New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Thee Sacred Souls share the newest preview of their sophomore album, Got A Story To Tell (out October 4 on Daptone Records), "Live For You." Paying homage to great American R&B of the 60's and 70's and the sweet Chicano soul beloved by old school lowriders, "Live For You" oozes with timeless style while revealing a message of perseverance and self love: "Those obstacles ahead, they don't disappear if you stay trapped inside your head / get up now, get up now and live for you baby."
Listen to "Live For You" here: https://daptone.ffm.to/gastt.OPR
""Live For You" is permission through song for the listener to engage in a lifelong relationship with themselves," shares lead singer Josh Lane on the meaning behind the song. "I believe that when we do the work to genuinely love ourselves we have more capacity to be empathetic towards the world around us."
Fresh off summer festival appearances - including a standout set at Montreal Jazz Festival that FLOOD called "a master curatorial touch of showcasing the next big thing — nothing short of a coronation" - and a headline show in NYC last night for Celebrate Brooklyn, Thee Sacred Souls will also perform at the Fool In Love festival in Los Angeles on August 31, a weekend featuring soul music legends at Hollywood Park / SoFi Stadium, and embark on a fall tour that includes New York's new 2700-capacity Brooklyn Paramount (Nov. 8) and Nashville's RymanAuditorium (Oct. 16). Full routing is available below.
Written by founding members Alejandro Garcia, Salvador Samano and Josh Lane, Got A Story To Tell features 12 all new songs, a soaring statement of exquisite craftsmanship from the young band from San Diego whose story grows bigger by the day. Like their debut, the album was recorded and produced by Gabriel Roth at Penrose Recorders, Daptone's studio in Riverside, CA, uplifting the legacy of the revered imprint with its appreciation of decades of soul music and beyond.
Punctuated with strings and smooth guitar, trundling piano, pops of conga, and horns, Got A Story To Tell is a thrilling, layered listen that slowly unravels a novella of characters and evocative tales. Lead single "Lucid Girl" champions independent women, set to some of the toughest sounding drums and bass the band has yet to put to tape. "Waiting On The Right Time" slinks with a touch of slow-burning psychedelia. A plea for empathy underscores "One and the Same." "On My Mind" is a sweeping orchestration, with Lane navigating the complexities of finding happiness while balancing the good with the bad.
The highly anticipated follow-up to their self-titled 2022 breakout, Got A Story To Tell is the latest chapter in the band's explosive career story. In just two years, the band's "music of terrifyingly high quality" (UNCUT) has earned them a blow up performance on NPR's Tiny Desk, several TV show appearances — Jimmy Kimmel Live!, CBS Saturday, Kelly Clarkson, Jools Holland, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — six million monthly listeners on Spotify, an ever-growing list of celebrity fans including SZA, Alicia Keys, Leon Bridges, and Kylie Jenner, and festival debuts at Bonnaroo, Newport Folk, Austin City Limits and Lollapalooza.
Written in the throes of their 2022 album, Got A Story To Tell represents a crucible for the band. The nonstop touring and almost overnight success was demanding and intense, but they came out stronger and more together on the other side: and now, they're proving their staying power with what are undoubtedly their best songs yet.
If the last two years tested the mettle of Thee Sacred Souls, Got A Story To Tell is all that hard work paying off.
Tracklist:
1 Lucid Girl
2 Price I'll Pay
3 Live for You
4 On My Mind
5 Waiting on the Right Time
6 Losing Side of Love
7 Somebody Knew
8 My Heart is Drowning
9 Stuck in the Mud
10 In the Mirror
11 One and the Same
12 I'm So Glad I Found You, Baby
Tour Dates:
Aug 3 - San Diego, CA - Endless Sunsets ^
Aug 8 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West ^
Aug 9 - Helsinki, Finland - Flow Festival ^
Aug 10 - Oslo, Norway - Oyafestivalen ^
Aug 13 - Gijón, Spain - Semana Grande de Gijón ^
Aug 16 - Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop ^
Aug 18 - Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic ^
Aug 20 - Nice, France - Nice Jazz Festival ^
Aug 31 - Los Angeles, CA - Fool In Love Festival ^
Sept 1 - Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot ^
Sept 7 - Munich, Germany - Superbloom ^
Sept 8 - Berlin, Germany - Lollapalooza ^
Sep 10 - Amsterdam, NL - Tolhuistuin
Sep 14 - Paris, FR - La Maroquinerie
Sep 16 - Manchester, UK - Band On The Wall
Sep 19 - London, UK - Jazz Cafe
Sept 28 - Bridgeport, CT - Soundside Music Festival ^
Oct 11 - Charlottesville, VA - Ting Pavilion
Oct 12 - Asheville, NC - Rabbit Rabbit
Oct 14 - Raleigh, NC - The Ritz
Oct 16 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
Oct 18 - Miami, FL - III Points
Oct 21 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
Oct 22 - New Orleans, LA - The Fillmore New Orleans
Oct 23 - Houston, TX - The Lawn at White Oak Music Hall
Oct 25 - Austin, TX - Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater
Oct 26 - Dallas, TX - South Side Ballroom
Oct 27 - Bentonville, AR - The Momentary
Oct 29 - Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Room
Oct 31 - Toronto, ON - HISTORY
Nov 2 - Chicago, IL - Salt Shed
Nov 3 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall
Nov 6 - McKees Rocks, PA - Roxian Theatre
Nov 8 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Paramount
Nov 9 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore Philadelphia
Nov 10 - Boston, MA - Roadrunner
Nov 12 - Montreal, QC - MTELUS
Nov 14 - Silver Springs, MD - The Fillmore Silver Spring
^Festival Performance.
