The best part of waking up is a new J Mascis song on your music listening device. The Dinosaur Jr. frontman has shared “Every Morning,” a dewy strummer that applies his searing lead guitar work and familiar vocal presence to bittersweet lyrics recounting daily a.m. struggles. The track precedes Mascis’ new album, Tied to a Star, which is due out in the United States on August 26 via Sub Pop. The self-produced album features Cat Power, Mark Mulcahy, Black Heart Procession’s Pall Jenkins, and Young@Heart Chorus’ Ken Maiuri. It follows 2011’s Several Shades of Why. If Mascis’ mornings are tough, maybe it’s because he spent a week on Late Night With Seth Meyers.
Listen to “Every Morning” below, and scroll down for the track list and a playful album trailer video, plus tour dates.
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Tied to a Star track list:
1. “Me Again”
2. “Every Morning”
3. “Heal the Star”
4. “Wide Awake”
5. “Stumble”
6. “And Then”
7. “Drifter”
8. “Trailing Off”
9. “Come Down”
11. “Better Plane”
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J Mascis tour dates:
July 26 – Carnation, WA @ Timber! Outdoor Festival
September 24 – Hamden, CT @ The Ballroom at The Outer Space
September 25 – Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live
September 26 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
September 27 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
September 28 – Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle
September 30 – Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree
October 1 – Nashville, TN @ Exit / In
October 2 – Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club
October 3 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
October 4 – Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar
October 5 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
October 7 – Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck
October 8 – Omaha, NE @ Waiting Room
October 9 – Minneapolis, MN @ Minneapolis Institute of Arts
October 10 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
October 11 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
October 13 – Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
October 14 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
October 15 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe
October 16 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
October 17 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
October 18 – Boston, MA @ Sinclair
November 7-9 – Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Fest
November 11 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
November 12 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
November 13 – Long Beach, CA @ Alex’s Bar
November 14 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
November 15 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
November 16 – Sonoma, CA @ Gundlach Bundschu
November 19 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
November 20 – Portland, OR @ Dante’s
November 21-22 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
