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Mar 01, 2019 By Christopher Roberts Sebadoh

Sebadoh have announced a new album, Act Surprised, and shared a video for its first single, “Celebrate the Void.” They have also announced some tour dates. Act Surprised is due out May 24 via Dangerbird. Check out the “Celebrate the Void” video below, followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art, as well as the tour dates.

Act Surprised is the band’s first album in six years. The band (Lou Barlow, Jason Loewenstein, and Bob D’Amico) recorded it with producer/sound engineer Justin Pizzoferatto after Barlow “moved back to his home state of Massachusetts following a series of personal changes.”

Barlow had this to say about “Celebrate the Void” in a press release: “The first line of this song: ‘I get the feeling you don’t feel me’ is pretty good. It could be a line in an Ariana Grande song, I like it. I followed it from there through some general complaints about a composite character in my life, someone I could never crack. Sometimes the walls are too high. If you think about it, the resistance was always there, even in the very beginning. What to do? Pick endlessly at the seams? Replay moments in my head looking for a way to explain it all? No, stop, there is no one answer and that’s OK…Celebrate the void.”

Lowenstein wryly added: “Of all the records we have made in our long career, this is definitely the most recent.”

Act Surprised Tracklist:

01) Phantom
02) Celebrate the Void
03) Follow the Breath
04) Medicate
05) See-saw
06) Vacation
07) Stunned
08) Fool
09) Raging River
10) Sunshine
11) Act Surprised
12) Battery
13) Belief
14) Leap Year
15) Reykjavik

Sebadoh Tour Dates:

05/22: Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls
05/23: Columbus, OH - Rumba Café
05/24: Evanston, IL - Space
05/25: Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club
05/26: Omaha, NE - Reverb
05/28: Denver, CO - Globe Hall
05/29: Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
05/31: Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
06/01: Vancouver, BC - Fox Caberet
06/02: Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern
06/05: San Francisco, CA - Slims
06/06: Los Angeles, CA - Roxy
06/07: San Diego, CA - Casbah
06/08: Tustin, CA - Marty’s on Newport
06/09: Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
06/10: Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pad
06/12: Austin, TX - Parish
06/13: Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall (upstairs)
06/15: Atlanta, GA - The Earl
06/16: Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle
06/21: Holyoke, MA - Gateway City Arts Center
06/22: Boston, MA - The Sinclair
07/11: Montreal, PQ - Ritz*
07/12: Toronto, ON - Horsehoe Tavern*
07/13: Detroit, MI - Shelter*
07/14: Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop*
07/16: Cincinnati, OH - Woodward Theatre*
07/17: St. Louis, MO - The Ready Room*
07/18: Nashville, TN - Exit/In*
07/19: Birmingham, AL - Saturn*
07/20: Charlotte, NC - The Underground*
07/22: Richmond, VA - Richmond Music Hall*
07/23: Washington, DC - Black Cat*
07/24: Philadlephia, PA - Underground Arts*
07/26: New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom*
07/27: Asbury Park, NJ - Asbury Lanes*

* w/ Eleanor Friedberger

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