White Lung will soon unleash their fiery new record, Paradise, from which they’ve already shared lead single “Hungry.” Now Mish Way & Co. have unveiled the record’s next single, an urgent, rather graphic-sounding cut called “Kiss Me When I Bleed.” (We say “graphic” because it’s got lyrics like “I will give birth in a trailer / Huffing the gas in the air / Baby is born in molasses / Like I would even care.”)
“‘Kiss Me When I Bleed’ is about pride,” Way said in a statement. “That kind of steadfast, I-don’t-give-a-f**k-I’m-in-love pride in that we all wish we had for someone. This song is my fairytale. Riches to rags and happily ever after because nothing else in this world really matters except love.”
Listen below, check out the band’s just-announced tour dates, and look for Paradise on May 6 via Domino.
White Lung tour dates:
May 6 – Toronto, Ontario @ Velvet Underground (Canadian Music Week)
May 7 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
May 24 – Brighton, England @ Green Door Store
May 25 – Bristol, England @ Start The Bus
May 26 – London, England @ Victoria
May 27 – Birmingham, England @ The Flapper
May 28 – Leeds, England @ Brudenell Games Room
May 29 – Manchester, England @ The Star & Garter
May 31 – Paris, France @ Ephemere
June 1 – Liege, Belgium @ La Zone
June 2 – The Hague, Netherlands @ Paard (Small Hall)
June 3 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
June 5 – Antwerp, Belgium @ Trix
June 16-18 – Vancouver, British Columbia @ Levitation
July 8 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
July 9 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
July 10 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
July 13 – Austin, TX @ The Sidewinder
July 18 – Bloomington, IN @ Bluebird *
July 19 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
July 20 – Detroit, MI @ El Club
July 22-24 – Oro-Medonte, Ontario @ WayHome Music & Arts Festival
July 24 – New York, NY @ Panorama Music & Arts Festival
July 29-31 – Montréal, Québec @ Osheaga Festival
July 30 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
August 1 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
August 2 – Washington, D.C. @ Rock & Roll Hotel
August 4 – Columbus, OH @ Big Room Bar
August 6 – Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
August 8 – Winnipeg, Manitoba @ The Good Will
August 10 – Calgary, Alberta @ Commonwealth
August 12 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
August 13 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
August 15 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
* with Unknown Mortal Orchestra