Wilco Announce New Album Schmilco, Share New Song “If I Ever Was A Child”

Wilco have announced their 10th studio album, and it’s literally called Schmilco. The record is out Sept. 9 via the band’s dBpm Records and is available for preorder on the band’s website here. There will be a special early release for vinyl on Tuesday, Sept. 6 in the U.S.

The band have also shared a new song called “If I Ever Was A Child,” which you can hear below. It’s a beautifully understated song wrapped in warm acoustic strums that would’ve been right at home on 2011’s The Whole Love.

Last week, the band released the song “Locator” to celebrate the one-year anniversary of last July’s Star Wars. That song and “If I Ever Was A Child” will both appear on Schmilco.

“I think this record is ‘joyously negative’,” frontman Jeff Tweedy said. “It’s sad in a lot of ways but not in any that reach a conclusion of doom or hopelessness … I just had a lot of fun being sour about the things that upset me.”

Check out the album’s dark cartoonish cover by Spanish artist Joan Cornellà and the full tracklist below, followed by the band’s many 2016 tour dates.

Schmilco Tracklist
1) Normal American Kids
2) If I Ever Was a Child
3) Cry All Day
4) Common Sense
5) Nope
6) Someone to Lose
7) Happiness
8) Quarters
9) Locator
10) Shrug and Destroy
11) We Aren’t the World (Safety Girl)
12) Just Say Goodbye

Wilco 2016 Tour Dates:

July
23 – Yuzawa, Japan @ Fuji Rock Festival

August
5-7 – Happy Valley, Ore. @ Pickathon Music Festival
13 – Winnipeg, Manitoba @ Interstellar Rodeo
14 – Moorhead, Minn. @ Bluestem Amphitheater %
16 – Kansas City, Mo. @ Crossroads KC %
17 – St. Louis, Mo. @ The Fabulous Fox Theatre %
19 – Madison, Wis. @ Breese Stevens Field #
20 – Minneapolis, Minn. @ Hall’s Island #
21 – Chicago, Ill. @ Jay Pritzker Pavilion
30 – Salt Lake City, Utah @ Red Butte Garden *
31 – Boise, Ind. @ Morrison Center *

September
2-3 – Seattle, Wash. @ The Moore Theatre *
4 – Portland, Ore. @ Schnitzer Concert Hall *
6 – San Francisco, Calif. @ The Fillmore *
7 – San Francisco, Calif. @ The Fillmore ^
9 – San Francisco, Calif. @ The Fillmore $
10 – San Francisco, Calif. @ The Fillmore &
11 – San Francisco, Calif. @ The Fillmore %
13 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Theatre at the Ace Hotel %
14 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Theatre at the Ace Hotel +
15 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Theatre at the Ace Hotel /
17 – Mill Valley, Calif. @ Sound Summit

October
8 – Sao Paulo, Brazil @ Popload Festival
10 – Montevideo, Uruguay @ La Trastienda
12 – Santiago, Chile @ Teatro Capoulican
27-28 – Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique
29 – Düsseldorf, Denmark @ New Fall Festival
30 – Stuttgart, Denmark @ New Fall Festival

November
2 – Copehagen, Denmark @ DR Koncerthuset %
3 – Oslo, Norway @ Sentrum Scene %
4 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Annext %
5 – Weissenhauser Strand, Denmark @ Rolling Stone Weekender
7 – Berlin, Germany @ Tempodrom %
9 – Utrecht, Netherlands @ TivoliVredenburg
10 – Utrecht, Netherlands @ Le Guess Who? Festival
12 – Milan, Italy @ Fabrique %
14 – Vienna, Austria @ Museumquartier %
15 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Volkshaus %
16 – Paris, France @ Casino de Paris %
18 – Manchester, United Kingdom @ Albert Hall
19 – London, United Kingdom @ O2 Brixton Academy

(% = with William Tyler)
(# = with Kurt Vile and the Violators)
(* = with Joan Shelley)
(^ = with Amendola vs. Blades)
($ = with Deep Sea Diver)
(& = with Kacy & Clayton)
(% = w/ Kevin Morby)
(+ = w/ Jeff Parker)
(/ = w/ Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin)