Lydia Loveless confirms additional tour dates with Drive-By Truckers + new album Real due August 19th
LYDIA LOVELESS CONFIRMS ADDITIONAL TOUR DATES WITH DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS
NEW ALBUM REAL DUE AUGUST 19
LEAD SINGLE “LONGER”
PREMIERES ON STEREOGUM
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“Uncompromising and direct, Loveless is one of those rare songwriting voices that seem destined to be sharing music with us for a long, long time.”—Paste Magazine
“Loveless has carved out an unmistakable voice as a songwriter, and she’s only getting better at using it to blur the line between running her mouth and pouring out her heart.”—Stereogum
“Bittersweet lyrics and a bruised but indomitable voice. She doesn’t write conventional tunes; even her love songs arrive with a twist.”—Greg Kot (Sound Opinions, The Chicago Tribune)
In support of her forthcoming album Lydia Loveless confirms additional tour dates this fall withDrive-By Truckers. The dates extend Loveless’ ongoing North American tour with stops in Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Minneapolis and more. See below for complete tour dates.
Loveless’ highly anticipated new album, Real , will be released August 19 via Bloodshot Records (https://www.bloodshotrecords.com/album/real). This record follows the release ofSomewhere Else, which Rolling Stone praised as “…an aching, lusty set of twang and sneer wrapped in electric guitar swagger,” while Pitchfork furthered “Somewhere Else [is] both a bracing and a deeply harrowing listen.” Additionally, “Longer,” the first track to be revealed from Real, recently premiered on Stereogum. Of the song Stereogum says, “It’s like the Replacements soundtracking the sad aftermath of Big Star’s “Thirteen”—which is to say, it’s awesome.” Listen here: http://bit.ly/1Vw5aBR.
Real was recorded at Sonic Lounge Studios in her home state of Ohio and was engineered and produced by Joe Viers (Dr. John, Twenty One Pilots). “I chose to work with Joe Viers, engineer and producer of my last three releases, again because I trust him completely not only with my music but with my words,” said Loveless. “There was a lot to say this time around and I wanted to return to that sort of playground and (sometimes literally) throw things at the wall. Whereas our previous records could be described as blunt or raw, this one I wanted to be known as honest, as true, as real (rimshot).”Of the album Loveless says, “Because I feel like I spent my formative years flopping around like a fish, masking pain with substance abuse and somewhat ashamed of who I was—a hayseed, a phony, I felt—it was absolutely necessary for me to become a stronger, more confident human, or I was going to die. Real is my sort of love letter to that realization, that my existence was just as valid as any other.”
Loveless is joined on the album by Todd May (vocals, guitars, keys), Ben Lamb (bass), Jay Gasper (guitars, pedal steel, keys), George Hondroulis (drums, percussion, keys), Andy Harrison (guitar, keys) and Viers (percussion, guitar).
In 2011 Loveless released her second full-length album, Indestructible Machine, about whichThe Chicago Tribune says, “she conveys toughness, tenderness and humor with off-handed conviction.” Two years after the critical success of her breakout second record, Loveless released Somewhere Else. On Somewhere Else Loveless is less concerned with chasing approval—she scrapped an entire album’s worth of material—and more focused on fighting personal battles of longing, heartbreak and the aesthetic that comes along with them.
TRACK LIST1. Same To You2. Longer3. More Than Ever4. Heaven5. Out On Love6. Midwestern Guys7. Bilbao8. European9. Clumps10. Real LYDIA LOVELESS LIVEJuly 9 —Chicago, IL —Square Roots FestivalSeptember 8—Columbus, OH —Ace Of CupsSeptember 9—Indianapolis, IN—The HiFiSeptember 10—Madison, WI—The FrequencySeptember 11—Milwaukee, WI—Colectivo on ProspectSeptember 15—St. Louis, MO––The Duck Room at Blueberry HillSeptember 16––Louisville, KY––ZanzabarSeptember 17––Cleveland, OH––Grog ShopSeptember 24–Minneapolis, MN–First Avenue*September 25–Sioux Falls, SD–The District*September 28––Missoula, MT––The Wilma*
September 29––Seattle, WA––The Showbox*
September 30––Portland, OR––Wonder Ballroom*October 1––Portland, OR––Wonder Ballroom*
October 2––Vancouver, BC––Rickshaw*
October 5––Sacramento, CA––Ace of Spades*
October 6––San Francisco, CA––The Fillmore*
October 7––San Francisco, CA––The Fillmore*
October 8––Stateline, NV––Montbleu Rescort Casino*
October 11––Los Angeles, CA––Teragram Ballroom*
October 12––Los Angeles, CA––Teragram Ballroom*
October 13––Solana Beach, CA––Belly Up*
October 14––San Luis Obispo, CA––The Fremont Theater*
October 15––Scottsdale, AZ––Live Wire*October 18––Austin, TX––Antone’sOctober 19––Houston, TX––Continental ClubOctober 21––Birmingham, AL––The SaturnOctober 22––Atlanta, GA––Terminal West *with Drive-By Truckers
NEW ALBUM REAL DUE AUGUST 19
LEAD SINGLE “LONGER”
PREMIERES ON STEREOGUM
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“Uncompromising and direct, Loveless is one of those rare songwriting voices that seem destined to be sharing music with us for a long, long time.”—Paste Magazine
“Loveless has carved out an unmistakable voice as a songwriter, and she’s only getting better at using it to blur the line between running her mouth and pouring out her heart.”—Stereogum
“Bittersweet lyrics and a bruised but indomitable voice. She doesn’t write conventional tunes; even her love songs arrive with a twist.”—Greg Kot (Sound Opinions, The Chicago Tribune)
In support of her forthcoming album Lydia Loveless confirms additional tour dates this fall withDrive-By Truckers. The dates extend Loveless’ ongoing North American tour with stops in Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Minneapolis and more. See below for complete tour dates.
Loveless’ highly anticipated new album, Real , will be released August 19 via Bloodshot Records (https://www.bloodshotrecords.com/album/real). This record follows the release ofSomewhere Else, which Rolling Stone praised as “…an aching, lusty set of twang and sneer wrapped in electric guitar swagger,” while Pitchfork furthered “Somewhere Else [is] both a bracing and a deeply harrowing listen.” Additionally, “Longer,” the first track to be revealed from Real, recently premiered on Stereogum. Of the song Stereogum says, “It’s like the Replacements soundtracking the sad aftermath of Big Star’s “Thirteen”—which is to say, it’s awesome.” Listen here: http://bit.ly/1Vw5aBR.
Real was recorded at Sonic Lounge Studios in her home state of Ohio and was engineered and produced by Joe Viers (Dr. John, Twenty One Pilots). “I chose to work with Joe Viers, engineer and producer of my last three releases, again because I trust him completely not only with my music but with my words,” said Loveless. “There was a lot to say this time around and I wanted to return to that sort of playground and (sometimes literally) throw things at the wall. Whereas our previous records could be described as blunt or raw, this one I wanted to be known as honest, as true, as real (rimshot).”Of the album Loveless says, “Because I feel like I spent my formative years flopping around like a fish, masking pain with substance abuse and somewhat ashamed of who I was—a hayseed, a phony, I felt—it was absolutely necessary for me to become a stronger, more confident human, or I was going to die. Real is my sort of love letter to that realization, that my existence was just as valid as any other.”
Loveless is joined on the album by Todd May (vocals, guitars, keys), Ben Lamb (bass), Jay Gasper (guitars, pedal steel, keys), George Hondroulis (drums, percussion, keys), Andy Harrison (guitar, keys) and Viers (percussion, guitar).
In 2011 Loveless released her second full-length album, Indestructible Machine, about whichThe Chicago Tribune says, “she conveys toughness, tenderness and humor with off-handed conviction.” Two years after the critical success of her breakout second record, Loveless released Somewhere Else. On Somewhere Else Loveless is less concerned with chasing approval—she scrapped an entire album’s worth of material—and more focused on fighting personal battles of longing, heartbreak and the aesthetic that comes along with them.
TRACK LIST1. Same To You2. Longer3. More Than Ever4. Heaven5. Out On Love6. Midwestern Guys7. Bilbao8. European9. Clumps10. Real LYDIA LOVELESS LIVEJuly 9 —Chicago, IL —Square Roots FestivalSeptember 8—Columbus, OH —Ace Of CupsSeptember 9—Indianapolis, IN—The HiFiSeptember 10—Madison, WI—The FrequencySeptember 11—Milwaukee, WI—Colectivo on ProspectSeptember 15—St. Louis, MO––The Duck Room at Blueberry HillSeptember 16––Louisville, KY––ZanzabarSeptember 17––Cleveland, OH––Grog ShopSeptember 24–Minneapolis, MN–First Avenue*September 25–Sioux Falls, SD–The District*September 28––Missoula, MT––The Wilma*
September 29––Seattle, WA––The Showbox*
September 30––Portland, OR––Wonder Ballroom*October 1––Portland, OR––Wonder Ballroom*
October 2––Vancouver, BC––Rickshaw*
October 5––Sacramento, CA––Ace of Spades*
October 6––San Francisco, CA––The Fillmore*
October 7––San Francisco, CA––The Fillmore*
October 8––Stateline, NV––Montbleu Rescort Casino*
October 11––Los Angeles, CA––Teragram Ballroom*
October 12––Los Angeles, CA––Teragram Ballroom*
October 13––Solana Beach, CA––Belly Up*
October 14––San Luis Obispo, CA––The Fremont Theater*
October 15––Scottsdale, AZ––Live Wire*October 18––Austin, TX––Antone’sOctober 19––Houston, TX––Continental ClubOctober 21––Birmingham, AL––The SaturnOctober 22––Atlanta, GA––Terminal West *with Drive-By Truckers
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