Steve Gunn Releases Two New Songs, Shares Extensive Tour Dates

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Steve Gunn Releases Two New Songs, Shares Extensive Tour Dates

Just a few months after January’s The Unseen In Between, Steve Gunn has shared two new tracks pulled from that album’s studio sessions this Tuesday morning. The tracks come with a handful of new tour dates in tow, including some solo sets opening for Dinosaur Jr.

“Be Still Moon” showcases Gunn’s virtuoso fingerpicking. The track is breezy and effortless, a waltz that briskly swings with layers of steel guitar and acoustic bass. Gunn sings of chance encounters in a hotel; “A man on the run / Two on vacation / and then there’s you,” he croons just before the song’s whimsical bridge.

“Shrunken Heads,” meanwhile, is a touch more laid-back, leaning into Gunn’s psychedelic inclinations. With multiple guitars, Gunn sets a call-and-response between the grounded and the dreamy that blooms into something transportive. His free-associative lyrics meditate on connection and communication, with musings like “Call me when your dead / Feel it in your hand / Words are made of sand” peppered throughout the track.

The songs are well-suited for one another, effectively highlighting Gunn’s particular style of psych-folk songwriting. As we noted in our recent profile of the artist, “Be Still Moon” and “Shrunken Heads” emphasize Gunn’s ability to be both a “therapeutic poet and perplexing musician.”

Listen to “Be Still Moon” and “Shrunken Heads” here, then check to see if Gunn is playing a show near you while you revisit his 2014 stop at Daytrotter below.

Steve Gunn Tour Dates:

July
04 – Lyon, France @ Sonic Lyon
06 – Corniche des Îles, France @ Pointu Festival
11-14 – Winnipeg, Man. @ Winnipeg Folk Fest
24 – Portland, Maine @ Port City Music Hall %
25 – Portsmouth, N.H. @ 3S Artspace %
26 – Newport, R.I. @ Newport Congregational – SOLD OUT
27 – Burlington, Vt. @ Artsriot %
28 – Montreal, Que @ Bar Le Ritz %
30 – Toronto, Ont. @ Horseshoe Tavern %
31 – Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Club Café

August
01 – Baltimore, Md. (Free Show) @ WTMD First Thursday
02 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ Johnny Brenda’s
03 – Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Industry City ^^
04 – Nijmegen, Netherlands @ Merleyn
25 – Charleville-Mezieres, France @ Cabaret Vert Festival
26 – Brighton, U.K. @ Patterns *
27 – Nottingham, U.K. @ Bodega *
28 – Glasgow, U.K. @ Stereo *
29 – Bristol, U.K. @ Exchange *
30 – Dorset, U.K. @ End of the Road *
31 – Antwerpen, Belgium @ OLT $

September
01 – Barcelona, Spain @ Sidecar *
02 – Bilbao, Spain @ Kafe Antzokia *
03 – Madrid, Spain @ Sala 0 *
04 – Lisbon, Portugal @ ZDB *
06 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Zonnehuis *
07 – Asten-Heusden, Netherlands @ Misty Fields
08 – Frankfurt, Germany @ Brotfabrik *
09 – Köln, Germany @ Bumann & Sohn *
10 – Berlin, Germany @ Lido *
11 – Jena, Germany @ Trafo *
12 – Oberhausen, Germany @ Druckluft *
13 – Utrecht, Netherlands @ Helling *
14 – Leffinge, Belgium @ Leffingeleuren
16 – Dublin, Ireland @ Lost Lane
17 – London, U.K. @ Omeara
19 – Helsinki, Finland @ Kuudes Linja
23 – Istanbul, Turkey @ Salon

October
18 – Austin, Texas @ Lambert’s – solo show
20 – Tulsa, Okla. @ Duet Jazz (The Bob Dylan Center presents: An Evening with Steve Gunn)
23 – Seattle, Wash. @ The Showbox +
24 – Vancouver, B.C. @ Commodore +
25 – Bellingham, Wash. @ Wild Buffalo +
26 – Portland, Ore. @ Wonder Ballroom +
28 – San Francisco, Calif. @ Slim’s +
29 – San Francisco, Calif. @ Slim’s +
30 – San Francisco, Calif. @ Slim’s +

(% w/ Bill MacKay)
(+ w/ Nace-Truscinski Duo)
(^ w/ Hand Habits)
$ w/ John Prine)
(• w/ Valley Maker)
(+ solo set opening for Dinosaur Jr.)

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