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May 01, 2018 By Christopher Roberts Natalie Prass

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Natalie Prass is releasing a new album, The Future and the Past, on June 1 via ATO. Now she has shared the album’s third single, the soaring, beautiful ballad “Lost.” She has also announced some new fall tour dates. Check out the song and dates below.

Prass had this to say about the song in a press release: “‘Lost’ is about putting your foot down in a relationship when enough is enough. It’s the journey of getting engulfed in another person’s energy, good and bad, and ultimately understanding the other person is out to hurt you and not there to love you back.”

Previously she shared a video for its first single, “Short Court Style” (which was one of our Songs of the Week), and also performed the song on Conan. Then she shared the album’s second single, “Sisters,” which a press release called a “feminist anthem.” “Sisters” was our #1 Song of the Week.

The Richmond based singer/songwriter released her acclaimed self-titled debut album in 2015 via Spacebomb/StarTime International. She had a new album written and was ready to record it when Donald Trump won the 2016 Presidential election, which led to Prass rewriting the album. As a previous press release put it: “Out of her despair and disappointment in those results came an impulse she could not ignore: she rewrote the album to reflect these swirling emotions.” The press release also called the album “a stunning snapshot of a musician in a state of personal rediscovery and surging femininity. The celebratory and defiant The Future and the Past also signals a significant artistic leap for Prass on the heels of her 2015 breakthrough debut album. It finds Prass tapping into deep, dancey grooves that glisten with ‘80s pop and ‘90s R&B, nestled alongside quivering, lushly orchestrated ballads.”

As with her debut album, The Future and the Past was recorded in Richmond, VA with long-time friend and collaborator Matthew E. White at his Spacebomb Studios.

Prass had this to say about the album in the previous press release: “The record was ready to go, and then the election happened. I was devastated. It made me question what it means to be a woman in America, whether any of the things I thought were getting better were actually improving, who I am and what I believe in. I knew I would be so upset with myself if I didn’t take the opportunity to say some of the things that meant so much to me, so I decided to rewrite the record. I needed to make an album that was going to get me out of my funk, one that would hopefully lift other people out of theirs, too, because that’s what music is all about.”

Also read our 2015 Pleased to Meet You Spotlight interview with Prass and our separate 2015 print magazine article on Prass.

Natalie Prass Tour Dates:

May 26 - Nashville, TN - Centennial Park
June 1 - New York, NY - Rough Trade
June 2 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s
June 3 - Richmond, VA - Broadberry
Aug 19 - Marietta, OH - Mountain Stage
Sept 18 - Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups
Sept 19 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
Sept 20 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
Sept 21 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
Sept 24 - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
Sept 25 - Vancouver, BC - Fox Cabaret
Sept 26 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
Sept 28 - San Francisco, CA - Slim’s
Sept 29 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
Sept 30 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
Oct 2 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
Oct 7 - Tulsa, OK - The Vanguard
Oct 8 - Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
Oct 10 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
Oct 14 - New Orleans, LA - Gasa Gasa
Oct 16 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
Oct 17 - Asheville, NC - The Mothlight
Oct 18 - Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
Oct 19 - Raleigh, NC - Kings
Nov 8 - London, UK - Electric Brixton

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