Warpaint debut “Whiteout,” the second track from their highly anticipated third album Heads Up, today—listen here and buy/stream here. Heads Up is out this Friday, September 23.
Warpaint’s extensive North American tour kicks off tonight at Seattle’s Showbox, with further dates October 7 and 8 in New York, October 13 in Los Angeles, November 12 in Nashville, November 17 in Austin and many more. Facial, Goldensuns and VS Colour will support on select dates. See below for full tour details.
Heads Up was recorded after the band spent 2015 apart working on solo projects and their own endeavors. Reuniting in January of this year, the band invited producer Jacob Bercovici—with whom they had worked on their debut EP Exquisite Corpse—into their House on the Hill studio in Downtown Los Angeles to begin work on the new LP. For the first time ever, the band recorded in pairs and alone rather than as a full band, allowing for a new creative freedom.
The band also reworked their live sound to reflect their critically acclaimed live performances. “We’ve always had this really jammy, high-energy live show compared to some of our records,” says vocalist and guitarist Emily Kokal. “We all love to dance. We didn’t want to take away from the emotion or the core feeling of what our band is all about—which I don’t even think we could take out if we wanted, because it is who we are—but we wanted to bump the speed up and have a little bit more fun.”
Warpaint is Emily Kokal (guitar, vocals), Jenny Lee Lindberg (bass, vocals), Stella Mozgawa (drums, vocals) and Theresa Wayman (guitar, vocals). Heads Up follows their critically beloved debut EP Exquisite Corpse, 2010’s The Fool and 2014’s Warpaint.
WARPAINT LIVE
*with Facial and Goldensuns
†with Facial
‡with Goldensuns and VS Colour
September 19 Seattle, WA The Showbox*
September 20 Vancouver, BC Imperial Vancouver*
September 21 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom*
September 23 Oakdale, CA Symbiosis Festival
September 24 Long Beach, CA Music Tastes Good
September 25 Las Vegas, NV Life is Beautiful
September 27 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre†
September 29 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe†
September 30 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall†
October 1 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall†
October 3 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall†
October 4 Washington, DC 9:30 Club†
October 6 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club†
October 7 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw†
October 8 New York, NY The Bowery Ballroom†
October 9 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer†
October 12 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore*
October 13 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda Theatre*
October 22 Bristol, U.K. Simple Things Festival
October 23 Edinburgh, U.K. Queens Hall
October 24 Manchester, U.K. Albert Hall
October 26 Liverpool, U.K. The Dome
October 27 London, U.K. The Roundhouse
October 29 Paris, France Pitchfork Festival
October 30 Cologne, Germany Live Musik Hall
November 1 Berlin, Germany Astra
November 2 Amsterdam, Netherlands Paradiso
November 4 Reykjavik, Iceland Iceland Airwaves – Húrra
November 10 Atlanta, GA Terminal West‡
November 11 Chattanooga, TN Revelry Room‡
November 12 Nashville, TN 3rd & Lindsey‡
November 14 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jack’s‡
November 16 Houston, TX Warehouse Live – Ballroom‡
November 17 Austin, TX Emo’s‡
November 18 Dallas, TX Trees‡
November 22 San Diego, CA Observatory North Park‡
Vents MagaZine Music and Entertainment Magazine
