Sloan have announced their 14th studio album, previewed today by new single "Live Forever."
The follow-up to 2022's Steady, Based on the Best Seller arrives September 26 through murderecords / Known Accomplice.
"It's not a challenge to make a 14th album," the band's Jay Ferguson said in the Ryan Haslett co-produced record's description on Bandcamp. "But sometimes it's a challenge to think of a new overarching theme for a 14th album (and the Kinks' 14th album was Soap Opera, essentially a TV play and complete story arc set to music, so clearly Ray Davies didn't have that problem)."
He continued, "Our band has the capability to perform different styles within the rock/pop (or pop/rock) sphere, but it's often hard to harness the group to adhere to one particular style or theme. That's okay though. With four songwriters, we tend to make music that perhaps doesn't always naturally hang together under one (opened) umbrella but that's our style, and that style is continued on Based on the Best Seller."
Of the lead single, Chris Murphy added, "If given the chance to live forever, would we even want to? Careful what you wish for. Would you want to feel 80 for hundreds of years? I guess that's the kind of hard-hitting question this song tackles. It also predicts that we will all have '90s nostalgia — once we're 100 years old."
Listen to the existential power pop slice that is "Live Forever" below. There, you'll also find the album tracklist details, as well as Sloan's current tour itinerary — which is set to include more Tour de Force Tour dates to be announced soon.
Based on the Best Seller:
1. Capitol Cooler
2. Dream Destroyer
3. Open Your Umbrellas
4. Baxter
5. Congratulations
6. Live Forever
7. So Far Down
8. Fortune Teller
9. No Damn Fears
10. Collect Yourself
11. Here We Go Again
12. I Already Know
Pre-order Based on the Best Seller.
Sloan 2025 Tour Dates:
06/21 Oshawa, ON - Bond St. Event Centre
07/01 Kitchener, ON - Canada Day
07/09 Calgary, AB - Wildhorse Saloon
07/12 Ottawa, ON - HOPE Volleyball SummerFest
07/16 Peterborough, ON - Peterborough Musicfest
07/19 Gravenhurst, ON - Tall Pines Music & Arts Festival
07/24 Hubbards, NS - The Shore Club
07/25 Hubbards, NS - The Shore Club
07/26 Canso, NS - Stan Rogers Folk Festival
08/03 Sydney River, NS - Red Farm Field Trip
08/09 Penticton, BC - Penticton Peachfest
08/28 Burlington, ON - Royal Botanical Gardens
09/20 Cambridge, ON - Fest2Fall
10/31 Saint John, NB - Imperial Theatre
11/14 Victoria, BC - Capital Ballroom
11/15 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
11/16 Lake Country, BC - Creekside Theatre
11/17 Vernon, BC - Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre
11/19 Sherwood Park, AB - Festival Place Theatre
11/21 Regina, SK - Casino Regina
11/22 Saskatoon, SK - Amigos Cantina
11/24 Brandon, MB - Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium
11/25 Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings Theatre
11/28 Lethbridge, AB - Owl Acoustic Lounge