In the 1950s, American mobster Raymond Patriarca used a cigarette vending machine company as a front for organized crime. That’s where the title of Deer Tick’s new album Coin-O-Matic comes from, and it’s being announced today. The Providence band shared the lead single “Mary Singletary” as the first preview.
“Most of the stories on the album are from my parents’ generation and the generation before that, when the idea of a Catholic and a Protestant getting together was very scandalous,” singer/guitarist John McCauley says. “With that song in particular, I liked the idea of writing about Catholic guilt and pre-marital sex and adding in a little bit of Looney Tunes-style violence — sometimes as a young Catholic boy, I did imagine a vengeful God cutting me down in a cartoonish kind of way.”
Coin-O-Matic, which follows 2024’s Contractual Obligations, is self-produced and features Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin on baritone saxophone and former Deer Tick member Rob Crowell on organ. “Mary Singletary” comes with a music video directed by Colin Devin Moore; watch below.
TRACKLIST:
01 “Dog Years”
02 “Mary Singletary”
03 “Endless Loop”
04 “Sweetest Thing”
05 “ACI”
06 “Everything Born”
07 “Eyelid”
08 “I Am An Island”
09 “507 Smith”
10 “Exit Door”
11 “Candy Cigarettes”
TOUR DATES:
03/11 – Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse Music Hall
03/12 – Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse Music Hall
03/13 – Providence, RI @ Uptown
06/09 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
06/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
06/12 – Washington, DC @ The Atlantis
06/13 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Thunderbird Music Hall
06/14 – Cincinnati, OH @ Ludlow Garage
06/16 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
06/17 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
06/19 – Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest
06/20 – Detroit, MI @ El Club
06/21 – Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
06/23 – Woodstock, NY @ Bearsville Theater
06/25 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre
06/26 – Boston, MA @ Royale
06/27 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
09/24 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room Lounge
09/25 – Kansas City, MO @ recordBar
09/26 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
09/27 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
09/29 – Bozeman, MT @ The Elm
09/30 – Boise, ID @ Shrine Social Club
10/02 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
10/03 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
10/04 – Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre
10/06 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
10/07 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
10/09 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
10/10 – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
10/13 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
10/14 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
10/16 – Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn
10/17 – Houston, TX @ The Heights Theater
10/18 – Dallas, TX @ The Kessler Theater
11/05 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement East
11/06 – Asheville, NC @ Eulogy
11/07 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
11/08 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
11/09 – Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre
11/11 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution Live
11/13 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Bayboro Brewing Co.
11/14 – Orlando, FL @ The Social
11/15 – Charleston, SC @ The Pour House
11/17 – Richmond, VA @ The Broadberry
11/19 – Asbury Park, NJ @ House of Independents
11/20 – Allentown, PA @ Arrow at Archer Music Hall
11/21 – Norwalk, CT @ District Music Hall
Coin-O-Matic is out 6/5 via ATO. Pre-order it here.
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