U.S. Girls Announce New Album and North American Tour Dates

By: Sun Noor

 

Following the release of the critically-acclaimed album In A Poem Unlimited back in 2018, Meg Remy announced her seventh record titled Heavy Light, which is due on March 6th via Royal Mountain records in Canada and 4AD/Beggars worldwide.

The official track list for the album entails: 

1. 4 American Dollars
2. Overtime
3. IOU
4. Advice To Teenage Self
5. State House (It’s A Man’s World)
6. Born To Lose
7. And Yet It Moves / Y Se Mueve
8. The Most Hurtful Thing
9. Denise, Don’t Wait
10. Woodstock ‘99
11. The Color Of Your Childhood Bedroom
12. The Quiver To The Bomb
13. Red Ford Radio
Click here to pre-order Heavy Light.

 

With Heavy Light, Meg Remy specifically incorporates the use of personal narratives, as the tracks posses a self-observant quality. The record also includes three re-worked versions of. “Statehouse (It’s A Man’s World)”, “Overtime,” and “Red Ford Radio,” which are previously released tracks. In fact, “Overtime,” serves as the record’s lead single. 

 
Remy produced Heavy Light and has recorded the album live with 20 session musicians at Montreal’s Hotel 2 Tango studio.  Her list of collaborators for the project included saxophonist Jake Clemons from E Street Band, co-writers Rich Morel and Basia Bulat, percussionist Ed Squiries, as well as perilous collaborators Maximilian ‘Twig’ Turnbull, Steve Chahley and Tony Price who lend their hand in mixing the record.

In addition to their three intimate record release shows in Toronto, New York and Montreal, band is due to embark on an extensive spring tour kicking things off at Detroit’s MOCAD venue on April 4th and culminating this run at The Black Box Theatre in Toronto on May 16th. The band is then due to play a show in the UK at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall in October, leaving enough room for a potential European run.
 

Here is the full list of tour dates:

2/15 – TORONTO, ON @ Paradise Theatre SOLD OUT
2/16 – MONTREAL, QC @ Le Ministère
2/18 – NEW YORK, NY @ The Dance
4/4 – DETROIT, MI @ MOCAD
4/5 – CHICAGO, IL @ Lincoln Hall
4/6 – MADISON, WI @ Majestic Theatre
4/7 – MINNEAPOLIS, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
4/9 – OMAHA, NE @ Slowdown
4/10 – KANSAS CITY, MO @ Record Bar
4/12 – DENVER, CO @ Bluebird Theatre
4/13 – SALT LAKE CITY, UT @ Metro Music Hall
4/16 – VANCOUVER, BC @ Imperial
4/14 – BOISE, ID @ The Olympic
4/17 – SEATTLE, WA @ Crocodile
4/18 – PORTLAND, OR @ Mississippi Studios
4/20 – SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ The Independent
4/21 – SAN JOSE, CA @ The Ritz
4/22 – LOS ANGELES, CA @ Masonic Lodge Hollywood Forever
4/24 – PHOENIX, AZ @ Valley Bar
4/25 – TUCSON, AZ @ 191 Toole
4/27 – AUSTIN, TX @ Antone’s
4/28 – DALLAS, TX @ Club Dada
4/29 – HOUSTON, TX @ Continental Club
5/1 – MEMPHIS, TN @ The Greenroom at Crosstown Arts
5/2 – NASHVILLE, TN @ Exit/In
5/3 – ASHEVILLE, NC @ Grey Eagle
5/5 – WASHINGTON, DC @ U Street
5/6 – BROOKLYN, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
5/7 – BOSTON, MA @ Sinclair
5/8 – PHILADELPHIA, PA @ World Cafe Live                                                                              5/16 TORONTO, ON @ The Black Box Theatre                                                                                  10/14 – LONDON, UK @ Queen Elizabeth Hall

Click here to purchase tickets to any of the upcoming shows.

 

 

Watch the video for “Overtime” below:

 

 

 

Header photo by Colin Medley