Warpaint share brooding new single ‘Hips’, announce 2022 North American tour
nme.comWarpaint have shared a slinky new single titled ‘Hips’, coinciding with the news of a 14-date run of North American shows.‘Hips’ is the third single to come from Warpaint’s upcoming fourth album, ‘Radiate Like This’ – due out on May 6 via Heirlooms/Virgin – following the release of ‘Champion’ in January and ‘Stevie’ last month.First announced back in January, ‘Radiate Like This’ will mark the LA indie rockers’ first studio album in six years; their prior effort, ‘Heads Up’, dropped in September of 2016.Listen to ‘Hips’ below:Following a run in the UK and Europe – which ends with an appearance at this year’s Primavera Sound – Warpaint will embark on two short stints across North America.
First up will be a six-date run along the east coast, with gigs booked in Philadelphia, Washington, Cambridge, Brooklyn, Toronto and Detroit.
A west coast tour will follow in August, with shows spread between Santa Ana and Portland.Support for the east coast shows will come courtesy of Belief, the deep house side-project of Warpaint drummer Stella Mozgawa (alongside Bryan Hollon of Neon Neon).
Tickets for all 14 of the dates go on sale tomorrow (April 23) – find them here.Speaking to NME last April, Warpaint’s Theresa Wayman shared some details about the subject matter of ‘Radiate Like This’. “There’s a song from my higher self to my lower self on there, and a song about not needing to have anchors to anything,” she said. JULY Wednesday 20 – Philadelphia, Brooklyn Bowl Friday 22 – Washington, Capital Turnaround Saturday 23 – Cambridge, The Sinclair Sunday 24 – Brooklyn, Brooklyn Made Wednesday 27 – Toronto, Opera House Thursday 28 – Detroit, El ClubAUGUST Thursday 18 – Santa Ana, The Observatory Friday 19 – Los Angeles, The Ford Theatre.
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