Toro y Moi shares a calculated switch-up in his sound with “Tuesday,” the lead single of his forthcoming album Hole Erth, dropping on September 6th on Dead Oceans. The 13-track collection will also rely on a notably eclectic group of artists like Benjamin Gibbard, Don Toliver, Porches, and Kevin Abstract to inform its heady melancholia. A headlining tour will also kick off at the end of summer ahead of the record’s release with a stop at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles on September 20th.
“Tuesday” melds together Toro y Moi mastermind Chaz Bear’s nostalgia for pop-punk anthemics and gloomily upbeat rap-rock into a reminiscence of suburban nostalgia. One that evokes all the sonic bliss and emotive angst of the music that soundtracks adolescence. “We’re both humming along / To some modern love song from mainstream radio,” he drones over a prismatic melody of off-kilter analog and digital textures. “Our inner monologues both locked in / Singing about some celebrity break-up.”
With yearning potency, he strikes a chord of youthful anxiety due to the cyclical trappings of life: “Give me some complexity / Unpredictability / Changing subjects rapidly / Repetition gets to me.” Flooded by the rumbling kineticism of its clamoring drum machines and grumbling riff distortions, Toro y Moi carries you through a dreamily bittersweet glimpse back to a time when being frustrated and misunderstood was a distinct feature of everyday life.
The music video for “Tuesday,” directed by India Sleem, follows Toro y Moi across Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco while he wanders through his old stomping grounds. As he scarfs down a hot dog, the film flashes between moments of solo meanderings through each city and a night of revelry with friends, lending a joyous, wistful energy to memories perhaps shaded by the discontent of being a teenager.
Hole Erth arrives on September 6th on Dead Oceans. You can see Toro y Moi at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles on September 20th.
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Toro y Moi Tour
8/9 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
8/10 – Seattle, WA @ Thing Fest
8/11 – Portland, OR @ The Best Day Ever Festival
8/13 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre (with Aminé)
9/20 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Forever with Zack Fox (DJ Set)
10/3 – Queens, NY @ The Knockdown Center
10/18 – 10/19 – Miami, FL @ III Points Festival
Toro y Moi
Hole Erth
Dead Oceans
September 6, 2024
01 Walking In The Rain
02 CD-R
03 HOV
04 Tuesday
05 Hollywood (feat. Benjamin Gibbard)
06 Reseda (feat. Duckwrth & Elijah Kessler)
07 Babydaddy
08 Madonna (feat. Don Toliver)
09 Undercurrent (feat. Don Toliver & Porches)
10 Off Road
11 Smoke (feat. Kenny Mason)
12 Heaven (feat. Kevin Abstract and Lev)
13 Starlink (feat. Glaive)
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