The Districts Release New Single “Velour and Velcro”

The Districts share video for new single “Velour and Velcro

New album You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere

Out March 13th (Fat Possum)

Photo Credit: Shervin Lanes

The Districts today shared the video for their new single “Velour and Velcro,” the third released from the band’s forthcoming new album You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere, out March 13th on Fat Possum. Director Jake Lazovick says the clip is “a fairytale about finding heaven and quickly growing bored with what it has to offer,” while singer/guitarist Rob Grote explains the song “is about the elusive nature of bliss and how even when you’ve caught it, you know it may be fleeting.” Watch now HERE. You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere—produced by The Districts and frequent collaborator Keith Abrams, and mixed by Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Spoon, MGMT, Tame Impala)—is available for pre-order HERE.

Written after playing nearly 200 shows over two years in support of their 2017 album, Popular Manipulations, You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere almost never arrived. As they began to contemplate a new album, Grote and his longtime bandmates Pat Cassidy (guitar), Connor Jacobus (bass), and Braden Lawrence (drums) faced a transitional period that was painful for both personal and professional reasons, and found themselves fatigued and disoriented as a group. The Districts were forced to rethink everything. “This album was written as an escape and as reassurance. I was falling in love with someone new and trying to juggle this desperate desire to escape with the need to show up in my life. It’s pretty damn hard to be present and completely checked out all at once,” Grote explains. “It felt like much of my world had reached such a pitch that all I could do was try to tune it out. I felt really uncertain about the future of the band and super detached from much of what I used to identify with, on a personal level and with our music. I was thinking, ‘Do I want to keep doing music?’ ‘Do I want to keep doing it in this context?’” While You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere builds on preceding albums, it takes an ambitious leap to a new level, exhibiting a widened sense of experimentation and expansiveness at its heart. There’s Rhodes, Mellotron, strings, samples, drum machines, tape loops, Wurlitzer, “ambient swells,” piano, synthesizers; Grote lists 12 instruments next to his name alone. Pulling from the propulsive Popular Manipulations, the jagged indie rock of 2015’s A Flourish and a Spoil, and the rootsy vibe of their 2012 debut, Telephone, the band here followed their creative instincts every step of the way, resulting in their most sophisticated and adventurous record to date.  Read The Districts’ full bio and download photos/cover artwork HERE.

You Know I’m Now Going Anywhere track list

1. My Only Ghost2. Hey Jo3. Cheap Regrets4. Velour and Velcro5. Changing6. Descend7. The Clouds8. Dancer9. Sidecar10. And The Horses All Go Swimming11. 4th of July