Andrew Bird Releases New Album Inside Problems: LISTEN
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Today, Andrew Bird releases new album Inside Problems, a collection of 11 original songs that "transports listeners to a lush musical world" (NPR Music), in an exploration of the complex thoughts, questions and middle-of-the-night obsessions swirling around in each of us. Produced by Mike Viola, Bird and his four-piece band tracked the LP live and straight to tape with nearly no overdubs, resulting in his most rousing and visceral record yet. Arriving at another apex of his acclaimed and constantly evolving career, from cracking the Billboard Top 10 on Break It Yourself to earning his first Grammy nomination for My Finest Work Yet, making his professional acting debut in Fargo, and scoring films like Judd Apatow's The Bubble and PBS' Peabody-nominated Storm Lake, "Inside Problems tackles the demons that even Headspace can't deter" (Document Journal). On Inside Problems, Andrew Bird says:
"From Orpheus to Icarus, depths to heights, and the thresholds in between. I'm interested in the moment when something becomes something else, when somewhere becomes somewhere else. That membrane that separates inside from outside. Retreating as we do in to the underlands, to molt our plumage, to exorcise our inside problems and emerge like newborn foals shaking, naked, squinting in the light. Don't you know that I'm an irrepressible optimist working with a fatal flaw?"
Listen to Inside Problems, out now via Loma Vista Recordings, and head to Andrew Bird's Instagram at 12PM PT today to watch him perform a series of highlights live for the first time.
Watch the eccentric, cinematic and cat-filled new music video for single "Make a Picture," following a striking visual series that has spanned the surreal world of the Joan Didion-inspired "Atomized," an enigmatic short film and more.
Starting June 15th at Los Angeles' Greek Theatre, Andrew Bird will bring the music of Inside Problems to Outside Problems, his first tour in nearly three years. Co-headlined with Iron & Wine, the extensive run of more than 30 shows will stretch from coast to coast, and now includes a newly added leg of six dates across the Southern US. Announced today, September and October will bring Bird and Iron & Wine to Austin's Stubb's, New Orleans' Orpheum Theater and beyond, in addition to sold-out stops at Colorado's Red Rocks, NYC's Pier 17 and Chicago's brand new Salt Shed this summer and fall, as well as performances at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium and dozens of other storied venues with support from Allison Russell, Meshell Ndegeocello and Neko Case. $1 per ticket on the fall tour will go to gun violence prevention programs - find dates below and tickets at andrewbird.net/#tour.
Andrew Bird - 2022 Tour Dates
6/15 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre*
6/17 - Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre*
6/18 - Portland, OR - Pioneer Courthouse Square*
6/19 - Seattle, WA - Woodland Park Zoo* - SOLD OUT
6/21 - Salt Lake City, UT - Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre* - SOLD OUT
6/22 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre^ - SOLD OUT
6/23 - Aspen, CO - Belly Up Aspen
6/24 - Fort Collins, CO - New Belgium Brewery
7/10 - Paris, FR - Days Off Festival w/ L'Orchestre national d'Île-de-France
7/12 - Lyon, FR - Les Nuits de Fourvières Festival w/ L'Orchestre national de Lyon
7/14 - Munich, DE - Neue Theaterfabrik
7/15 - Berlin, DE - Metropol
7/16 - Utrecht, NL - TivoliVredenburg Grote Zaal
7/17 - Köln, DE - Gloria Theater
7/19 - London, UK - O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
7/22 - Atlanta, GA - Pullman Yards#
7/23 - Asheville, NC - Rabbit Rabbit#
7/24 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium#
7/25 - Cary, NC - Koka Booth#
7/27 - Charlottesville, VA - Ting Pavilion#
7/28 - Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap#
7/29 - New York, NY - Pier 17# - SOLD OUT
7/30 - New Haven, CT - Westville Bowl#
7/31 - Bethlehem, PA - Steel Stacks#
8/02 - LaFayette, NY - Beak & Skiff#
8/04 - Cincinnati, OH - PNC Pavilion at Riverbend#
8/05 - Grand Rapids, MI - Frederik Meijer Gardens# - SOLD OUT
8/06 - Indianapolis, IN - TCU Amphitheater#
8/08 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE#
8/09 - Columbus, OH - KEMBA Live!#
8/10 - St Louis, MO - Chesterfield Amphitheater#
8/12 - Chicago, IL - Salt Shed# - SOLD OUT
8/13 - Minneapolis, MN - Surly#
9/7-9/10 - Park City, UT - Park City Song Summit
9/22 - El Cajon, CA - The Magnolia!
9/23 - Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren!
9/25 - Oklahoma City, OK - The Jones Assembly!
9/27 - San Antonio, TX - Tobin Center for the Performing Arts!
9/28 - Dallas, TX - Strauss Square!
10/1 - Austin, TX - Stubb's!
10/2 - New Orleans, LA - Orpheum Theater!
10/3 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall!
*w/ Iron & Wine and Allison Russell
^w/ Iron & Wine and Neko Case
#w/ Iron & Wine and Meshell Ndegeocello
!w/ Iron & Wine
Newly Added Dates in Bold
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