Philadelphia’s Alex Giannascoli aka Alex G is pleased to announce his forthcoming new full-length album and his first for Domino, Beach Music, on October 9, 2015. Listen to the album’s debut track ‘Bug’ HERE.
Beach Music was written and recorded in Giannascoli’s apartment, between the Fall of 2014 and the Spring of 2015, during breaks from touring with the likes of Speedy Ortiz, Cymbals Eat Guitars and Elvis Depressedly. While its predecessors often came in uninterrupted bursts—from his head to his Bandcamp page in a matter of hours and days—Beach Music was shaped in part by Giannascoli adapting to life as a touring musician. Songs were written within months of one another rather than all at once, with influences ranging from noise music to piano-based laments to Southern rock to the rhythmic focus of techno—whatever he happened to be most interested in at the time. “Every song is coming from a different place,” he says. “It branches off in all these directions, but it has its own sound. It’s not something I do intentionally, but I’m the common thread.”
The album, his seventh full-length, follows on from previous beloved albums DSU (Orchid Tapes), Trick, and Rules, which have led to a fervent cult fan base, a number of Artist To Watch designations from outlets such as Fader and Rolling Stone, and a dedicated live audience who sing along with every word.
Beach Music is available to pre-order now on limited edition deluxe coloured vinyl with exclusive Alex G Live at The Headroom bootleg LP, limited edition cassette (exclusive to Bandcamp), CD, and digital download.
Pre-order: iTunes
Beach Music track listing
- Intro
- Bug
- Thorns
- Kicker
- Salt
- Look Out
- Brite Boy
- In Love
- Walk
- Mud
- Ready
- Station
- Snot
Alex G will support the release of Beach Music with a run of UK and European headline dates during October including a London headline date at The 100 Club on Tuesday October 20th before returning to the US for further dates in support of Title Fight and Girlpool. Dates are below:-
ALEX G TOUR DATES
- Thurs Oct 8 || Brooklyn, NY || Baby’s All Right - album release show
- Tues Oct 13 || Berlin, Germany || Berghain, Kantine || TIX
- Wed Oct 14 || Haldern, Germany || Haldern Pop Bar || FREE ENTRY
- Thurs Oct 15 || Paris, France || Le Pop Up du Label || TIX
- Fri Oct 16 || Rotterdam, Netherlands || V11 || TIX
- Sat Oct 17 || Brussels, Belgium || Botanique Witloofbar || TIX
- Mon Oct 19 || Manchester, UK || Night & Day || TIX
- Tues Oct 20 || London, UK || 100 Club || TIX
- Thurs Oct 22 || Columbus, OH || Strongwater #
- Fri Oct 22 || Buffalo, NY || Waiting Room #
- Sat Oct 24 || Toronto, ON || Not Dead Yet Fest
- Sun Oct 25 || Grand Rapids, MI || The Pyramid Scheme #
- Mon Oct 26 || DeKalb, IL || The House Café #
- Tues Oct 27 || Minneapolis, MN || Triple Rock Social Club #
- Wed Oct 28 || Bloomington, IN || The Bishop
- Thurs Oct 29 || Nashville, TN || The End #
- Fri Oct 30 || Memphis, TN || Hi Tone Cafe $
- Sun Nov 1 || St. Louis, MO || The Firebird $
- Mon Nov 2 || Kanas City, MO || The Record Bar $
- Tues Nov 3 || Springfield, MO || Outland Ballroom #
- Wed Nov 4 || Oklahoma City, OK || 89th Street Collective #
- Thurs Nov 5 || Dallas, TX || The Door #
- Sat Nov 7 || San Antonio, TX || The Pager Tiger &
- Mon Nov 9 || Houston TX || Fitzgerald’s &
- Wed Nov 11 || Atlanta, GA || Purgatory - The Masquerade &^
- Thurs Nov 12 || Durham, NC || Duke Coffeehouse &^
- Fri Nov 13 || Baltimore, MD || Ottobar &^
- Sat Nov 14 || Philadelphia, PA @ The First Unitarian Church &^
- # w/ Title Fight
- $ w/ Spencer Radcliffe
- & w/ Girlpool
- ^ Eskimeaux