DAWES Album Streaming On NPR First Listen – Released 16th September
DAWES’ NEW ALBUM WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE STREAMING EXCLUSIVLY ON NPR FIRST LISTEN
TITLE TRACK PREMIERES ON THE FADER
NEW ALBUM DUE SEPTEMBER 16
“The record sounds so fresh —yet fills me with a strange nostalgia
for things that haven’t happened yet…I hear it at the beach and blasting out of
car windows on future summer nights…easily having become a natural part of
peoples lives.” –Jim James (My Morning Jacket)
We’re All Gonna Die, the highly anticipated new album from Dawes—out September 16 via their own HUB Records – is exclusively streaming now via NPR First Listen. Of the album NPR Music says, “Through travelogues, story-songs and a literary quality that’s been honed to a cutting edge, Goldsmith and his band have crafted their most ambitious record to date.” The live stream follows The FADER’s premiere of the album’s title track, We’re All Gonna Die,” earlier this week.
Listen here.
Most recently, the official music video for the album’s lead single, “When The Tequila Runs Out,” debuted. Directed by Kevin Hayes, the video was filmed with a slow motion camera capturing fun moments throughout a late night party as if it were slowly being recalled the next morning in a fuzzy hungover haze. Watch the video on Facebook and YouTube.
In support of the release, the band will perform two album release shows at Los Angeles’ Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on September 16 and at New York’s McKittrick Hotel on September 19. More dates to be announced soon.
We’re All Gonna Die was recorded at EastWest Studios (Los Angeles, CA) with additional recording at The Boat (Silverlake, CA) and was produced by Grammy nominated producer Blake Mills (Alabama Shakes). The record features ten original tracks and includes backing vocals from Brittany Howardof Alabama Shakes, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe of Lucius, Mandy Moore and Will Oldham as well as MPC programming from Jim Keltner on “When The Tequila Runs Out.”
Of the album, Taylor Goldsmith (guitar, vocals) explains, “These songs were all written in a very short period of time, very close together. In that sense I feel like there was a consistency in mood and outlook our other records don’t have. Pretty much every song on this record explores a difficult situation and tries to find a way to find the good in it, or at least remind yourself that it’s not always that big of a deal. After all, as scary as it is, we are all gonna die.”
The band consists of Goldsmith, Wylie Gelber (bass), Griffin Goldsmith (drums, vocals, percussion) and Lee Pardini (keyboards, vocals). Dawes has toured extensively playing headline shows worldwide and major festival appearances including Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, Lollapalooza and Newport Folk Festival. Recently, they have toured with My Morning Jacket, Bob Dylan, Mumford and Sons, Conor Oberst and Jackson Browne.
WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE TRACK LIST
- One Of Us
- We’re All Gonna Die
- Roll With The Punches
- Picture Of A Man
- Less Than Fives Miles Away
- Roll Tide
- When The Tequila Runs Out
- For No Good Reason
- Quitter
- As If By Design
DAWES LIVE
September 15—Long Beach, CA—Fingerprints†
September 16—Los Angeles, CA— The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery*^
September 19—New York, NY—The McKittrick Hotel*^
September 22 — Nashville, TN – The Basement East†^
September 23—Peoria, IL—Limelight
September 24—Chicago, IL—312 Urban Block Party
†Record Store acoustic performance (pre-order to enter)
*Album release shows
^Sold Out
