Colin Stetson has announced his new album, The Love It Took to Leave You, due out on September 13th. As a preview, the acclaimed saxophonist has shared the nearly eight-minute title track.
The Love It Took to Leave You was recorded in early 2023 at Montreal’s The Darling Foundry, a 144-year-old former metalworks facility transformed into a modern art complex. “We were using the same live setup as I normally would to amplify — a full PA in the building’s spaces,” Stetson explained in a statement. “So we were really able to move the kind of air that I can move — really saturating the room, hitting the walls hard. And then we further fleshed it out.”
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Performed on solo alto saxophone, “The love it took to leave you” was written as “a love letter to self and to solitude and to tall old trees that sway and creak in the wind and rain,” revealed Stetson. Watch the music video below.
Stetson’s last solo album, All This I Do For Glory, was released in 2017. He’s about to head out on a North American tour in support of The Love It Took to Leave You, featuring stops in Toronto, Montreal, Los Angeles, and more. See the schedule below, and get tickets here.
The Love It Took to Leave You Artwork:
The Love It Took to Leave You Tracklist:
01. The love it took to leave you
02. The Six
03. The Augur
04. Hollowing
05. To think we knew from fear
06. Malediction
07. Green and grey and fading light
08. Strike your forge and grin
09. Ember
10. So say the soaring bullbats
11. Bloodrest
Colin Stetson 2024 Tour Dates:
05/14 – Ottawa, ON @ St Albans Church
05/15 – Ottawa, ON @ St Albans Church
05/16 – Toronto, ON @ Axis Club
08/20 – Montreal, QC @ MUTEK
08/21 – Montreal, QC @ The Axis Club
09/07 – Vancouver, BC @ Christ Church
09/08 – Seattle, WA @ TBD
09/09 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
09/10 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
09/12 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Hall
09/14 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theater (Album release show)
