Wilco Release New Track ‘Cousin’: Listen
Wilco have released the title track from their upcoming album Cousin, listen below.
Cousin will be available on vinyl, CD and digitally on 29 September, and is available for pre-order now.
The band, who have just completed a UK and Europe tour, will play dates in the United States and Mexico around the album’s release, see dates below – tickets on sale here.
“I’m cousin to the world,” frontman Jeff Tweedy confesses. “I don’t feel like I’m a blood relation, but maybe I’m a cousin by marriage.” Produced by the singular Welsh artist Cate Le Bon, Cousin marks the first time Wilco have handed the reins over to a producer outside their immediate circle of collaborators since Sky Blue Sky. Le Bon’s influences — among them the inclusion of saxophone, cheap Japanese guitars, and a cinematic, New Wave-style drum machine — drive the album into the future. The result is Wilco’s most pointed and evocative album, one related but not tied to our present moment, truly new ground for a band that has tested musical boundaries throughout its lengthy career.
Wilco tour dates:
September
25 – Wichita, KS @ Wave
26 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom *
28 – Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom *
29 – Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater @ Waterloo Park *
October
1 – Albuquerque, NM @ Kiva Auditorium *
3 – Scottsdale, AZ @ Scottsdale Civic Center East Bowl Stage *
4 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel *
5 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel *
6 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel *
8 – Monterey, CA @ Rebels & Renegades Festival
11 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether *
13 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Arlington Theatre *
14 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre ^
16 – Portland, OR @ Keller Auditorium *
17 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre ^
18 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre ^
20 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Eccles Theater ^
22 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom ^
23 – Omaha, NE @ The Astro Theater ^
25 – Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theatre ^
26 – St. Louis, MO @ Stifel Theatre ^
27 – Bentonville, AR @ The Momentary ^
December
2 – Wed. Dec. 6 – Riviera Maya, MX @ Sky Blue Sky (Hard Rock Hotel)
$ w/ Tré Burt
# w/ Courtney Marie Andrews
+ w/ Anna Miekie
* w/ My Brightest Diamond
^ w/ Nina Nastasia