Cass McCombs share new single "I Never Dreamt About Trains"

Cass McCombs today releases the new single, ‘I Never Dream About Trains’ the final preview from his new album, Interior Live Oak, out next Friday, 15 August, via Domino. Following the irresistible serpentine riffs of ‘Peace’, ‘I Never Dream About Trains’ is piano-driven and melancholic. Reflecting the personal, revealing nature of Interior Live Oak, the song finds Cass singing to a past lover, with the entire song repeating a single memory. He sings: “I never dream about holding you tight // On the sand in Pescadero // Knowing I’d never hold you again // You know I never lie in my songs // And I never dream about trains.” The song’s accompanying lyric video was directed by Eugene Shakemup and M. Arnoux.

Interior Live Oak, more than any previous record, shows Cass’ vast range as a lyricist and musician, in keeping with The Guardian’s proclamation that he is “one of America's most reliably excellent singer-songwriters”. The album draws from everything he has created over two decades of experimentation to cut through with a direct and clarifying light. Throughout, his attitude is hopeful, which may sound odd for someone who often sings about the more extreme aspects of modern life. Interior Live Oak, however, is the resolve of someone who has lived those extremes.

In creating Interior Live Oak, Cass was inspired by the return to Domino and the revisitation of his early material in last year’s reissue campaign and the archival release, Seed Cake on Leap Year. This led him to work with some of his earliest collaborators in the Bay Area, including Jason Quever (Papercuts) and Chris Cohen, among others. Additional recording in New York City brought contributions from other perennial collaborators, including Matt Sweeney and Mike Bones, whose guitar work has always been a favourable complement to Cass’ own distinctive style.

Tour dates:

• 13 Aug - Porto, PT @ Paredes de Coura
• 14 Aug - London @ Rough Trade East
• 17 Aug - Crickhowell @ Green Man Festival
• 19 Aug - Bristol @ Lantern Hall
• 20 Aug - London @ Bush Hall
• 21 Aug - Manchester @ YES
• 23 Aug - Galway, IE @ Leisureland * %
• 24 Aug - Dublin, IE @ Wider Than Pictures Festival * %
• 25 Aug - Belfast, IE @ Ulster Hall * %
• 26 Aug - Cork, IE @ City Hall * %
• 28 Aug - Glasgow, SCT @ Barrowland * %
• 29 Aug - Glasgow, SCT @ Barrowland * %
• 10 Sep - San Diego, CA @The Casbah
• 11 Sep - Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Expo Hall &
• 12 Sep - Riverside, CA @Farmhouse

* with Father John Misty

& with MJ Lenderman, Nap Eyes

% Solo

Full Band Performance

Tickets are available here: https://cassmccombs.com/