Sleater-Kinney have put out their first new single in over a year, “Worry With You.” The song is the band’s first release from their just-announced tenth studio album, Path of Wellness, out June 11th via Mom+Pop.
“Worry With You” comes with a music video, directed by Alberta Poon, that’ll be familiar to anyone who’s been stuck in quarantine with their significant other over the past year. A young couple (played by Fabi Reyna and Megan Watson) struggle to find happiness in their tiny house without getting on each other’s nerves. Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein both make cameo appearances in the video — Tucker as a woman in a pharmaceutical ad, and Brownstein as a television fitness instructor.
Brownstein and Tucker recorded Path of Wellness in Portland, Oregon, throughout the pandemic of 2020. The album follows 2019’s The Center Won’t Hold and marks their first LP as a duo, after longtime drummer Janet Weiss announced her departure from the band shortly before The Center Won’t Hold was released.
Sleater-Kinney will also be co-headlining the It’s Time Tour in the U.S. with Wilco this summer after the tour was postponed from last summer due to Covid-19. Nnamdï has joined the tour as an opening act on most dates.
Path of Wellness Tracklist
1. Path of Wellness
2. High in the Grass
3. Worry With You
4. Method
5. Shadow Town
6. Favorite Neighbor
7. Tomorrow’s Grave
8. No Knives
9. Complex Female Characters
10. Down The Line
11. Bring Mercy
Sleater-Kinney and Wilco, It’s Time Tour 2021 Dates
August 5 – Spokane, WA @ First Interstate Center for the Arts*
August 7 – Missoula, MT @ KettleHouse Amphitheater*
August 10 – Denver, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
August 12 – Kansas City, MO @ Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland
August 13 – St. Louis, MO @ Saint Louis Music Park
August 14 – Atlanta, GA @ Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
August 15 – Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheater
August 17 – Asheville, NC @ Salvage Station
August 18 – Richmond, VA @ Altria Theater
August 20 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 21 – Queens, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium
August 22 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Mann Center
August 24 – Boston, MA @ Leader Bank Pavilion
August 25 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre Summer Concert Series – Thompson’s Point
August 26 – Lewiston, NY @ Artpark
August 28 – Chicago, IL @ Millennium Park – Jay Pritzker Pavilion
NEW RELEASES
Kevin Abstract, like his stage name suggests, is back with another creative record. "GEEZER" is the name, and it sports a feature from singer, rapper, and actor, Dominic Fike. This now makes this their second ever collaboration, with the first being 2019's "Peach" from Kevin's ARIZONA BABY.
This track is also kind of special as it serves as the lead single for the former BROCKHAMPTON member's next solo LP, Blush. Per Hypebeast, fans should expect it to drop on June 27. Per Genius, its shaping up to be a stacked project too with potential features from JPEGMAFIA, The Kid LAROI, Danny Brown, Quadeca, and more.
Of course, this will be Kevin Abstract's fourth solo LP with American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story, ARIZONA BABY, and 2023's Blanket being the predecessors.
On "GEEZER," him and Fike have some great chemistry over this indie instrumental, which shouldn't be a surprise. The duo has some great humor about them too. They cheekily rap about being afraid of not chasing their dreams.
The parent element goes a long way in urging listeners to not feel like you are bound to one path in life. "I said, "Damn, back then you used to be my right hand" / What happened? / She said, "Dad, you got old and then you ruined my plans," Fike raps.
Check out the track below.
Quotable Lyrics:
She ain't get accepted where the teacher recommended (Uh-oh)
She still makin' coffee at the age of thirty-seven (Uh-oh)
I know it's a small town, but the mall now looks small now
I guess the lesson is never let your guard down
Banks put up the buildings and your parents build the fences
Please don't stay behind them in your mid-twenties
