravenna, Italy
06/07/19 – NOS Primavera Sound – Porto, Portugal
06/11/19 – Mann Center for the Performing Arts – Philadelphia, PA *
06/12/19 – BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival at Prospect Park Bandshell – Brooklyn, NY *
06/13/19 – BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival at Prospect Park Bandshell – Brooklyn, NY *
06/14/19 – Bonnaroo Music Festival – Manchester, NY
06/16/19 – Coca-Cola Roxy – Atlanta, GA *
06/17/19 – St. Augustine Amphitheatre – St. Augustine, FL *
06/19/19 – The Anthem – Washington, DC *
06/20/19 – Thompson’s Point – Portland, ME *
06/21/19 – Firefly Music Festival – Dover, DE
06/22/19 – Clusterfest – San Francisco, CA
06/24/19 – EXPRESS LIVE! – Columbus, OH *
06/25/19 – Hill Auditorium – Ann Arbor, MI *
06/26/19 – Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park – Indianapolis, IN *
06/28 – 06/30/19 – Solid Sound – North Adams, MA
06/29/19 – Rock The Garden Festival – Minneapolis, MN
07/01/19 – Madison Theater – Covington, KY
07/02/19 – North Carolina Museum of Art – Raleigh, NC
07/04/19 – Summerfest – Milwaukee, WI
07/05/19 – Festival International de Jazz de Montreal – Montreal, QC
07/07/19 – Festival d’ete Internatonal de Quebec – Quebec City, QC
07/10 – 07/14/19 – Taste of Chicago – Chicago, IL
08/23/19 – Cabaret Vert – Charleville-Mézières, France
08/24/19 – Once In A Blue Moon – Amsterdam, Netherlands
08/29/19 – End of the Road Festival – Dorset, UK
08/30/19 – Manchester Psych Festival – Manchester, United Kingdom
08/31/19 – End of the Road Festival – Sali
09/01/19 – Electric Picnic – County Laois, Ireland
09/07/19 – Lollapalooza Berlin – Berlin, DE

* w/ The National

Last month, Clinic announced their return with news of their first album in seven years – Wheeltappers and Shunters – to be released on May 10th and named after the long-forgotten 70s British variety show The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club. Having previously shared “Rubber Bullets” from the album, you can now watch the Joseph May-directed video for “Laughing Cavalier.”

Night of the Worm Moon is the new solo album from Shana Cleveland, the singer/guitarist of La Luz. You can watch Shana’s music video for album standout “Face of the Sun.” Cleveland directed this homage to ’70s-era anti-drug PSAs herself. See below for a full list of upcoming performances.

TOUR DATES
04.08.19 – Portland, OR – Polaris Hall
04.10.19 – Seattle, WA – Fremont Abbey
04.11.19 – Boise, ID – The Olympic
04.12.19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rye
04.13.19 – Denver, Co – Lost Lake Lounge
04.14.19 – Moab, UT – Seekhaven Chapel
04.16.19 – Los Angeles, CA – Hotel Figueroa
04.26.19 – Washington, DC – 930 Club *
04.27.19 – Milton, DE – Dogfish Head *
04.28.19 – Boston, MA – Wilbur Theater *
04.30.19 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel *
05.01.19 – Jersey City, NJ – White Eagle Hall *
05.03.19 – Montreal, QC – L’astral *
05.04.19 – Ottowa, ONT – Bronson Center *
05.05.19 – Toronto, ONT – Phoenix Concert Theater *
05.07.19 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls *
05.08.19 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls *
05.09.19 – Cincinnati, OH – Woodward Theater *
05.10.19 – Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom *
05.11.19 – Memphis, TN – 1884 *
05.13.19 – Bloomington, IN – Buskirk-Chumley Theater *
05.14.19 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theater *
05.15.19 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall *
05.16.19 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall *
05.17.19 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue *
# – Record Release Show
* – w/ The Mountain Goats

Flat Worms – the Los Angeles-based trio of bassist/vocalist Tim Hellman (Thee Oh Sees), drummer Justin Sullivan (Night Shop), and guitarist/ vocalist Will Ivy (Dream Boys) – have shared a video for “Into The Iris,” the title track from their recently released EP, out now via Drag City imprint, GOD? Records.

“Into The Iris” is a frenzied, high-energy track about channeling inspiration. The video was recorded at their record release show at Zebulon in Los Angeles, and presents the band’s frenetic live performance. Directed by Joshua Erkman, the video also features lighting tricks by Ty Segall.

Flat Worms will tour the west coast in support of the Into The Iris EP. They will play dates in Europe later this summer. All dates are below.

Flat Worms Tour Dates:
Tue. April 23 – Seattle, WA @ Screw Driver
Wed. April 24 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
Fri. April 26 – Chicago, CA @ Valley Fever Festival
Sat. April 27 – San Francisco, CA @ The Knockout
Sun. April 28 – Ventura, CA @ The Tavern
Mon. April 29 – Los Angeles, CA @ Non Plus Ultra
Sat. June 22 – Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie
Sun. June 23 – Brighton, UK @ TBD
Mon. June 24 – Manchester, UK @ Yes (Pink Room)
Thu. June 27 – Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast
Fri. June 28 – Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny
Sat. June 29 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Sun. June 30 – Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
Mon. July 1 – Bristol, UK @ Fleece 2P
Tue. July 2 – London, UK @ Dingwalls

Denver-based four-piece Flaural is set to release their debut LP, Postponement, which is due out April 19, 2019 via Staycation Records. Following a string of EPs — 2015’s Thin King and 2016’s Over Imaginary Cigarettes — and produced by James Barone (Beach House, Tennis), Flaural’s Postponement developed over a trying three years for the experimental rock band.

The video for “1616” follows the early release of the album’s lead single, “The Thinker.” They go on to say, “When you know its backstory, what initially comes across like a catchy freakout takes on more weight; an underlying sadness becomes more prominent, the waves of layered instruments starting to feel like an escape towards the inner recesses of a person’s mind as they try to reckon with what has happened while they grasp at memories dissolving over time.” The upbeat, emotional track ends with a dark, hectic, instrumental frenzy of piercing baritone saxophone squeaks layered over sporadic, aggressive guitar and driving drums.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard return on Friday April 26th 2019 with Fishing for Fishies. Released on Flightless Records world-wide, the band have shared their latest Jason Galea directed video to the album’s title track, Fishing For Fishies.

The fourteenth album since their 2012 debut – and their first following the release of five vastly different albums in 2017 – Fishing for Fishies is a blues-infused blast of sonic boogie that struts and shimmies through several moods and terrains. From the soft shuffle Outback country of the opening title track through the sunny easy listening of ‘The Bird Song’ (think the lysergically-soaked Laurel Canyon circa 1973) and on through the party funk of ‘Plastic Boogie’ (which somehow summons the spirit of Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions) the road-trucking, Doors-like highway rock of ‘The Cruel Millennial’ and ‘Real’s Not Real’ – it’s a dizzying, dazzling display which addresses a number of pertinent environmental issues along the way.

“We tried to make a blues record,” says frontman Stu Mackenzie. “A blues-boogie-shuffle-kinda-thing, but the songs kept fighting it – or maybe it was us fighting them. Ultimately though we let the songs guide us this time; we let them have their own personalities and forge their own path. Paths of light, paths of darkness. This is a collection of songs that went on wild journeys of transformation.”

Amyl and the Sniffers announced today that their debut album will be released on May 24th. Check out the first track from the album, “Monsoon Rock”, out now on ATO (North America), Rough Trade (UK/Europe) and Flightless Records (Australia & New Zealand).

The band said of the new track, “”Monsoon Rock” is just a song to rage to, it celebrates good gigs and live music. We wrote it around the time of Gizzfest 2017 when it was pissing down with rain but everybody still got into it – just muddier and wetter and real feral. We ran out of time to make a video and it’s always fun making funny shit. If you don’t have a sense of humor and can’t laugh, what’s the point of being alive?”

Amyl and The Sniffers will appear at SXSW this month prior to embarking on a headline West Coast tour in March including the Bootleg Theater in LA. After those dates they will head to the UK and Europe, and then come back to North America in July for another headline run (all dates below).

Amyl & the Sniffers at SXSW:
3/14 – Levitation Showcase @ Hotel Vegas – 3:45-4:20pm
3/14 – ATO Records/Caroline Showcase @ Barracuda – 11-11:45pm
3/15 – Panache Official Showcase @ Hotel Vegas – 11:30pm
3/15 – South By San Jose Showcase @ Hotel San Jose – 7pm
3/16 – Thrasher/Vans Death Match @ Weather Up – 4:45-5:15pm

Amyl & the Sniffers Tour Dates
3/18 – Seattle, WA @ Barboza
3/19 – Vancouver, BC @ The Fox Cabaret
3/20 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
3/22 – San Francisco, CA @ Thee Parkside – SOLD OUT
3/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg HiFi Theater
3/24 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Bunkhouse Saloon
3/25 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
4/01 – Nottingham, UK @ The Bodega
4/02 – London, UK @ Heaven
4/03 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
4/04 – Bristol, UK @ The Louisiana
4/06 – Manchester, UK @ The Deaf Institute
4/07 – Brighton, UK @ The Haunt
4/08 – Brussels. Belgium @ Botanique
4/10 – Amsterdam, Holland @ Paradiso Noord
4/11 – Hamburg, Germany @ Molotow
4/12 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Stengade
4/13 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser
4/15 – Berlin, Germany @ Zukunft
4/16 – Munich, Germany @ Strom
4/17 – Cologne, Germany @ Bumann & Sohn
4/20 – Rotterdam, Holland @ Motel Mozaique
4/21 – Schijndel, Holland @ Paaspop Festival
7/09 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
7/12 – Austin, TX @ Barracuda (Outside)
7/13 – New Orleans, LA @ Santos
7/14 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
7/15 – Raleigh, NC @ Kings Raleigh
7/16 – Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall
7/17 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
7/19 – Brooklyn, NY @ Market Hotel
7/20 – Allston, MA @ Great Scott
7/21 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz
7/22 – Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground
7/23 – Hamtramck, MI @ Outer Limits Lounge
7/25 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club

L7 have signed with Joan Jett’s Blackheart Records for their first album in 20 years, Scatter the Rats, due out May 3, 2019. “I’ve been friends with L7 for years and am very excited and proud to have the opportunity to release their new album on Blackheart!” shares Jett. “When we decided to make a new record, Joan was there for us as the good friend she has always been. So great to stomp into Blackheart Records with her at the helm. We’re very excited to work with Joan and the entire Blackheart family. Just imagine the family dinners!” says Donita Sparks.

Opening the album with a galvanizing reflection on letting go of old grudges for the sake of fighting a greater evil, the band has unleashed a blazing new video by Blue Hats Creative for lead single “Burn Baby” directed by Courtney and Hillary Andujar. The new track sees the band tight as ever, delivering their ferocious energy through a wall of rage. “Burn Baby” will be available on a special Record Store Day 7” with b-side “Fighting The Crave”.

With his four acclaimed solo albums and myriad records of various collaboration, Kevin Morby has become a true musical auteur. Each record possesses its own unique persona and explores intriguing themes and fertile terrain through shifting, focused textures and dexterous, dedicated skill. And now, with the lavish, resplendent, career-best double LP Oh My God (out April 26th via Dead Oceans), Morby delivers a grandiose director’s cut of his biggest statement to date, epic in scope as well as sound. Additionally, today Kevin shares the video for the album’s first single, “No Halo,” directed by Chris Good.

Kevin Morby’s new record, Oh My God, is available for pre-order today on LP, CD, cassette, and digital HERE. Limited sky blue opaque vinyl is available via the Dead Oceans store + your local indie retailer. A limited pre-order bundle is available that includes the LP on sky blue vinyl, CD, a limited edition 24-page Oh My God hymnal (with sheet music for “No Halo,” “Nothing Sacred / All Things Wild,” “Savannah” and “Congratulations” as well as photos & lyrics), and a bonus 7” with two unreleased songs, “Gift Horses” and “I Was On Time.”

Additionally, Vinyl Me Please will offer a limited number of LPs via their online store on Opaque Yellow Vinyl.

Kevin Morby’s world tour launches in May with an expanded band uniquely assembled to present Kevin’s live vision of Oh My God, featuring current members Nick Kinsey on drums and Cyrus Gengras on bass, and adding frequent Morby producer Sam Cohen on guitar, Alecia Chakour and Lauren Balthrop on vocals, Jared Samuel on keys, and Cochemea Gastelum on saxophone. Additionally, Kevin is announcing European solo tour dates later this summer.

KEVIN MORBY TOUR DATES
Sat. Mar. 2, 2019 – Phoenix, AZ @ M3F Fest
Wed. May 8, 2019 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel *
Fri. May 10, 2019 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst (Live in the Atrium) *
Sat. May 11, 2019 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore *
Mon. May 13, 2019 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom *
Tue. May 14, 2019 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox *
Wed. May 15, 2019 – Vancouver, BC @ Imperial Vancouver *
Fri. May 17, 2019 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room *
Sat. May 18, 2019 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater *
Fri. May 31, 2019 – New York, NY @ Town Hall *
Sat. June 1, 2019 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club *
Sun. June 2, 2019 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer *
Mon. June 3, 2019 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair *
Wed. June 5, 2019 – Toronto, ON @ The Opera House *
Thu. June 6, 2019 – Ann Arbor, MI @ The Ark *
Fri. June 7, 2019 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall *
Sat. June 8, 2019 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall *
Fri. June 14 – Brussels, BE @ AB *
Sat. June 15 – Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg *
Sun. June 16 – Mannheim, DE @ Maifield Derby *
Mon. June 17 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso *
Wed. June 19 – London, UK @ O2 Sheperds Bush Empire *
Thu. June 20 – Paris, FR @ Le Cabaret Sauvage *
Sat. June 22 – Hamburg, DE @ Knust *
Sun. June 23 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega *
Mon. June 24 – Aarhus, DK @ Voxhall *
Wed. June 26 – Helsinki, FI @ Tavastia *
Fri. Jun 28, 2019 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser/Bar Brooklyn (solo)
Sat. Jun 29, 2019 – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Pustervik (solo)
Sun. Jun 30, 2019 – Oslo, Norway @ John Dee (solo)
Mon. Jul 1, 2019 – Tromsø, Norway @ Blårock Café (solo)
Tue. Jul 2, 2019 – Bergen, Norway @ Landmark (solo)
Wed Jul 3, 2019 – Malmö, Sweden @ Babel (solo)
Fri. Jul 5, 2019 – Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain @ Vida Festival (solo)
Sat. Jul 6, 2019 – Madrid, Spain @ Copérnico (solo)
Sun. Jul 7, 2019 – Lisbon, Portugal @ São Luiz Teatro Municipal (solo)
Mon. Jul 8, 2019 – Braga, Portugal @ Gnration (solo)
Wed. Jul 10, 2019 – Biarritz, France @ La Côte des Basques (solo)
Thu. Jul 11, 2019 – Bordeaux, France @ Rock School Barbey (solo)
Fri. Jul 12, 2019 – Toulouse, France @ Le Théatre de Garonne (solo)
Sun. Jul 14, 2019 – Roubaix, France @ La Cave aux Poetes (solo)
Wed. Jul 17, 2019 – Istanbul, Turkey @ IKSV (solo)
Fri. Jul 19, 2019 – Dublin, Ireland @ The Grand Social (solo)

* w/ Sam Cohen