Guerilla Toss – You’re Weird Now
Guerilla Toss have announced their new long-player, You’re Weird Now, available worldwide on CD/LP/Digitally on September 12th from Sub Pop.
The band’s fifth album and second for Sub Pop is a hugely creative and joyful statement about the joy of creativity. With You’re Weird Now Guerilla Toss reclaim the word “weird” for everyone brave enough to let their freak flag fly and stay true to their artistic vision no matter what—a way riskier act than it’s ever given credit for, and one that requires a certain amount of serene self-confidence that it takes time and effort to cultivate and sustain.
While in Vermont recording their new full-length album, frontwoman Kassie Carlson would prepare what she called ‘punk lunch’: a communal meal made by raiding the studio fridge for whatever was left and assembling a sandwich from the most random ingredients imaginable.
Regularly joining punk lunch were two legends from their own corners of the weird music world: Stephen Malkmus (Pavement, The Jicks) and Trey Anastasio, Phish guitarist and owner of The Barn, the recording studio where Guerilla Toss made You’re Weird Now, with Malkmus in the producer’s seat. Engineer Bryce Goggin, who has worked with Malkmus since Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, and Ben Collette, Phish’s longtime engineer at The Barn.
While the idea of the guy from Phish and the guy from Pavement sitting around with Guerilla Toss, congenially assembling sandwiches from random foodstuffs dug up from the depths of a studio fridge, might seem absurd, it also makes total sense. Because really, if there’s any band that serves as the natural bridge between slacker punks who saw Pavement way before you did, wild-eyed wooks who’ve seen Phish more times than you ever will, and even the eccentrics in ’90s drip following former GT tourmates Primus—it’s Guerilla Toss. A band so imaginative and unapologetically themselves, they’re basically the real-life manifestation of a utopian, post-snob world where all musical ideas are worthy of expression and everyone is welcome.
Today, the band has shared an animated video for their new single, “Red Flag to Angry Bull,” which builds to a campfire sing-along-worthy outro featuring Malkmus and Carlson duetting over a chatty, classically Phish-y (there’s really no better word for it) solo from Anastasio. The band notes that the humble Anastasio was both shocked and honored when asked to contribute, proof that even music legends can feel like outsiders deep into their careers. The resulting cacophony of voices is triumphant and joyful, underscoring music’s power as a mode of expression and connection—communication at its purest and most free-flowing.
Guerilla Toss has announced a 28-date North American run, beginning on September 12th and running through October 19th. This tour includes standout dates in Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle, Los Angeles, Austin, and Brooklyn, culminating in Boston, MA, on October 19. See below for a complete tour routing.
Fri. Sep. 12 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Sat. Sep. 13 – Kingston, NY – Tubby’s
Tue. Sep. 16 – Buffalo, NY – Rec Room
Wed. Sep. 17 – Lakewood, OH Mahall’s
Thu. Sep. 18 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
Fri. Sep. 19 – Milwaukee, WI – Cactus Club
Sat. Sep. 20 – Davenport, IA – Raccoon Motel
Sun. Sep. 21 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St. Entry
Thu. Sep. 25 – Seattle, WA – Vera Project
Fri. Sep. 26 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
Sat. Sep. 27 – Boise, ID – Shrine Basement
Sun. Sep. 28 – Reno, NV – Holland Project
Wed. Oct. 01 – San Francisco, CA – Chapel
Thu. Oct. 02 – Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room
Fri. Oct. 03 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
Sat. Oct. 04 – Phoenix, AZ – Linger Longer Lounge
Sun. Oct. 05 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
Tue. Oct. 07 – Denton, TX – Rubber Gloves Showroom
Wed. Oct. 08 – Austin, TX – Hotel Vegas
Thu. Oct. 09 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
Fri. Oct. 10 – New Orleans, LA – No Dice
Sat. Oct. 11 – Atlanta, GA – Aisle 5
Sun. Oct. 12 – Nashville, TN – Blue Room @ Third Man Records
Tue. Oct. 14 – Washington, DC – DC 9
Thu. Oct. 16 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl
Fri. Oct. 17 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny B’s
Sat. Oct. 18 – Burlington, VT – Foam
Sun. Oct. 19 – Boston, MA – Crystal Ballroom
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