Knoxville, TN’s Cereus Bright, the quintet that features founding members Tyler Anthony and Evan Ford along with Luke Bowers, Matt Nelson and Jake Smith, teamed with Tom Schick (Wilco, Ryan Adams & the Cardinals) for their new album Excuses, due out on July 29. Recorded in their home state of Tennessee and mixed at the legendary Wilco Loft in Chicago, Anthony calls the result “upbeat songs about hard subjects” adding the record covers topics like selfishness, loneliness and fear.

Ford adds, “We decided to evaluate everything we had done in the past and see if it belonged in the future. It was a process of figuring out who we are as a band. What we ended up with is an album that’s more mature, sonically diverse, and has more to say.”

Today, we premiere a new track from the record, “Claustrophobic.” Listen below and pre-order the album here.

Cereus Bright Tour Dates:

JULY
31 – St. Louis, MO 

AUGUST
01 – Kansas City, MO 
02 – TBA
05 – Marshfield, WI – Vox Music Series
06 – Appleton, WI – Mile of Music
07 – Green Bay, WI 
09 – TBA 
11 – Milwaukee, WI 
12 – Burlington, WI – Tall Tales Festival
18 – Indianapolis, IN 
19 – Chicago, IL – TBA
20 – Kalamazoo, MI – Audiotree Music Festival
21 – TBA 

SEPTEMBER
30 – Knoxville, TN – Bijou Theatre