Steve Gunn will release a new album, Other You, on August 27 via Matador. The album was made in Los Angeles in 2020 and 2021 during lockdown with regular collaborator Justin Tripp and producer Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliott Smith, Cass McCombs, Kurt Vile). “I came up with this title when we were recording vocals and Rob was very into harmonies. There was a third part and I just couldn’t find the note. I couldn’t vocalize it. He went in and took my voice and put it into his computer program, then he could playback and 'sing' the note with my voice using the computer. And he said, 'Sing to the other you.' So I was singing along to myself singing a note I couldn’t sing."
The album also features guest appearances from Julianna Barwick, Mary Lattimore, Bridget St. John, Jeff Parker, Bill MacKay, Ben Bertrand, drummer Ryan Sawyer, and more. He's shared two songs from Other You today: the gentle and pretty title track, which opens the record, and the dreamy, spectral "Reflection." Check out animated visuals for both, via MOJO, below.
Steve Gunn will be on tour this summer and fall, including previously announced July dates with William Tyler that are around Newport Folk Fest (including 7/22 at The Bell House in Brooklyn), and late fall dates with Jeff Parker that wrap up in NYC on December 18 at Bowery Ballroom. All dates are listed below.
You can also check out Other You's album art and tracklist below.
Other You - Tracklist:
1. Other You
2. Fulton
3. Morning River
4. Good Wind
5. Circuit Rider
6. On The Way
7. Protection
8. The Painter
9. Reflection
10. Sugar Kiss
11. Ever Feel That Way
Steve Gunn - 2021 Tour dates
Thu July 22 - Brooklyn, NY @ The Bell House^
Fri July 23 - Livingston Manor, NY @ Catskill Brewery^
Sat July 24 - Burlington, VT @ Backside 405^
Sun July 25 - Peaks Island, ME @ Lion's Club^
Mon July 26 - Keene, NH @ Nova Arts^
Tue July 27 - Newport, RI @ Folk On^
Thu July 29 - New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine^
Thu December 2 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall #
Fri December 3 - Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center #
Sat December 4 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club #
Sun December 5 - Lakeside, MI @ Lakeside Inn #
Tue December 7 - Nashville, TN @ Third Man #
Wed December 8 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West #
Thu December 9 - Charlotte, NC @ Recover Brands #
Fri December 10 - Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle Tavern #
Sat December 11 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle #
Sun December 12 - Baltimore, MD @ Creative Alliance #
Tue December 14 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair #
Wed December 15 - Holyoke, MA @ Gateway City Arts #
Thu December 16 - Kingston, NY @ Tubby's #
Fri December 17 - Ardmore, PA @ Ardmore Music Hall #
Sat December 18 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom #
