DAWES SHARE “STILL STRANGERS SOMETIMES”
21st August 2024Acclaimed California rock band Dawes have shared their new single, “Still Strangers Sometimes,” available everywhere now. Co-produced by brothers Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith alongside longtime friend Mike Viola, the track marks the latest single from Dawes’ upcoming ninth studio album, Oh Brother, arriving on Dead Ringers via Secretly Canadian Distribution on Friday, October 11. Pre-orders are available now. In addition, exclusive split color vinyl representing the two Goldsmith brothers, as well as an array of deluxe Oh Brother bundles, is available for pre-order via the Dawes online store.
“It’s a song about the spiritual investigation of long-term relationships,” says Taylor Goldsmith. “How a part of ourselves will be unknowable forever, despite our deep connections and intimate understandings of each other.”LISTEN TO “STILL STRANGERS SOMETIMES”
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Oh Brother was first heralded last month with the album’s first single, “House Parties,” available everywhere now. The nostalgic track is accompanied by an irresistible official music video interpolating behind-the-scenes footage of Dawes hard at work in the studio with clips submitted by fans of riotous party scenes from their personal lives.
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Oh Brother marks a distinctive new chapter for Dawes co-founders Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith following 2022’s epic Misadventures of Doomscroller and the amicable departure of two bandmates last year. The album steers Dawes decidedly forward, honoring 15 years of Taylor and Griffin’s musical relationship, as well as the next era and natural evolution of their beloved band. That spirit informed much of the writing and recording, with each track initially recorded live with just Taylor on guitar and vocals and Griffin on drums, later incorporating additional studio instrumentation and collaborating with touring guitarist Trevor Menear. Across its nine heartfelt songs — which move seamlessly between folk-rock, piano ballads, and sprawling jams while maintaining both an immediately recognizable sound and freedom from expectations — Oh Brother sees Dawes navigating new chapters in their personal and professional lives while remaining steadfastly creative, ambitious, and inspired.
“All you can really do is find out what are the most essential, truest, and idiosyncratic parts of yourself,” Taylor Goldsmith says. “And I like the fact that Griffin and I are kind of clinging to each other and holding on to each other more than we ever have. We’re grateful for each other in a new way. But we’ve also been through a lot.
“It feels like we’re reborn in a way, and I mean that with so, so much love and gratitude to everyone we’ve ever played with before! This is what it means to be a lifer, to have iterations. It means having phases and chapters, and this is a very clear delineation as to the beginning of a new one. So Oh Brother feels like a ninth record, but it also feels like a first record.”
Dawes will celebrate their new era with the Oh Brother Tour, getting underway on November 7 at Knoxville, TN’s Mill & Mine with additional legs set for December and April 2025. Support on most dates comes from Winnetka Bowling League. Listen to the Dawes/Winnetka Bowling League/Medium Build summer single, “This Is Life,” HERE.
The upcoming headline run follows a wide-ranging summer schedule highlighted by a once-in-a-lifetime performance at Newport, RI’s annual Newport Folk Festival as part of Conan O’Brien and Real Musicians (accompanied by special guests including Jack White, Nick Lowe, Mavis Staples, Brittany Howard, Nathaniel Rateliff, Langhorne Slim, and Triumph The Insult Comic Dog) as well as joining Phil Lesh & Friends at last weekend’s Terrapin Crossroads Presents: Sunday Daydream Vol. 4 in San Rafael, CA. For complete tour details and ticket availability, please visit dawestheband.com/tour.
DAWES – OH BROTHER TOUR 2024/2025
AUGUST
29 – Iowa City, IA – University of Iowa Fall Welcome Concert †
NOVEMBER
7 – Knoxville, TN – Mill & Mine *
8 – Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre *
9 – Durham, NC – The Carolina Theatre of Durham *
10 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium *
13 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theatre *
14 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall *
15 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue Theatre *
16 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed *
19 – Pittsburgh, PA – Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall *
20 – Harrisburg, PA – XL Live *
21 – Washington, DC – Warner Theatre *
22 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner *
23 – Portland, ME – State Theatre *
DECEMBER
6 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
8 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up
9 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up
13 – San Antonio, TX – Stable Hall *
14 – Houston, TX – The Heights Theater *
15 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at the Moody Theater *
APRIL 2025
9 – Woodstock, NY – Bearsville Theatre *
10 – Ridgefield, CT – Ridgefield Playhouse *
11 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia *
12 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre *
13 – Princeton, NJ – Matthews Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center
17 – Madison, WI – The Majestic *
19 – Columbia, MO – The Blue Note *
23 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre *
25 – Kalispell, MT – Wachholz College Center *
26 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre *
27 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall *
† Festival Appearance
* w/ Special Guests Winnetka Bowling League
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DAWES
OH BROTHER
(Dead Ringers)
Release Date: Friday, October 11
Tracklist:
Mr. Los Angeles
Front Row Seat
Still Strangers Sometimes
Surprise!
House Parties
King of the Never-Wills
The Game
Enough Already
Hilarity Ensues
