Black Lips share the final pre-release single from their forthcoming new album, Season Of The Peach out 19th September on Fire Records.
New single ‘Kassandra’ showcases a band unafraid to merge experimentation and traditional songwriting, a microcosm for their new album. Throwing you in at the deep end with an introductory electronic gurgle, ‘Kassandra’ has a guitar sound scrubbed clean for a Sunday, chiming its way through ever-spiralling salvos like The Chocolate Watchband with Zappa on vocals – all tinged with the band’s signature lo-fi bite.
14-track album Season Of The Peach captures the energy and spirit of early Black Lips while simultaneously applying new approaches to songwriting.
For the recording sessions of Season Of The Peach, they holed up in the bucolic surroundings of drummer Oakley’s new Sound At Manor studio in the Catskills (the first album recorded there since Oakley built the studio in 2020). In this idyllic setting, the band disconnected from city life and committed their music to analogue tape, part of their quest to embrace spontaneity and capture the energy of a live Black Lips show on record.
They also looked towards the fringes of outsider music for inspiration. “The real outliers don’t say that they’re outliers,” says Oakley. “My favourite outliers in music are those people who are trying to be normal.” Jared adds, “I always had an affinity for people who were naive in thinking they could crack into the mainstream, but weren’t aware of how off-kilter they were.” The music on Season Of The Peach embraces that very same tension – a mania simmering just beneath the surface of pop melodies, like in the timeless, fuzzy garage rock of their recent single, ‘So Far Gone.’
In addition, Black Lips recently announced a limited-run companion album named Bebop Armageddon (Detours & offcuts from Season Of The Peach) and an extensive tour including North American dates with Viagra Boys’
‘Season Of The Peach’ is out 19th September. Available for pre-order in Limited Edition Solar Bleached Peach LP, Limited Edition Cream LP and CD. Released along with ‘Bebop Armageddon (Detours & Offcuts From Season Of The Peach)’ available for pre-order in Limited Edition Black LP.
Live Dates
04 Sep: Eureka, Zwolle, Netherlands
05 Sep: Patronaat, Haarlem, Netherlands
06 Sep: Misty Fields Festival, Heusden Gem Asten, Netherlands
09 Sep: Bi Nuu, Berlin, Germany
10 Sep: VoxHall, Aarhus, Denmark
11 Sep: Slaktkyrkan, Stockholm, Sweden
12 Sep: John Dee, Oslo, Norway
13 Sep: Plan B (Warehouse), Malmö, Sweden
14 Sep: Leffingeleuren Festival, Ostend, Belgium
17 Sep: Blind, İstanbul, Turkey
18 Sep: Gazarte, Athens, Greece
20 Sep: Eightball Club, Thessaloniki, Greece
22 Sep: 100 Club, London, UK
23 Sep: 100 Club, London, UK
25 Sep: Citadelle de Marseille, Marseille, France
21 Oct: The Sound, San Diego, CA, US w/ Viagra Boys
23 Oct: Fox Theater, Oakland, CA, US w/ Viagra Boys
24 Oct: Shrine Expo Hall, Los Angeles, CA, US w/ Viagra Boys
25 Oct: The Van Buren, Phoenix, AZ, US w/ Viagra Boys
27 Oct: The Union, Salt Lake City, UT, US w/ Viagra Boys
28 Oct: Mission Ballroom, Denver, CO, US w/ Viagra Boys
30 Oct: White Oak Music Hall, Houston, TX, US w/ Viagra Boys
31 Oct: Levitation, Austin, TX, US w/ Viagra Boys
01 Nov: House of Blues, Dallas, TX, US w/ Viagra Boys
03 Nov: The Ritz, Raleigh, NC, US w/ Viagra Boys
04 Nov: The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC, US w/ Viagra Boys
06 Nov: The Pageant, St Louis, MO, US w/ Viagra Boys
07 Nov: Marathon Music Works, Nashville, TN, US w/ Viagra Boys
08 Nov: The Eastern, Atlanta, GA, US w/ Viagra Boys
09 Nov: Bad Earl, Atlanta, GA, US
