La Luz announce new album and tour, share video for new song 'Strange World'
News of the Universe Out May 24 via Sub Pop
March 05, 2024
Wyndham Garrett photo
La Luz have announced a new album, News of the Universe, and shared his first single, “Strange World,” via a music video. The band has also announced some new tour dates. News of the Universe will be released on May 24 via Sub Pop. Check out “Strange World” below, followed by the tracklist and album art, as well as the band's upcoming tour dates.
News of the Universe 2021 follows La Luz, which was released on Hardly Art, Sub Pop's sister label, making this their debut on Sub Pop proper. The band is led by guitarist, singer and songwriter Shana Cleveland, who was diagnosed with breast cancer two years after the birth of her son, which led to the postponement of the 2022 concerts.
“Seeing the cycle of life, seeing things grow out of decay, the decay of other living things — that was extremely comforting to me. I had to get to a place where I was more comfortable with the idea of death,” Cleveland says in a press release.
About the new single he says: “It's been a strange and difficult few years and at times I'm in a rush to move forward in time, leave the present and escape to what's next. The best advice a friend gave me during a time when I was feeling particularly overwhelmed and experiencing frequent panic attacks was to go outside, take off my shoes and sit with my feet on the ground. This seemed to slow down the universe in a way that made it easier to manipulate. So that refrain is kind of like a mantra to myself “we'll be fine, just take your time.”
News of the Universe marks a changing of the guard in La Luz's line-up – it's the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the last appearance by longtime members Lena Simon (bass) and Alice Sandahl (keyboards).
La Luz collaborated with producer Maryam Qudos (Spacemoth) on the album and the collaboration went so well that Qudos joined the band as their new keyboardist.
“There are moments on this album that sound to me like the last frantic confession before an asteroid destroys the earth,” Cleveland says, summing up News of the Universe.
Read our 2021 interview with La Luz.
News of the Universe Track List:
1. Reaching up to the Sun
2. Strange world
3. Dandelions
4. Poppies
5. Good luck with your secret
6. Always in love
7. Close your eyes
8. I will go with you
9. Blue Moth Cloud Shadow
10. News of the Universe
11. Moon in reverse
12. Blue Jay
La Luz tour Dates:
23/05 Barcelona, ES @ Sala Upload
24/05 Madrid, ES @ Tomavistas festival
05/25 London, UK @ Wide Awake festival
05/30 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
07/27 Portland, OR @ Project Pabst
08/30 Brighton, UK @ Brighton Psych Fest
31/08 Manchester, UK @ Manchester Psych Fest
09/01 Edinburgh, UK @ Edinburgh Psych Fest
09/03 Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew
09/05 Paris, FR @ Point Ephemere
09/06 Sart-Messire-Guillaume, BE @ SMG Music Fest
09/07 Asten-Heusden, NL @ Misty Fields festival
09/08 Amsterdam, NL @ Indiestadt x Suger Mountain @ Paradiso
09/10 Cologne, DE @ Bumann & SOHN
09/11 Hamburg, DE @ Prinzenbar
09/12 Berlin, DE @ Badehaus
09/13 Schorndorf, DE @ Manufaktur
09/14 Zurich, CH @ Bogen F
09/26 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
09/27 Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
09/28 St. Paul, MM @ Turf Club
09/30 St. Louis, MO @ Blueberry Hill
10/01 Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar
10/02 Nashville, TN @ The End
10/03 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade – Purgatory
10/04 Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
10/05 Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall
10/06 Washington, DC @ The Atlantis
10/08 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
10/09 Brooklyn, New York @ Elsewhere – Hall
10/10 Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
10/11 Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz
10/12 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
10/13 Ferndale, MI @ The Loving Touch
10/28 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
10/30 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
10/31 Boise, ID @ The Olympic
11/03 Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl
11/06 Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's
11/07 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
11/08 Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
11/09 Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
from our partners at http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/la_luz_announce_new_album_and_tour_share_video_for_new_song_strange_world
