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Garage-rock icon Jon Spencer has unveiled “Orange Slice Blues,” a new single and accompanying video from his upcoming album Songs of Personal Loss and Protest, due out June 12th via Shove Records. Alongside the release, Spencer has also announced a fresh slate of North American tour dates set for this fall.
The new record sees Spencer joined by drummer Macky “Spider” Bowman and bassist Kendall Wind, delivering what the veteran songwriter describes as “New New Super Heavy Rock for Hard Times.” Fueled by fuzzed-out basslines, explosive rhythms, and Spencer’s unmistakable vocal intensity, the album continues the boundary-pushing energy that has defined his career for more than four decades.
Songs of Personal Loss and Protest arrives June 12th through Shove Records.
Spencer comments:
“I’m in a time of spiritual reckoning. These past few years, there has been a lot of emotional conflict and personal loss — the passing of time takes its toll. Losing friends, losing family, and all of this set against a world gone topsy turvy, where it feels like we are losing basic freedoms… I’m trying to balance a lot of things, but the answer is always rock n’ roll.”
The album was recorded at Applehead Recording in Woodstock, New York, with additional sessions tracked in Santiago, Chile. Chris Bittner handled recording and mixing duties, while Dave Gardner mastered the release.
Over the course of his career, Jon Spencer has remained one of independent music’s most influential and unpredictable figures. Best known for his work with Pussy Galore, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Heavy Trash, Boss Hog, and Jon Spencer & the HITmakers, Spencer has collaborated with artists ranging from Beastie Boys and Beck to Steve Albini, DJ Shadow, Chuck D, and Nancy Sinatra.
His production credits include work with Cheater Slicks, The Bobby Lees, Experimental Tropic Blues Band, and the Grammy-nominated Death Wish Blues by Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton.
Following a run of UK and European shows this summer, Spencer will return to North America in September and November.
Jon Spencer ‘Songs of Personal Loss and Protest’ album artwork
Songs of Personal Loss and Protest Track Listing:
1. Fanfare (Another Point of View)
2. Vermin Attack!
3. Hangover
4. Knock ’Em Out
5. Give It Up 4 the Devil
6. Mr. Lion
7. Orange Slice Blues
8. Slip Away
9. Step On the Gas
10. I’m Taking Off
11. Wet & Wild
12. No More
Tour Dates:
5/22 – St. Leonards-on-Sea – The Piper
5/23 – Catton Park – Bearded Theory Festival
5/25 – Bristol – The Fleece
5/26 – Exeter – Cavern Club
5/27 – Oxford – Academy 02
5/29 – Nottingham – The Boat Club
5/30- LIverpool – Academy 02
5/31 – Glasgow – Room 2
6/2 – Belfast, NIR – Ulster Sports Club
6/3 – Dublin – Lost Lane
6/4 – Manchester- Gorilla
6/5- London – The Dome
6/26 – Cremona – Festival Beat
6/27 – Sardinia – Fabrik
6/30 – Zürich – Bogen F
7/2 – De Aachen – Musikbunker
7/3 – Wiesbaden – Räucherkammer
7/4 – Haarlem – Patronaat
7/5 – Utrecht – DB’s
7/7 – Paris – La Maroquinerie
7/8 – Bordeaux – Festival Relache
7/9 – Clermont-Ferrand – La Coopérative de Mai
7/11 – Gierle – Sjock Festival
9/7 – Quebec, QC – L’Anti
9/8 – Montreal, QC – Bar Le Ritz PDB
9/9 – Ottawa, ON – Bronson Centre
9/10 – Toronto, ON – The Great Hall
9/11 – Hamilton, ON – Bridgeworks
9/12 – Rochester, NY – Bug Jar
11/8 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
11/9 – Seattle, WA – The Sunset
11/10 – Portland, OR – Dante’s
11/11 – Eugene, OR – John Henry’s
11/12 – Arcata, CA – The MIniplex
11/13 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
11/14 – Santa Cruz, CA – Moe’s Alley
11/15 – Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
11/16 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
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