Bartees Strange signs with 4AD, releases new single “Heavy Heart”

Bartees Strange has signed with 4AD Records, which makes him a labelmate of artists such as Big Thief, Jenny Hval and Helado Negro (and alumni like Bauhaus and Cocteau Twins). And today, he’s shared his first new single through the long-running indie label, titled “Heavy Heart.” The track features a video directed by Mannequin Pussy’s Missy Dabice. Watch and listen below.

Bartees Strange is also about to head out on tour with Car Seat Headrest. Check out those dates below.

Bartees Strange’s last album was 2020’s Live Forever.

Car Seat Headrest/Bartees Strange tour dates:

3.16.22 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theater
3.17.22 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater
3.18.22 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theater
3.20.22 – Detroit, MI – The Majestic
3.22.22 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
3.25.22 – North Adams, MA – MASS MoCA
3.26.22 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
3.27.22 – Portland, ME – State Theatre
3.29.22 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
3.30.22 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
4.01.22 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
4.02.22 – Washington, D.C. – The Anthem
4.04.22 – Charlottesville, VA – The Jefferson Theater
4.05.22 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
4.07.22 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
4.08.22 – Columbia, SC – The Senate
4.09.22 – Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
4.10.22 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
4.23.22 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
4.24.22 – Eugene, OR – McDonald Theater
4.26.22 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
4.30.22 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
5.04.22 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
5.05.22 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
5.06.22 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
5.07.22 – Oklahoma City, OK – Tower Theater
5.08.22 – Kansas City, MO – Grinders KC
5.10.22 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
5.11.22 – Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre