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Alabama Shakes<\/a> have released a new song, \u201cAmerican Dream,\u201d which serves as a teaser for their upcoming third album. Stream it below.<\/p>\n The slow-burning track layers a rumbling bassline and restrained guitar riffs stirring below Brittany Howard\u2019s powerful vocals as she directly addresses the breakdown of, well, the American Dream: \u201cGot the White House pretty and pimped out\/ Gun reform\/ My body, my choice\/ Got the big TV to show you what you didn\u2019t even know you wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n Get Alabama Shakes Tickets Here<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a snapshot of what we\u2019re living through in 2026,\u201d said Howard in a statement. \u201cI look around and wonder how we got to a place where there\u2019s so much strain and so little support. I mean, it shouldn\u2019t be impossible to take off work so you can bring your child to the doctor \u2014 that\u2019s actually insane. My hope is that one day people will hear this song and say, \u2018Yeah, shit was crazy back then, but we made it through.’\u201d<\/p>\n Related Video<\/p>\n A press release reveals Alabama Shakes\u2019 follow-up to 2015\u2019s\u00a0Sound & Color<\/em> will be released as their debut album on Island Records, but no further details have been provided.<\/p>\n \u201cAmerican Dream\u201d arrives after last year\u2019s\u00a0\u201cAnother Life,\u201d<\/a> which marked the band\u2019s\u00a0first new single in over a decade.<\/p>\n The trio of Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg, and Zac Cockrell is set to hit the road<\/a> next week, with a North American leg (get tickets here<\/a>) followed by a string of summer dates across the UK and Europe (get tickets here<\/a>). Alabama Shakes will then return to the US and Canada in late July for a second North American run through late September. See the full itinerary below.<\/p>\n