Homeshake, the solo project of Toronto's Peter Sagar, has announced plans for a follow-up to 2019's Helium. Sagar's fifth studio album, Under the Weather, is due on September 10 via Dine Alone Records, and today you can hear its first single "Vacuum."
As the 12-track album's title suggests, the music that makes up Under the Weather was written during a period of "deep, deep depression," and according to Sagar, the bulk of the work was done back in 2019, well before the isolation and despair brought on by the COVID pandemic set in.
"It was a bit of a dark pit," he said in a release. "That's kind of what the whole album is about."
He added: "Oftentimes when you're in a dark place, you're supposed to journal and that helps release the pressure. For me, it always found its way into the music."
In addition to new music, Homeshake has also mapped out an extensive tour of North American, which is set to kick off in early 2022. The trek will find Sagar performing in Calgary, Toronto and Montreal in April of next year, followed by a night in Vancouver in May. The 32-date trek will see support from Salami Rose Joe Louis on select dates. Tickets for the tour are on sale now.
Watch the video for "Vacuum" below, where you can also find the album's tracklisting and Homeshake's upcoming tour dates.
Under the Weather:
1. Wake Up!
2. Feel Better
3. Vacuum
4. I Know I Know I Know
5. Inaminit
6. Careful
7. Mindless
8. Spend It
9. Half Asleep After the Movies
10. Passenger Seat
11. Tenterhooks
12. Reboot!
Pre-order Under the Weather.
Homeshake 2022 Tour Dates:
04/03 Calgary, AB - Commonwealth
04/15 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
04/16 Montreal, QC - Fairmount Theatre
04/18 Boston, MA - Royale
04/19 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
04/20 Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
04/22 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
04/23 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
04/24 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
04/25 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
04/27 New Orleans, LA - Republic New Orleans
04/28 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live *
04/29 Austin, TX - Hotel Vegas *
04/30 Dallas, TX - TBA
05/02 San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger *
05/03 El Paso, TX - Lowbrow Palace *
05/04 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
05/06 San Diego, CA - Observatory North Park *
05/07 Las Vegas, NV - 24 Oxford at Virgin Hotels *
05/08 Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory *
05/12 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern *
05/13 San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom *
05/14 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom *
05/16 Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre *
05/17 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile *
05/19 Boise, ID - Neurolux *
05/20 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *
05/21 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre *
05/23 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar *
05/24 Minneapolis, MN - The Cedar Cultural Center *
05/25 Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall *
05/26 Detroit, MI - The Majestic Theater *
* with Salami Rose Joe Louis
As the 12-track album's title suggests, the music that makes up Under the Weather was written during a period of "deep, deep depression," and according to Sagar, the bulk of the work was done back in 2019, well before the isolation and despair brought on by the COVID pandemic set in.
"It was a bit of a dark pit," he said in a release. "That's kind of what the whole album is about."
He added: "Oftentimes when you're in a dark place, you're supposed to journal and that helps release the pressure. For me, it always found its way into the music."
In addition to new music, Homeshake has also mapped out an extensive tour of North American, which is set to kick off in early 2022. The trek will find Sagar performing in Calgary, Toronto and Montreal in April of next year, followed by a night in Vancouver in May. The 32-date trek will see support from Salami Rose Joe Louis on select dates. Tickets for the tour are on sale now.
Watch the video for "Vacuum" below, where you can also find the album's tracklisting and Homeshake's upcoming tour dates.
Under the Weather:
1. Wake Up!
2. Feel Better
3. Vacuum
4. I Know I Know I Know
5. Inaminit
6. Careful
7. Mindless
8. Spend It
9. Half Asleep After the Movies
10. Passenger Seat
11. Tenterhooks
12. Reboot!
Pre-order Under the Weather.
Homeshake 2022 Tour Dates:
04/03 Calgary, AB - Commonwealth
04/15 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
04/16 Montreal, QC - Fairmount Theatre
04/18 Boston, MA - Royale
04/19 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
04/20 Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
04/22 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
04/23 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
04/24 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
04/25 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
04/27 New Orleans, LA - Republic New Orleans
04/28 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live *
04/29 Austin, TX - Hotel Vegas *
04/30 Dallas, TX - TBA
05/02 San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger *
05/03 El Paso, TX - Lowbrow Palace *
05/04 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
05/06 San Diego, CA - Observatory North Park *
05/07 Las Vegas, NV - 24 Oxford at Virgin Hotels *
05/08 Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory *
05/12 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern *
05/13 San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom *
05/14 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom *
05/16 Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre *
05/17 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile *
05/19 Boise, ID - Neurolux *
05/20 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *
05/21 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre *
05/23 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar *
05/24 Minneapolis, MN - The Cedar Cultural Center *
05/25 Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall *
05/26 Detroit, MI - The Majestic Theater *
* with Salami Rose Joe Louis