It may not be the longest time between two album releases, but it has to be on the list…
The iconic band Jesus Lizard will be releasing a new album ”Rack” on September 13. It is their first release since the 1998 release “Blue”.
The first single “Hide & Seek” is available now; a song Jesus Lizard’s David You says is “a perky ditty about a witch who can’t behave, and it’s got nearly as many hooks as a Mike Tyson fight.”
Yow, Duane Denison, Mac McNeilly, and David William Sims have not performed together as a band since 2009, but have remained friends and at times touring mates. The band has planned some tour dates over the next several months.
Speaking on the new album, the band said, “there are definitely some references to the past, but it’s more as a point of departure: we don’t stay there.”
Jesus Lizard tour dates:
June 9 at the Garden Amphitheater in Garden Grove, CA
Sept 7 at the Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh, NC
Oct 13 at Best Friends Forever Music Festival in Las Vegas, NV
Oct 31 at the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas, TX
Nov 1 in Austin, TX – venue to be determined
Dec 9 at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, PA
Dec 11 at Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn, nY
Dec 12 at Roadrunner in Boston, MA
Dec 13 at the Union Transfer in Philadelphia, PA
Dec 14 at the Black Cat in Washington, D.C.
Dec 18 at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, GA
Jan 7 at QMU in Glasgow, UK
Jan 8 at the Academy 2 in Manchester, UK
Jan 9 at the Brudnell Social Club in Leeds, UK
Jan 10 at The Fleece in Bristol, UK
Jan 11 at the Electric Ballroom in London, UK
Jan 12 at Concorde 2 in Brightton, UK
Jan 14 at The Limelight in Belfast, UK
Jan 15 at the Button Factory in Dublin, Ireland
May 2 at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, CA
May 3 at The Fonda theatre in Los Angeles, CA
May 5 at The Fillmore in San Francisco, CA
May 8 at Revolution Hall in Portland, OR
May 10 at the Neptune Theatre in Seattle, WA