Phosphorescent Returns With “Beautiful, Thoughtful” (NPR Music) Verve Records Debut Revelator
CBS Saturday Morning Performance Set For Tomorrow
International Tour Kicks Off May 13; Dates Announced Across US And Europe
Phosphorescent has shared Revelator today; a nine-song collection which profoundly weighs the quiet obstacles and unspoken truths of home, partnership and family. The release of Matthew Houck’s first album since 2018 follows raves for its title track “Revelator” - named a Song You Need To Know by Rolling Stoneand a ‘Best Of’ selection in The New York Times’ Playlist - as well as “Impossible House,” which was praised for its “gorgeous sound” (Stereogum) and as a “swooning indie-heartland ballad that finds Phosphorescent in fine form" (Brooklyn Vegan). Meanwhile, NPR Music named Revelator one of its most anticipated releases of the spring, calling it a “beautiful, thoughtful album.”
Among the yet-to-be-heard material on Revelator is “Wide As Heaven,” which will get its national TV debut on CBS This Morning’s Saturday Sessions tomorrow, as well as “The World Is Ending” - penned by Houck’s partner, singer-songwriter and pianist Jo Schornikow, marking the first Phosphorescent original to be written by someone other than Houck. Elsewhere, inspiration is drawn from seeing the world anew through their children’s eyes, and a surprisingly profound (albeit mildly obscene) series of messages scrawled on a bar bathroom wall. Produced by Houck and recorded in his Nashville studio over the course of six months, Revelator features collaborators including Jack Lawrence of The Raconteurs and Jim White of Dirty Three. Aquarium Drunkard has praised the “stunning” album for its“updraft of hope, of expansive, or cosmic revelation…an album that transmutes the doubts and frustrations of the last few years into sounds that soar.”
Watch an all new acoustic video for “Wide As Heaven” here: https://phosphorescent.lnk.to/WideAsHeavenliveMVPR
Listen to Phosphorescent’s Revelator here: https://phosphorescent.lnk.to/Revelator
Phosphorescent will debut live, full-band versions of multiple tracks from Revelator on CBS tomorrow morning - before bringing the album across the world through the rest of 2024. Tour dates begin in the Southeastern US in May, before a trek across Europe and the UK this summer - culminating with shows at the legendary KOKO in London, an already-sold-out date at Whelan’s in Dublin, and England’s End Of The Road Festival. He'll then return to North America in the fall, including a stop at XPoNential Festival in late September. A full list of tour dates is below.
Revelator tracklist:
1. Revelator
2. The World Is Ending
3. Fences
4. Impossible House
5. Wide As Heaven
6. A Moon Behind The Clouds
7. All The Same
8. A Poem On The Men’s Room Wall
9. To Get It Right
Tour dates:
May 13 - Oxford, MS @ Proud Larry's
May 15 - Fort Worth, TX @ Tannahill Tavern and Music Hall
May 16 - Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn
May 17 - Cherokee, TX @ Cherokee Creek Music Festival
May 18 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues Bronze Peacock
May 20 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
May 21 - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
May 23 - Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theatre
May 24 - Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre
July 25 - Burlington, VT @ Waterfront Park
Aug 18 - Stockholm, SE @ Stockholm Roots
Aug 19 - Olso, NO @ Cosmopolite Scene
Aug 20 - Gothenburg, SE @ Pustervik
Aug 21 - Tønder, DK @ Tønder Festival
Aug 22 - Tønder, DK @ Tønder Festival
Aug 24 - Berlin, DE @ Frannz Club
Aug 25 - Utrecht, NL @ Tivolivredenburg Pandora Hall
Aug 26 - Antwerp, BE @ OLT Rivierenhof
Aug 27 - London, UK @ Koko
Aug 28 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Aug 29 - Dublin, IE @ Whelan's
Aug 31 - Larmer Tree Gardens, UK @ End of the Road Festival
Sept 20-22 - Camden, NJ @ XPoNential Fest