Right when acid-washed psych-pop crew Sic Alps have called it quits last month, the band's Mike Donovan hinted that a solo debut would be on the way shortly. True to his word, Donovan has now revealed all the details behind WOT, which will hit stores October 15 through Drag City.
A press release notes that the California psych artist's first solo effort is "rife with riffing tunes" and veers from his old band's output to focus on "front-porch 21st-century j'accuse-tic blues" and "elegiac slo-mo rock'n'roll." Touchstones referenced in the press sheet include classic Rolling Stones, as well as the Plastic Ono Band.
You can stream the acoustic blues-slingin' album opener "New Fieldhand Bop," a song that has Donovan singing about making peace with the past, down below.
Donovan has a handful of tour dates to get through this summer, though the trip takes place down in the U.S. Regardless, you can see the show info down below.
WOT:
1. New Fieldhand Bop
2. Lost Wot
3. Fly Them Yourself
4. Do Do Ya?
5. Sic Ballad
6. Baroque Ass
7. Sexual Re-assignment Surgery Blues
8. MP3 Farm
9. Still In Town
10. George Guitar Bit
11. A Thousand Ages From The Sun
12. Perpetual Sabbath
Tour dates:
08/01 Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst Atrium *
08/25 Sacramento, CA - Verge Center for the Arts #
08/27 San Francisco, CA - The Henlock Tavern #
08/29 San Luis Obispo, CA - Crossroads #
08/30 Los Angeles, CA - MOCA Hollywood
08/31 Los Angeles, CA - Pehrspace ^#
09/02 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
09/04 Big Sur, CA - Fernwood Resort *
09/05 Oakland, CA - The New Parish *
09/06 Portland, OR - Music Fest NW *
09/07 Seattle, WA - Neumo's *
09/08 Boise, ID - Neurolux *
09/09 Reno, NV - Holland Project *
09/10 Sacramento, CA - Bows & Arrows
* with Ty Segall
# with Sun Foot
^ with Huxley Anne
A press release notes that the California psych artist's first solo effort is "rife with riffing tunes" and veers from his old band's output to focus on "front-porch 21st-century j'accuse-tic blues" and "elegiac slo-mo rock'n'roll." Touchstones referenced in the press sheet include classic Rolling Stones, as well as the Plastic Ono Band.
You can stream the acoustic blues-slingin' album opener "New Fieldhand Bop," a song that has Donovan singing about making peace with the past, down below.
Donovan has a handful of tour dates to get through this summer, though the trip takes place down in the U.S. Regardless, you can see the show info down below.
WOT:
1. New Fieldhand Bop
2. Lost Wot
3. Fly Them Yourself
4. Do Do Ya?
5. Sic Ballad
6. Baroque Ass
7. Sexual Re-assignment Surgery Blues
8. MP3 Farm
9. Still In Town
10. George Guitar Bit
11. A Thousand Ages From The Sun
12. Perpetual Sabbath
Tour dates:
08/01 Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst Atrium *
08/25 Sacramento, CA - Verge Center for the Arts #
08/27 San Francisco, CA - The Henlock Tavern #
08/29 San Luis Obispo, CA - Crossroads #
08/30 Los Angeles, CA - MOCA Hollywood
08/31 Los Angeles, CA - Pehrspace ^#
09/02 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
09/04 Big Sur, CA - Fernwood Resort *
09/05 Oakland, CA - The New Parish *
09/06 Portland, OR - Music Fest NW *
09/07 Seattle, WA - Neumo's *
09/08 Boise, ID - Neurolux *
09/09 Reno, NV - Holland Project *
09/10 Sacramento, CA - Bows & Arrows
* with Ty Segall
# with Sun Foot
^ with Huxley Anne