Tigers Jaw released their highly anticipated new LP ‘Lost on You’, produced/engineered by their longtime collaborator Will Yip (Turnstile, Movements). This is their seventh LP and second release for Hopeless Records – they have also confirmed a Reddit AMA at r/Indieheads on March 31st.
“In a lot of ways ‘Lost on You’ feels like the record we’ve wanted to make for a long time. We harnessed the energy of our live performances and amplified it with incredible production and direction from our friend and producer Will Yip. We took our time crafting these songs, pushing each idea until it became something that felt authentically us, but also fresh and exciting and inspiring,” says Walsh of the new record.
“This record is about the passing of time, realizing that there is a dichotomy that while things seem to change drastically over time, sometimes you end up right where you started. It’s about confronting difficult truths, and sitting with them to better understand yourself and your place in this world. You’ve been here before, you’ll be here again. We couldn’t be more proud of this record lyrically, thematically, and musically–and the best part comes next, when we get to perform the songs live in front of people and make that connection.”
Today’s album release arrives alongside their new anthem, ‘Staring at Empty Faces’, and its lyric video. “Born from a riff that Teddy wrote, this song saw many different iterations before the version you hear on the record,” Walsh explains. “It started as an alt-country type riff, later was sped up to the pace of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Immigrant Song’ and finally fell into place when we slowed it down and gave it space to breathe. A few years back we came across a version of our song ‘Cat’s Cradle’ that someone had ‘slowed and reverbed.’ We actually loved how that sounded, so that sort of inspired how we approached this song in the end. ‘Staring at Empty Faces’ is a song about brutal honesty, and how sometimes being honest even when it’s difficult can turn friends into strangers.”
Upcoming tour dates:
March 27th – Amityville Music Hall – Amityville, NY
March 28th – Arrow at Archer Music Hall – Allentown, PA
March 29th – No Fun – Troy, NY
April 1st – SPACE Gallery – Portland, ME
April 2nd – Ocean Mist – Wakefield, RI
April 3rd – Space Ballroom – Hamden, CT
April 4th – Racket – New York, NY
April 5th – Crossroads – Garwood, NJ
April 7th – The Broadberry – Richmond, VA
April 8th – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC
April 9th – Masquerade Hell Stage – Atlanta, GA
April 10th – The Banyan Live – West Palm Beach, FL
April 11th – The Orpheum – Tampa, FL
April 12th – The Albatross – Jacksonville, FL
April 13th – The Music Farm – Charleston, SC
April 15th – Jefferson Theater – Charlottesville, VA
April 16th – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA
April 17th – Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD
May 27th – Magic Stick – Detroit, MI
May 28th – Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH
May 29h – The Burl – Lexington, KY
May 31st – George’s Majestic Lounge – Fayetteville, AR
June 2nd – Rubber Gloves Patio – Denton, TX
June 3rd – Mohawk – Austin, TX
June 5th – The Nile Theater – Mesa, AZ
June 6th – The Observatory North Park – San Diego, CA
June 7th – The Regent Theater – Los Angeles, CA
June 8th – The Observatory – Santa Ana, CA
June 9th – Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA
June 11th – The Crocodile – Seattle, WA
June 12th – Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC
June 13th – Aladdin Theater – Portland, OR
June 15th – Metro Music Hall – Salt Lake City, UT
June 16th – Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
June 18th – Wooly’s – Des Moines, IA
June 19th – Delmar Hall – St. Louis, MO
June 20th – The Argo – Whitefish Bay, WI
June 21st – Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL