TOUR STOPS ADDED IN MONTREAL, TORONTO, AND WINDSOR IN JUNE IN ADDITION TO THIS WEEKEND’S SHOW IN VANCOUVER
LISTEN AND SHARE “FACE UP” HERE VIA DSPS
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Washed Out's new single "Face Up" is available today via all DSPs and digital retailers. The beautiful, slow-burning track premiered two weeks prior via Adult Swim's Singles Program and it's the first new song out since the Georgia singer/songwriter's 2017 album on Arts & Crafts, Mister Mellow.
LISTEN AND SHARE “FACE UP” HERE
Ernest Green (the man behind Washed Out) says about the track, "This song was the first thing I wrote post-Mister Mellow and it contains none of the sample-driven craziness or detached irony found in that era. Instead it’s a simple song with a simple sentiment."
Washed Out is on tour up and down the West Coast this May with a stop at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom on May 13, and has now added stops in Toronto, Montreal, and Windsor this June. Tickets for the show are available here.
WATCH MISTER MELLOW VISUAL ALBUM HERE
TOUR DATES
5/13/18 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
5/14/18 - Seattle, WA - Neptune
5/15/18 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
5/16/18 - Sonoma, CA - Gundlach Bundschu Winery
5/18/18 - San Francisco, CA - August Hall
5/19/19 - Fresno, CA - Woodward Park (Grizzly Fest)
6/15/18 - Philadelphia, PA - Theater of Living Arts
6/16/18 - Boston, MA - Paradise
6/17/18 - New York, NY - Warsaw
6/19/18 - Montreal, QC - L'Astral
6/21/18 - Toronto, ON - Danforth
6/22/18 - Windsor, ON - Olde Walkerville Theatre
6/23/18 - Rothbury, MI - Electric Forest
7/12/18 - Madrid, ES - Mad Cool Festival
7/13/18 - Rome, IT - Villa Ada
MORE ABOUT MISTER MELLOW
Boredom. Laziness. Complete apathy. Is it a quarter-life crisis or just an excuse to never grow up?
This is the world of Washed Out's (Ernest Greene) new album Mister Mellow. A fully immersive multimedia experience, the album playfully guides the listener through the highs and lows of this often ridiculous struggle. In classic Millennial fashion, most young adults' perception of their own lives are overblown and overdramatized to the point of absurdity - as are the many ways they distract themselves from the insecurities faced on a daily basis (see social media, fantasy, drugs, music). Mister Mellow shines a light on the humor found in this paradox - how we can be so bored and unhappy in what is often a very privileged, contented life?
Further moving away from the synthesizer-driven sounds of his early work and the more band-driven sound of his work on iconic indie label Sub Pop, Greene has now partnered with the Arts & Crafts as he continues to carve out a unique sonic identity that stands in direct opposition to most current trends. Instead, Mister Mellow was influenced by classic plunderphonics records of the past as well as the experimental collage techniques of musique concrete. Styles as diverse as free jazz, house, hip-hop and psych are combined together with interludial voiceover samples (often pulled from anonymous YouTube vlogs) to create a busy, chaotic, and caricaturish mix; one that quickly starts to feel like a mirror of the claustrophobic, hyper-stimulated psyche of most young adults.
Released as an integral companion to Mister Mellow is a full length visual counterpart that utilizes almost every form of animation (collage, claymation, hand-drawn, stop-motion). The aesthetic of each video reflects the handmade, "paint outside the lines" style of Greene's music - and again is a reaction against the sterile, hyper-realistic renderings of most modern digital-based art. The rich, detailed patchwork that makes up Mister Mellow (and its visual accompaniment) is unique in this day of quick-fix, throwaway music-culture.
Conceived over the course of 2 years, it is intensely personal (Greene's only collaborator was mix engineer Cole MGN) - but the ideas and observations found within the album speak to a much larger shared experience that is affecting an entire generation of young adults. An experience that we come to see as both funny and sad.