Blonde Redhead announce new album, Sit Down For Dinner
Blonde Redhead have announced a new album. On September 21, the group will release Sit Down For Dinner, their first album in nine years, via section1. The first song they’ve shared is “Snowman.” Hear it below.
The title is a reference to a passage in Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking, which discusses her husband’s sudden death at the dinner table. It’s also a reflection on the band’s own ritual of sitting down for dinner together before shows. “I know a lot of people eat and run, eat in front of their TV, or don’t care about it too much—and that’s OK—but we really do,” said the band’s Simone Pace in a statement. “It’s a moment for us to sit down and have time with each other.”
“We have a language we have kept,” Kazu Makino said about the album. “We try to change rhythms, concepts, and sounds. But that harmonic sensibility has stayed the same. It hits the same part of your heart.”
Blonde Redhead’s last album was 2014’s Barragán.
Blonde Redhead Sit Down for Dinner tracklist:
1. Snowman
2. Kiss Her Kiss Her
3. Not for Me
4. Melody Experiment
5. Rest of Her Life
6. Sit Down for Dinner Pt 1
7. Sit Down for Dinner Pt 2
8. I Thought You Should Know
9. Before
10. If
11. Via Savona
Blonde Redhead tour dates:
June 2 – McGill, NV @ Schellraiser Music Festival
June 7 – Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon
June 14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
July 20 – London, UK @ The Lexington
Aug. 31 – Ogden, UT @ Ogden Amphitheater (supporting Phantogram)
Oct. 16 – San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
Oct. 18 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
Oct. 20 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
Oct. 21 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall
Oct. 24 – Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
Oct. 25 – Sante Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
Oct. 27 – Austin, TX @ TBA
Oct. 28 – Dallas, TX @ Studio at The Factory
Oct. 30 – St. Paul, MN @ Amsterdam Bar and Hall
Oct. 31 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
Nov. 2 – Toronto, ON @ TBA
Nov. 3 – Montreal, QC @ Le Studio TD
Nov. 4 – Somerville, MA @ Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre
Nov. 8 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Nov. 9 – Washington, DC @ Howard Theatre
Nov. 10 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
Nov. 20 – Genève, CH @ PTR L’Usine
Nov. 21 – Parma, IT @ Teatro Regio di Parma
Nov. 23 – Cologne, DE @ Gebaude 9
Nov. 24 – Berlin, DE @ Hole 44
Nov. 25 – Hamburg, DE @ Bahnhof Pauli
Nov. 27 – Lille, FR @ Aeronef
Nov. 28 – Paris, FR @ La Cigale
Nov. 29 – Nantes, FR @ Stereolux
Dec. 1 – Rennes, FR @ Antipode
Dec. 2 – La Rochelle, FR @ La Sirene
Dec. 3 – Toulouse, FR @ Le Bikini
Dec. 5 – Brussels, BE @ Orangerie (at Botanique)
Dec. 6 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
Dec. 7 – Leffinge, BE @ De Zwerver
Dec. 9 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Dec. 10 – Bristol, UK @ Thekla
Dec. 12 – London, UK @ Village Underground
