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Jul 30, 2018 Phosphorescent By Christopher Roberts

Phosphorescent (aka Matthew Houck) has announced a new album, C’est La Vie, and shared its first single, “New Birth in New England.” C’est La Vie is the first Phosphorescent album in five years and is due out October 5 via Dead Oceans. Listen to the gospel-tinged “New Birth in New England” below, followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art. He’s also announced some tour dates, which are below too.

Phosphorescent’s last album was 2013’s Muchacho. In the five years since, Houck fell in love, had kids, and moved from New York to Nashville. Once there he built is own studio from scratch, Spirit Sounds Studio. C’est La Vie was recorded there and was produced by Houck. Houck mixed the album with Vance Powell (Jack White, Chris Stapleton, Arctic Monkeys).

A press release describes the album as such: “With a focus on translating these profound experiences to music as intuitively as he could, Houck pushes the boundaries of what a Phosphorescent record can sound like, balancing the earthy and the incandescent, the troubled and the serene, creating his own musical cosmos in the process.”

C’est La Vie Tracklist:

1. Black Moon / Silver Waves
2. C’est La Vie No. 2
3. New Birth in New England
4. There From Here
5. Around The Horn
6. Christmas Down Under
7. My Beautiful Boy
8. These Rocks
9. Black Waves / Silver Moon

Phosphorescent Tour Dates:

8/3-8/4 Happy Valley, OR - Pickathon Music Festival
10/14 Stockholm - Berns
10/15 Oslo - Rockefeller
10/16 Gothenburg - Pustervik
10/17 Copenhagen - Vega
10/19 Hamburg - Nochtspeicher
10/20 Berlin - Frannz
10/22 Paris - La Maroquinerie
10/23 Brussels - Autumn Fall at Botanique
10/24 Amsterdam - Paradiso Noord
10 26 Liverpool - Grand Central Hall
10/27 Dublin - Tivoli
10/28 Leeds - Brudenell
10/30 London - Shepherd Bush Empire
11/08 New Orleans, LA- One Eyed Jacks *
11/09 Austin, TX - Emo’s *
11/10 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater *
11/12 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom *
11/14 Santa Ana, CA - Observatory OC *
11/15 Los Angeles, CA - Belasco Theatre *
11/17 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore *
11/21 Seattle, WA - Neptune *
11/24 Denver, CO - The Oriental Theatre *
11/26 Lawrence, KS - Granada Theater *
11/27 St Louis , MO - The Ready Room *
11/29 Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre *
11/30 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre *
12/01 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
12/02 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom *
12/04 Detroit, MI - Saint Andrew’s Hall *
12/05 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall *
12/06 Toronto, ON - Mod Club *
12/07 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street *
12/08 Boston, MA - Royale *
12/11 DC - 9:30 Club *
12/13 Brooklyn, NY- Brooklyn Steel *
12/14 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of The Living Arts *

* = supported by Liz Cooper and The Stampede

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