New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Today, Amythyst Kiah shares her new album Wary + Strange, available everywhere via Rounder Records. Interlacing her
Black identity, confessional alt-rock, and the elemental sounds of traditional roots music, the eleven track collection - all written or co-written by the artist - is a culmination of her relentless journey of personal and musical exploration. Throughout, the most striking moments are those of visceral, unflinching self-actualization, as Amythyst brings her once-hidden emotions of grief, anger, and abandonment to the forefront in this raw and nuanced redefining of roots music.
In a The New York Times profile which ran earlier this week, Amythyst expands on her uncompromising vision for her sound and the one day in the studio where two sounds collided with the help of producer Tony Berg (Phoebe Bridgers,
Molly Tuttle, Andrew Bird).
Wary + Strange is already receiving breakout critical praise from The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Ebony, PEOPLE and MTV and many more. She's one of PEOPLE Magazine's
Black Musical Artists You Need To Watch in 2021, and more recently, joined
Jason Isbell as the most-nominated artist at this year's Americana
Music Awards, earning three nominations.
TRACK LIST:
Soapbox
Black Myself
Wild Turkey
Hangover Blues
Fancy Drones (Fracture Me)
Firewater
Tender Organs
Ballad of Lost
Sleeping Queen
Opaque
Soapbox Reprise
ADDITIONAL PRAISE FOR WARY + STRANGE:
"soundtrack a movement and become a force of change" - Garden & Gun
"raw and strong" - MTV
"Amythyst Kiah is done hiding in plain sight...a stunning original" - Ebony
"Blistering" - Billboard
"a mesmerizing, frequently hypnotic and always challenging work… one of this year's most riveting releases" - Holler.
"a centerpiece of conversation, not just this year, but in the years to come too" - Glide
UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
June 18 - Abbeville
Friends of Freedom Presents - Abbeville, SC
June 19 -The Blue Ridge
Music Center - Galax, VA
June 20 - Flat Iron Crossroads - Gloucester, VA
June 25 - The Mill & Mine - Knoxville, TN
June 27 - Lighting 100 Nashville Sunday Night @ 3rd & Lindsley - Nashville, TN
June 29 - Grand Ole Opry - Nashville, TN
July 1 - Floyd Small Town Summer - Floyd, VA
July 4 - Border Bash - Bristol, VA
July 17 - Stone Ridge Orchard Farmhouse Cider Bar - Stone Ridge, NY
July 24 - People's Light - Malvern, PA
Aug. 2 - Chautauqua Amphitheater - Chautauqua, NY
Aug. 3 - Cain Park - Cleveland Heights, OH
Aug. 5 - Levitt Amp Middlesboro - Middlesboro, KY
Aug. 7 - Road to Bristol Rhythm Concert Series - Bristol, VA
Aug. 14 - Gorge Amphitheatre - Quincy, WA*
Aug. 27 - Weis Center - Lewisburg, PA
Aug. 28 - Hudson River Park Blues & BBQ (virtual)
Sept. 10 - Bristol Rhythm &
Roots Reunion - Bristol, TN
Sept. 11 - Moon River
Music Festival - Chattanooga, TN
Sept. 17 - MerleFest - Wilkesboro, NC
Sept. 24 - Freshgrass Festival - North Adams, MA
Sept. 25 - Folk at the Edge Concert Series - New Haven, CT
Sept. 30 - Strathmore - North Bethesda, MD
Oct. 22 - The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor - Boothbay Harbor, ME
Oct. 24 - Bank of NH Stage - Concord, NH
Feb. 1 - Feb. 5 - Girls Just Wanna Weekend - Hard Rock Hotel & Unico Riviera Maya
* denotes show w.
Brandi Carlile and Sheryl Crow
