ericdoa shares new project ‘Things With Wings’

Today, genre-blurring singer, songwriter, and producer ericdoa showcases the full scope of his vision on his new label-debut project things with wings. From the swelling emotion of the spoken word opener ‘stuck (intro)’ to the slow-burning ‘commander dr (dear mama)’, the project is a dizzying sonic journey brimming with hits like the lush, introspective ‘victim’. On ‘victim’, ericdoa lures in listeners with a dreamy acoustic riff before a startling beat drop and hard truths interrupt his reverie. “You don’t want to be a victim,” he sings, later asking, “What’s the point of it all?” Listen HERE via Interscope Records/Polydor.

Since signing with Interscope Records/Polydor in 2021, ericdoa has built a larger-than-life persona through pairing head-spinning, genre-bending pop soundscapes and moments of meticulously stripped-down songwriting. His singular songwriting gifts were on full display on things with wings singles like ‘lifeline’, which captured the newcomer in a chaotic state of confusion as he tried to unpack the impermanence of youth.

Heavy themes were also present on March’s ‘fool4love’, which used withdrawal as an analogy for heartbreak, and the uptempo, punk-adjacent ‘sad4whattt’, which featured in the second season of HBO’s teen drama Euphoria. The accompanying visuals for ‘fool4love’ and ‘sad4whattt’ have amassed more than 1.2 million cumulative YouTube views, while ‘lifeline’ boasts over 800,000 Spotify streams.

The Connecticut artist is currently performing songs from the project on his first-ever headlining North American tour, things with wings, which began in Houston on April 15. Get tickets HERE. Things with wings marks an important milestone for ericdoa, who’s long used his music to chronicle his growth and maturation as a person. He’s found a way to use boundary-pushing pop songs to chronicle the more difficult realities of early adulthood without sacrificing the freedom and joy of being young. It’s deeply human music, and as he takes these songs on the road, he’s sure to connect with an audience who’s grappling with similar feelings.

THINGS WITH WINGS TRACKLIST:

1. ‘stuck (intro)’
2. ‘ocd’
3. ‘lifeline’
4. ‘cheap liquor’
5. ‘broke my car radio’
6. ‘phases’
7. ‘night that we danced’
8. ‘primadonna’
9. ‘hey there nice to meet ya’
10. ‘haven’
11. ‘victim’
12. ‘fool4love’
13. ‘first day of summer’
14. ‘attention whore’
15. ‘commander dr (dear mama)’

THINGS WITH WINGS TOUR DATES:

April 15: Houston, TX @ White Oak
April 16: Dallas, TX @ Dada
April 19: Austin, TX @  Antone’s
April 22: Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
April 23: Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle (Back Room)
April 26: Washington, D.C. @ Songbryd
April 28: New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
April 29: Philadelphia, PA @ Foundry
April 30: Boston, MA @ Sonia
May 3: Toronto, ON @ Drake
May 4: Cleveland, OH @ Cambridge Room, HOB
May 7: Minneapolis, MN @ 7^th Street Entry
May 10: Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
May 11: Salt Lake City, UT @ Beehive
May 13: Portland, OR @ Holocene
May 14: Vancouver, BC @ Fortune
May 15: Seattle, WA @ Croc “Second Room”
May 18: San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar
May 20: Los Angeles, CA @ Echo
May 21: Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
October 7: London, UK @ Courtyard
October 10: Berlin, DE @ Kantine am Berghain
October 11: Cologne, DE @ Yuca Club
October 14: Paris, France @ Les Etoiles

‘things with wings’ artwork