Chelsea Wolfe has announced her new album Birth of Violence will be released on September 13th via Sargent House. Today (18th), the artist has unleashed the first single taken from the follow-up to 2017’s Hiss Spun with “The Mother Road,” which is an ode to Route 66. The record circles around multiple subjects including modern tragedies such as school shootings, the poisoning of the planet as well as her personal experiences. The LP once again sees her longtime collaborator Ben Chisholm as the writing and recording took place in complete solitude of her remote home in Northern California.
Wolfe commented on Birth of Violence:
“I’ve been in a state of constant motion for the past eight years or so; touring, moving, playing new stages, exploring new places and meeting new people-an incredible time of learning and growing as a musician and performer. But after awhile, I was beginning to lose a part of myself. I needed to take some time away from the road to get my head straight, to learn to take better care of myself, and to write and record as much as I can while I have ‘Mercury in my hands,’ as a wise friend put it.”
Listen to “The Mother Road” below and pre-order the album here:
Tracklist:
01) The Mother Road
02) American Darkness
03) Birth of Violence
04) Deranged for Rock & Roll
05) Be All Things
06) Erde
07) When Anger Turns to Honey
08) Dirt Universe
09) Little Grave
10) Preface to a Dream Play
11) Highway
Acoustic tour dates w/ special guest Ioanna Gika
08/31 Pasadena, CA @ Pasadena Daydream Festival (Non Acoustic Set/ no Ioanna Gika)
10/18 San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
10/19 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
10/21 Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall
10/22 Estes Park, CO @ Stanley Hotel
10/24 Chicago, IL @ Metro
10/25 Detroit, MI @ Senate Theater
10/26 Toronto, ONT @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
10/27 Montreal, QC @ Le National
10/29 Boston, MA @ Royale
10/31 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
11/01 New York, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
11/03 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
11/04 Charlotte, NC @ McGlohon Theater
11/05 Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
11/06 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
11/08 Dallas, TX @ Texas Theatre
11/09 Austin, TX @ Levitation
11/10 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
11/12 Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
11/13 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
11/15 Los Angeles, CA @ The Palace Theatre
11/16 San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom
11/18 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
11/20 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
11/21 Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
