(Sandy) Alex G shared his new track, “Hope,” along with its music video, and also announced international 2019 and 2020 tour dates on Tuesday.
The track will appear on House of Sugar, the ninth full-length album from (Sandy) Alex G, aka multi-instrumentalist Alex Giannascoli, out Sept. 13 via Domino.
“Hope” opens with Giannascoli’s signature intricate acoustic strumming, and features haunting backing synthesizers and poignant lyrics. “He was a good friend of mine / he died,” Giannascoli sings, “Why write about it now? / Gotta honor him somehow / Saw some people crying that night / Yeah, Fentanyl took a few lives from our life.”
With several instrumental solos and Giannascoli’s ability to combine elements of intimate indie-folk and lo-fi, “Hope” is vulnerable, raw, and puts his lyrical strengths on full display. “In the house they were calling out his name all night,” Giannascoli continues, “Taking turns on the bed, throwing bottles from the windows of the home on Hope Street.”
For two minutes and 36 seconds, a perplexing wooden puppet dances on a loop in the music video for “Hope.” Graffiti and a parked car can be seen in the background on what appears to be a city street.
(Sandy) Alex G has also announced international fall 2019 and winter 2020 tour dates, with stops in the U.S., U.K. and across Europe. Tickets will go on sale Friday, July 19, at 10 a.m. local.
Listen to “Hope” and watch its enigmatic music video below, and revisit (Sandy) Alex G’s 2014 Daytrotter Session and see his complete list of upcoming tour dates further down.
(Sandy) Alex G Tour Dates:
August 03 – Chicago, Ill. @ Empty Bottle (Lollapalooza Aftershow) 04 – Chicago, Ill. @ Lollapalooza
October 17 – Washington, D.C. @ Black Cat 18 – Durham, N.C. @ Motorco Music Hall 19 – Asheville, N.C. @ The Grey Eagle 20 – Atlanta, Ga. @ Terminal West 22 – Austin, Texas @ Mohawk 23 – Dallas, Texas @ Club Dada 25 – Mesa, Ariz. @ Nile Theater 26 – San Diego, Calif. @ The Irenic 27 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Fonda Theatre 29 – San Francisco, Calif. @ Great American Music Hall 30 – Oakland, Calif. @ The New Parish
November 01 – Portland, Ore. @ Wonder Ballroom 02 – Vancouver, B.C. @ The Imperial 03 – Seattle, Wash. @ Neumos 05 – Salt Lake City, Utah @ In The Venue 06 – Denver, Colo. @ Marquis Theater 08 – St Paul, Minn. @ Amsterdam Bar & Hall 09 – Madison, Wis. @ High Noon Saloon 10 – Detroit, Mich. @ El Club 12 – Toronto, Ont. @ The Opera House 14 – Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Brooklyn Steel 15 – Burlington, Vt. @ ArtsRiot 16 – Holyoke, Mass. @ Gateway City Arts 17 – Boston, Mass. @ Royale 30 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ Union Transfer
February 2020 07 – Liverpool, U.K. @ Phase One 08 – Dublin, Ireland @ The Button Factory 09 – Glasgow, U.K. @ St. Luke’s 10 – Leeds, U.K. @ Brudenell Social Club 12 – London, U.K. @ Evolutionary Arts Hackney (EartH) 14 – Bristol, U.K. @ Thekla 15 – Brighton, U.K. @ The Old Market 17 – Wiesbaden, Germany @ Schlachthof 18 – Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique (Rotonda) 20 – Hamburg, Germany @ Molotow (SkyBar) 22 – Berlin, Germany @ Lido 24 – Prague, Czech Republic @ Underdogs Ballroom 25 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Bogen F 27 – Barcelona, Spain @ Razzmatazz (Sala 3) 28 – Madrid, Spain @ Sala El Sol
March 2020 02 – Paris, France @ Point Ephemere 04 – Cologne, Germany @ Bumann & Sohn 05 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso 06 – Groningen, Netherlands @ Vera
