Photo by Andrea Adolph

Today, Drugdealer announced their first studio album post the COVID-19 pandemic, Hiding in Plain Sight, will release on Oct. 28 via Mexican Summer. The announcement of the LP–which will serve as the follow-up to their 2019 album Raw Honey–was shared with the project’s lead single, “Someone to Love,” and an official music video directed by James Manson.

“‘Someone to Love’ came out of an impromptu extended jam that my band and I developed show by show on the last full U.S. tour. Then when we got home and I started working on this new stuff I realized it was one of the best moments of us naturally playing,” Drugdealer’s Michael Collins said in a statement. “I turned it into a fully fleshed out song about wanting to be truly loved unconditionally, and pretty instantly became my favorite thing I had written and pretty much still sits there.” The track features contributions from American pianist and record producer John Carroll Kirby and New Orleans rock band Video Age.

Along with the album announcement, Drugdealer shared they’ll be going on tour in support of the project, which will kick off with a performance at The Rock in Luis Obispo, Calif., on Sept. 22. After performing with Toro y Moi at the Fernwood Resort in Big Sur, Calif. on Sept. 24 the band will rest until a Halloween show at The Chapel in San Francisco, Calif. From there they’ll tour extensively through November hitting major cities including Portland, Ore., Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Ontario, Boston, New York, Nashville, Tenn., Atlanta, and more. They’ll close the tour back on the West Coast with a show at the Soda Bar in San Diego on Dec. 6.

Find tickets to the tour here.

Listen to “Someone to Love” below.

Hiding in Plain Sight Tracklist

01 Madison
02 Baby [ft. Tim Presley]
03 Someone to Love
04 Pictures of You [ft. Kate Bollinger]
05 New Fascination
06 Valentine
07 To Live and Drive in LA
08 Hard Dreaming Man
09 Posse Cut [ft. Bambina, Sedona and Sean Nicholas Savage]

Drugdealer Tour Dates

Sept. 22 San Luis Obispo, CA – The Rock

Sept. 24 Big Sur, CA – Fernwood Resort ^

Oct. 31 San Francisco, CA – The Chapel

Nov. 02 Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s

Nov. 04 Portland, OR – The Aladdin

Nov. 05 Seattle, WA – The Crocodile

Nov. 06 Vancouver, British Columbia – The Fox

Nov. 09 Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre

Nov. 11 Madison, WI – UW Madison

Nov. 12 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall

Nov. 13 Detroit, MI – The Magic Bag

Nov. 15 Toronto, Ontario – Horseshoe Tavern

Nov. 16 Montreal, Quebec – Theatre Fairmount

Nov. 17 Boston, MA – Crystal Ballroom

Nov. 18 Providence, RI – Columbus Theatre

Nov. 19 New York, NY –  Bowery Ballroom

Nov. 21 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts

Nov. 23 Washington, D.C. – Union Stage

Nov. 25 Durham, NC – MotorCo Theatre

Nov. 26 Atlanta, GA – Aisle 5

Nov. 27 Nashville, TN – Third Man Records

Nov. 28 Memphis, TN – Hi Tone Café

Nov. 30 Fort Worth, TX – Tulips

Dec. 02 Austin, TX – Far Out Lounge

Dec. 06 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar

^ with Toro y Moi