Bonny Light Horseman Share New Song 'When I Was Younger' & Announce tour
The band is also signed to Jagjaguwar
February 21, 2024
Photo: Jay Sansone
Bonny Light Horseman has shared a new song, “When I Was Younger,” and announced some tour dates. It is the band's first single for Jagjaguwar, who has just announced that he has signed the band. Among other things, the song deals with growing up and letting go of more reckless days as you become a parent. Check out the lyric video below and the tour dates.
Bonny Light Horseman is Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson and Josh Kaufman. Kaufman produced the song, which was recorded at Levis (pronounced: “leh-viss”) Corner House, which is a century-old watering hole in Ballydehob, County Cork, Ireland.
The band collectively had this to say about the song in a press release: “There's a whole genre of traditional songs with that 'domestic frustration' feeling, like 'Single Girl Married Girl,' 'Wish I Was a Single Girl Again,' etc. . This song is inspired by them, but we wanted to write it as a duet, to tell two sides of a story. We recorded it live so you could hear coughing, cars and the whole audience doing this voiceless wail with us in the middle. It felt like a primal collective upheaval. The next morning we were packing up from the pub and the owner Joe was out front in flip flops sweeping cigarettes out of the street singing, 'When I was younger I used to dress fancy…'.
Bonny Light Horseman's latest album, Rolling Golden Holyreleased in 2022 via 37d03d.
Kaufman is also a member of Muzz (read our interview with them).
Bonny Light Horseman tour Dates:
11/06 – Norfolk, VA – Virginia Arts festival
6/12 – Nelsonville OH – Stuart's Opera House *
6/13 – Chicago IL – Thalia Hall *
6/14 – Nashville TN – Bonnaroo Music & Arts festival
6/15 – Asheville NC – Orange Peel *
6/16 – Washington DC – Howard Theater *
6/18 – Brooklyn NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg *
6/19 – Brooklyn NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg ^
6/20 – Philadelphia PA – Union Transfer *
6/21 – Mount Solon VA – Red Wing Roots festival
6/22 – Northampton MA – Green River Music festival
6/23 – Cambridge MA – The Sinclair ^
8/10 – Lyons CO – Rocky Mountain Folks festival
* with Alpha Consumer
^ with Bridget St. John
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