Ducks Ltd. Share Lyric Video for New Song “When You're Outside”
Harm's Way Out now via Carpark
09 May 2024
Photo by Dylan Taylor
The duo Ducks Ltd. based in Toronto has released a new album, Harm's Way, in February via Carpark. Now they've shared a new song, “When You're Outside,” recorded during it Harm's Way sessions but did not result in the album. It features backing harmonies from Julia Steiner (of Ratboys) and Margaret McCarthy (of Moontype). Listen below and the band's tour dates follow.
Ducks Ltd. are Tom McGreevy and Evan Lewis.
McGreevy had this to say about the single in a press release: “This was one we wrote pretty early on in the process for Harm's Way, which was a time when a lot of country-oriented ideas were starting to work into our arrangements. I had demoed the harmonies on the chorus (poorly), and when we were working on the backing vocals with Julia and Margaret, they immediately understood what we were trying to do and really stepped it up. The song didn't quite fit into the lineup of the album, but it does some things we've never done in a Ducks song before, so I'm glad we're finding a way to get it out. It's trying to support someone who makes it hard to do so. Unconditional love in a sense. Or at least love with limited conditions.”
Harm's Way is its sequel Contemporary fiction, which was released in 2021 via Carpark and was one of the top 100 albums of 2021.
McGreevy had this to say about the rest of the album's tracks in a previous press release: “They're songs about struggle. About watching people I care about suffer and trying to figure out how to be there for them. And about the strain of living in the world when it feels like it's about to collapse.”
Ducks Ltd. previously shared the album's first single, “The Main Thing,” via a music video. “The Main Thing” was one of the songs of the week. They then shared his second single, “Hollowed Out,” via a music video (it was also one of the songs of the week). The album's third single, “Train Full of Gasoline,” was also one of the songs of the week. They then shared the album's fourth single, “Heavy Bag,” via a lyric video. It was also one of the songs of the week.
Dave Vettraino (Deeper, Lala Lala, Dehd) produced the album, which was recorded in Chicago.
Read our The End interview with Tom McGreevy.
Ducks Ltd. tour Dates:
5/11 – Esch/Alzette, LU @ Out Of The Crowd festival
14/5 – Porto, PT @ CCOP
5/15 – Lisbon, PT @ Musicbox
17/5 – Brighton, UK @ The Hope & Ruin
18/5 – London, UK @ Shacklewell Arms (DJ set)
5/19 – Birmingham, UK @ Hare & Hounds
5/20 – Liverpool, UK @ Stockroom
5/21- Leeds, UK @ Headrow House
5/22 – Glasgow, United Kingdom @ Broadcast
23/5 – Edinburgh, UK @ Sneaky Pete's
5/24 – Manchester, UK @ New Century Hall All Dayer
25/5 – Bristol, UK @ Dot to Dot
26/5 – Nottingham, UK @ Dot to Dot
5/27 – London, UK @ Moth Club
5/29 – Tours, FR @ Oxford Pub
5/30 – Rennes, FR @ L'UBU
5/31 – Paris, FR @ Block Party
6/1 – Clermont-Ferrand, FR @ La Coopérative de Mai
6/4 – Amiens, FR @ La Peniche
6/5 – Antwerp, BE @ Trix
6/6 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
6/21 – Kingston, NY @ Tubby's ^
6/22 – New York, NY @ Knitting Factory Baker Falls ^
7/10 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah*
7/11 – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room*
7/12 – Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon*
7/15 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop~
7/17 – Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
7/18 – Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou's
8/22 – Toronto, ON @ Longboat Concert Hall
^with Kiwi Jr.
*with Mo Dotti
~with Mo Dotti & Chime School
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