Listen: Lake Street Dive Unveil New Album ‘Good Together’ with Title Track, Plot North American Tour
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Lake Street Dive have unveiled Good Together, the band’s eighth full-length album. Set for release on June 21 as its first album with Fantasy Records, this latest project has been described by the group as “joyful rebellion,” a conscious effort to bridge social division and soothe contemporary distress with focused enthusiasm. This announcement is accompanied by the album’s high-spirited title track and the details of the band’s largest tour yet, which will bring it to a total of 43 engagements this summer and fall.
On “Good Together,” Boston’s premier indie-rock quintet finds its groove again with polished precision, pushed forth by renewed zeal in its plot to overcome dispute with dance. This is pitch-perfect power pop, featuring a duet between Rachel Price and Akie Bermiss atop a bouncing staccato synth riff, completed by exultant horns and an undeniably funky danceable backbeat. Crafted through an uncommonly collaborative songwriting process, the result is a strikingly sweet taste of the band’s message of resilient happiness.
“There’s a lot to be angry about in the world right now, a lot of pain and rage and divisiveness, but it isn’t sustainable to constantly live in that anger – you need something else to keep you going,” shares drummer Mike Calabrese on the group’s bold new outlook. “Joy is a great way to sustain yourself, and we wanted to encourage everyone to stay aware of that. In a way this album is our way of saying, ‘Take your joy very seriously.’”
Lake Street Dive will kick off its tour to support Good Together on June 14 at Asbury Park, NJ’s Stone Pony Summer Stage. In its first move, the band will cross the northern border to perform at the Ottawa Jazz Festival and Toronto Jazz Festival on June 27 and 28, then return for a three-show Northeast series highlighted by a headliner booking at Marshfield, Mass.’s Levitate Music and Arts Festival on July 6. Next, the band will truck on to the Midwest for five shows in the region segmented and two in the Southeast before hiking to a previously announced and sold-out trio in the Mountain region, including a July 21 presentation at Morrison, Colo.’s prestigious Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
While in the West, LSD will stage for a three-night run through the Golden State, starring a July 27 set at Los Angeles’ The Greek Theatre, plus four shows the Pacific Northwest and an appearance at Vancouver, British Columbia’s Orpheum Theatre on Aug. 1. After two to-be-determined shows in Seattle, the band will hop to the opposite coast for a pair at Portland, Maine’s Thompson’s Point on Aug. 17 and 18. Next, the band will scan the Mid-Atlantic for bookings at high-profile venues like Columbia, Md.’s Merriweather Post Pavilion on Sept 13, New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sept. 14 and Philadelphia’s The Mann on Sept. 15.
Lake Street Dive’s second Midwest leg, composed of six shows, will be highlighted by a two-night stand at Chicago’s The Salt Shed and send the group into its final six-show Southeast stint. The ensemble’s most exhaustive tour to date will finally come to a close in Atlanta with a pair of shows at The Eastern. Tickets for the Good Together Tour are on-sale now.
Good Together is available to pre-save on all streaming platforms. Listen to “Good Together” and view the full list of tour dates below
Lake Street Dive – Good Together Tour Dates
June 14 – Stone Pony Summer Stage – Asbury Park, N.J.
June 27 – Ottawa, ON – Ottawa Jazz Festival – Ottawa, Ontario
June 28 – Toronto Jazz Festival – History – Toronto, Ontario
June 29 – Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival – Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
July 6 – Marshfield, MA – Levitate Music And Arts Festival – Marshfield, Mass.
July 7 – Beak and Skiff Apple Orchards – Lafayette, N.Y.
July 9 – TempleLive at Cleveland Masonic – Cleveland
July 10– Interlochen Center for the Arts, Kresge Auditorium – Interlochen, Mich.
July 12 – Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park – Indianapolis
July 13 – Ascend Amphitheater – Nashville, Tenn.
July 14 – Andrew J Brady Music Center – Cincinnati
July 16 – St. Louis Music Park – St. Louis
July 17 – The Momentary – Bentonville, Ark.
July 19 – Dillon Amphitheater – Dillon, Colo.
July 21 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, Colo.
July 23 – Red Butte Garden Outdoor Concert Series – Salt Lake City, Utah
July 26 – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre – San Diego
July 27 – The Greek Theatre– Los Angeles
July 28 – The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley – Berkeley, Calif.
July 30 – Sun Valley Center for the Arts – Ketchum, Idaho
Aug. 1 – Orpheum Theatre – Vancouver, British Columbia
Aug. 2 – McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheatre – Troutdale, Ore.
Aug. 3 – Venue TBA – Seattle
Aug. 4 – Venue TBA – Seattle
Aug. 17 – Thompson’s Point – Portland, Maine
Aug. 18 – Thompson’s Point – Portland, Maine
Sept. 13 – Merriweather Post Pavilion – Columbia, Md.
Sept. 14 – Madison Square Garden – New York
Sept. 15 – The Mann – Philadelphia
Sept. 17 – Terminal B at the Outer Harbor – Buffalo, N.Y.
Sept. 23 – 20 Monroe Live – Grand Rapids, Mich.
Sept. 24 – Breese Stevens Field – Madison, Wisc.
Sept. 26 – The Salt Shed – Chicago
Sept. 27 – The Salt Shed – Chicago
Sept. 28 – Surly Brewing Festival Field – Minneapolis
Sept. 30 – KEMBA Live! Outdoor – Columbus, Ohio
Oct. 1 – Stage AE – Pittsburgh
Oct. 4 – Red Hat Amphitheater – Raleigh, N.C.
Oct. 5 – Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre – Charlotte, N.C.
Oct. 6 – Firefly Distillery – North Charleston, S.C.
Oct. 8 – Rabbit Rabbit – Asheville, N.C.
Oct. 10 – The Eastern – Atlanta
Oct. 11 – The Eastern – Atlanta