Whitmer Thomas announces new album & tour w/ Al Menne, shares single “Rigamarole”

Musician and comedian Whitmer Thomas has announced a new album, The Older I Get The Funnier I Was, due out October 21 via Hardly Art. Like his 2020 breakout HBO comedy special The Golden One, the album takes great influence from Whitmer's mom and her music. “I was listening to songs she recorded when she was about my age, just these heartfelt, sweet Americana songs,” he says. “I decided then that I wanted to lose the Ian Curtis voice I always sing with; I wanted to do what came naturally, because my mom always sounded like herself, even when she was singing some cheesy reggae song about, like, Jamaica.”

The Older I Get The Funnier I Was kicks off with lead single "Rigamarole," a cynically funny track that features contributions by Al Menne, Christian Lee Hutson, Harrison Whitford, and Jay Som's Melina Duterte (who produced the entire album). Of the single, Whitmer says, “Rigamarole is a song about trying to shake depression with routine, and ultimately accepting I’ve got no choice but to sink into it. If I try to just live with it, like a roommate who’s constantly trying to give me a regrettable haircut, it me see the light at the end of the tunnel.” Check out the farcical music video for "Rigamarole," plus the album's artwork and track list, below.