Jesus Lizard return with their first new music in 26 years. The preeminent post-hardcore band will release Shelftheir new album and 1998's follow-up Blue, on September 13 via Ipecac Recordings. They also announced a tour and shared lead single “Hide & Seek,” which comes with a music video that captures all four members—David Yow, Duane Denison, Mac McNeilly and David Wm. Sims—in the recording studio. Check out the new song below.
Shelf is Jesus Lizard's seventh studio album overall. All 11 tracks were recorded with producer Paul Allen at Nashville's Audio Eagle Studio. “There are definitely some references to the past, but it's more of a starting point: We're not staying there,” Denison said. Sims adds that they decided to write a new record purely because “we thought it would be fun.”
The Jesus Lizard tour will take them across North America and Europe. The run takes place largely this fall and into early 2025. It kicks off, however, with a few shows this month followed by a show at the Hopscotch Music festival in Raleigh, North Carolina on September 7. From there, Jesus Lizard will play in Las Vegas, Austin, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Boston, London, Dublin, Los Angeles and more. The full list of their tour dates is below.
After splitting up in 2000, Jesus Lizard reunited in 2008 to play a short tour, including a set at Pitchfork Music festival next year. They reformed once again in 2017 for another tour, but have been relatively quiet since then.
Read about Jesus Lizard's Liar and Goat at No. 58 and No. 38, respectively, on “The Top 100 Albums of the 1990s”.
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