Phosphorescent Returns with 'C'est La Vie' LP

Hear the new song "New Birth in New England" from his first album in five years

BY Calum SlingerlandPublished Jul 30, 2018

Over five years removed from releasing his Muchacho LP, Phosphorescent has now shared details on a follow-up effort.

Titled C'est La Vie, the latest from singer-songwriter Matthew Houck will arrive October 5 through Dead Oceans. Nine tracks in length, the album was self-produced and marks Houck's first release under the moniker since 2015's Live at the Music Hall

A taste of what's to come from C'est La Vie can be heard below with "New Birth in New England." Houck has also mapped out a lengthy run of tour dates in support of the release, and the trek includes a lone Canadian stop at Toronto's Mod Club on December.

Houck's North American tour dates will feature support from Liz Cooper and the Stampede. Read through the tracklisting to find a complete itinerary.

C'est La Vie:

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

Tour dates:

08/03 Happy Valley, OR - Pickathon
10/14 Stockholm, Sweden - Berns
10/15 Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
10/16 Gothenburg, Sweden - Pustervik
10/17 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
10/19 Hamburg, Germany - Nochtspeicher
10/20 Berlin, Germany - Frannz Club
10/22 Paris, France - La Maroquinerie
10/23 Brussels, Belgium - Autumn Falls at Botanique (Orangerie)
10/24 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso Noord
10/26 Liverpool, England - Grand Central Hall
10/27 Dublin, Ireland - Tivoli Variety Theatre
10/28 Leeds, England - Brudenell Social Club
10/30 London, England - Shepherd's 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, Ontario – Mod Club^
12/07 Northampton, MA – Pearl Street^
12/08 Boston, MA – Royale^
12/11 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club^
12/13 Brooklyn, NY– Brooklyn Steel^
12/14 Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of The Living Arts^

^ with Liz Cooper and the Stampede

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