Kevin Morby released a new album, This Is A Photograph, his sequel to Sundowner in 2020. The inspiration for this came while Morby was looking at a box of family photos shortly after his father feared for his health. His lead single is also his title track and is a reflection of some of the photos Morby watched: “Your Father in the Front Meadow, Shirtless / Ready to Take the World, Under the Sun of West Texas” and “Your Mother’s Gender” , in the cool dirt of Kentucky, Laughter in the Garden (haha!), where it all began. ”
This Is A Photograph was produced by Sam Cohen, who also produced “Singing Saw” from 2016 and “Oh My God” from 2019. Sam Cohen and I wanted to throw everything on the wall with this one. “This is the battle that every family faces, the one to chase the clock, to live our lives and hold on to each other for as long as possible,” Morby said in a statement. “This is the dream that comes with a young family in America and where those dreams end.
Watch a video of the song below, along with the extensive dates of Morby’s upcoming tour.
LIST:
01 Introduction
02 “This is a photo”
03 “Accidental act of kindness”
04 “Bitter, TN”
05 “Disappearance”
06 “Butterfly coat”
07 “Stone bottom”
08 Forever in the Picture
09 “Five easy pieces”
10 “Stop before I cry”
11 “Done”
12 “Goodbye to the good times”
TOUR DATES:
20/05 Madrid, ES @ Tomavistas
21/05 Biarritz, France @ L’Atabal
05/22 Montpellier, FR @ Le Rockstore
05/23 Bordeaux, FR @ Rock School Barbey
24/05 Paris, France @ Le Bataclan
05/25 Cologne, DE @ Kulturekirche
05/26 Antwerp, BE @ De Roma
05/28 London, UK @ Wide Awake in Brockwell Park
05/29 Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg
05/30 Hamburg, DE @ Uebel & Gefährlich
05/31 Berlin, DE @ Metropol
06/01 Schorndorf, DE @ Manufaktur
06/03 Angers, FR @ Levitation
06/04 Clermont-Ferrand, FR @ La Cooperative de Mai
06/05 Lille, France @ Aéronef
07/03 Bologna, IT @ Covo Summer
07/04 Terni, IT @ Anfifteatro Romano
07/06 Zagreb, HR @ Mochvara
07/07 Budapest, HU @ Akvárium Klub
07/08 Trenčín, Slovakia @ Pohoda Festival
07/09 Zittau, DE @ Lonesome Lake Festival
07/11 Vienna, AT @ WUK
07/12 Munich, DE @ Ampere
07/13 Bern, CH @ Gurtenfestival
07/15 Lisbon, PT @ Super Bock Super Rock
08/21 Erlanger, DE @ Ewerk
22/08 Hanover, Germany @ Café Glocksee
24.08. Copenhagen, DK @ Punpehuset
27/08 Prague, CZ @ Meetfactory
28.08 Darmstadt, Germany @ Golden Leaf Festival
08/31 Brighton, UK @ Chalk
09/3 Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Festival
09/04 Manchester, UK @ Band on the Wall
09/05 Glasgow, UK @ Classic Grand
09/06 Leeds, UK @ The Brudenell Social Club
09/07 Dublin, IE @ Academy
09/28 Sonoma, CA @ Historic Redwood Barn *
09/29 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore *
10/01 Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco *
10/03 Tucson, Arizona @ 191 Toole *
10/05 Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf *
10/10 Oklahoma City, OK @ Beer City Music Hall *
10/11 St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway Nightclub *
10/12 Bloomington, IN @ Buskirk-Chumley Theater *
10/14 Memphis, Tennessee @ The Bluff *
10/15 Nashville, Tennessee @ The Basement East *
10/16 Atlanta, Georgia @ Terminal West *
10/18 Jacksonville, Florida @ Intuition Ale Works *
10/20 Asheville, North Carolina @ Orange Peel *
10/21 Durham, North Carolina @ Motorco Music Hall *
22/10 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club%
10/24 Cambridge, Massachusetts @ The Sinclair%
10/25 Ardmore, PA @ Ardmore Music Hall%
26/10 New York, New York @ Webster Hall%
28.10 Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall%
10/29 Ferndale, Michigan @ The Magic Bag%
10/31 Chicago, Illinois @ The Vic Theater%
11/01 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
11/02 Minneapolis, Minnesota @ Fine Line Music Cafe%
11/03 Kansas City, Missouri @ Knuckleheads Saloon%
11/05 Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theater%
11/06 Fort Collins, Colorado @% of Washington
11/08 Salt Lake City, Utah @ The CommonWealth Room%
11/10 Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall%
11/11 Seattle, Washington @ Showbox%
11/12 Vancouver, British Columbia @ Hollywood Theater%
* with Cassandra Jenkins
% w / Coco
This Is A Photograph comes out 5/13 via Dead Oceans. Pre-order here.