Slaughter Beach, Dog Announce North American Tour

Slaughter Beach, Dog are back. Having recently announced a new album titled Safe And Also No Fear, featuring Ian Farmer of Modern Baseball, Nick Harris of All Dogs, and Zack Robbins of Superheaven alongside the founding Modern Baseball guitarist/vocalist Jake Ewald, they’ve now released North American tour dates for this upcoming August and September. They’ll be hitting the road with Cave People and Early Animator. The dates are as shown below:

August

16 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair
17 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
20 Asheville, NC Mothlight
21 Orlando, FL SoundBar.
22 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
23 Nashville, TN The End
25 New Orleans, LA Gasa Gasa
28 Dallas, TX Dada Dallas
30 Phoenix, AZ The Rebel Lounge
31 Los Angeles, CA Lodge Room Highland Park

September

01 Santa Ana, CA Constellation Room
03 San Francisco, CA Bottom Of the Hill
07 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
10 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
12 St. Louis, MO
13 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
15 Pontiac, MI The Crofoot Ballroom
18 Ithaca, NY The Haunt
19 Pittsburgh, PA Spirit
20 Hamden, CT Space Ballroom
21 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church

Tickets go on sale on Wednesday.

Two singles from Safe And Also No Fear were previously unveiled. Here's the first, One Down:

And here's the other, Good Ones:

Both songs are relatively slow-paced, as per usual, and Jake’s vocals are as smooth as ever. They feel reminiscent of Modern Baseball, especially with all the nostalgia involved, but it’s clear that this is much more confrontational and mature. The words in One Down are of an entirely separate realm of monotony and tragedy: “I live upstairs/I wash my hair/I take my meals alone inside the parlor room/I win the war/I feed the poor/I get anxious and I curl up on the floor.”

The record will be out August 2 via Lame-O Records, and is available for preorder.