City And Colour are back with new single Astronaut and North American tour dates.
Today, acoustic alternative act City And Colour resurrected with a new song and a series North American tour dates. The band is Dallas Green’s solo project, and has been relatively inactive since 2015’s If I Should Go Before You, aside from a live album.
On social media, City And Colour introduced the new song titled Astronaut with some background:
Dallas also continued to say, “I always think of the relationships in my life that have been fractured because I ended up doing what I do for a living. I’m always gone, wandering around and singing songs. However, it weighs on my family and friends. I’m asking for ‘one more year.’ I left home at 21 to go play my guitar. It’s lonely, but it’s because I yearn to wander. I’m aware of how lucky I am.”
The single is ambient and thoughtful, as per usual. It’s a six minute journey with a lot of twists and turns, and it ends with a climactic guitar solo. It's available to stream now.
The tour will traverse through the U.S. and Canada this fall, as well as a few festivals this summer. The festival dates are as shown below:
June
27 – Lansing, MI @ Common Ground Festival (Solo)
29 – Peterborough, ON @ Peterborough Musicfest (Solo)
August
3 – Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival
5 – St. John’s, NL @ George Street Music Festival
4 – Saint John, NB @ Area 506 Festival
17 – Elora, ON @ Riverfest
And here are the North American dates:
September
20 – Tacoma, WA @ WAMU Theatre (w/ ALICE IN CHAINS)
October
09 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement East**
10 – Nashville, TN @ James K. Polk Theater (Solo)*
14 – San Francisco, CA @ Palace of Fine Arts (Solo)*
15 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore**
16 – Los Angeles, CA @ Ace Hotel (Solo)*
17 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre**
21 – Boston, MA @ Royale**
22 – Boston, MA @ Berklee Performance Center (Solo)*
24 – New York City, NY @ Webster Hall**
25 – New York City, NY @ Town Hall (Solo)*
And, lastly, the Canadian dates:
November
08 – Victoria, BC @ Save On Foods Memorial Centre^
09 – Vancouver, BC @ Pacific Coliseum^
10 – Kelowna, BC @ Prospera Place^
12 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome^
13 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place^
15 – Regina, SK @ Brandt Centre^
16 – Winnipeg, MB @ Bell MTS Place^
19 – Sudbury, ON @ Sudbury Arena^
22 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena^
25 – Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Centre^
26 – Kingston, ON @ Leon’s Centre^
29 – Halifax, NS @ Scotiabank Centre^
* = w/Ben Rogers
** = w/Ruby Waters
^ = w/Jacob Banks and Ben Rogers
City And Colour's sixth studio album is set to release on Dallas’ new record label Still Records, but the title is yet to be revealed.
