Six years in the past, Parquet Courts chief A. Savage launched his solo debut Thawing Daybreak. This fall, he’s doing it once more. Savage recorded his new solo LP A number of Songs About Fireplace in Brisol, with PJ Harvey producer John Parish producing. Savage obtained assist from associates like Cate Le Bon and Trendy Nature’s Jack Cooper, and the report contains “Thanksgiving Prayer,” the only that he launched final month. At this time, he’s shared “Elvis In The Military,” one other new track.

“Elvis In The Military” is a brilliant, propulsive rocker that might’ve simply been a Parquet Courts track. A. Savage’s sharp writing and dour voice are distinctive sufficient that you can acknowledge them from outer area, and he sings about feeling displaced by way of the lens of Elvis Presley’s Armed Forces stint and “Joyce down in Trieste.”

Right here’s what A. Savage says about each “Elvis In The Military” and his new LP:

We frequently describe ourselves in geographic phrases. American, New Yorker — two phrases that I’ve used to establish myself that should do with being from or of a sure place. So “Elvis In The Military” is a little bit of a list of these labels. They’ve much less to do with geography than we understand. Actually we’re simply speaking about ourselves, then framing sure traits geographically. Regardless of the place I stay, I’ll have an American psyche till the day I die, for higher or for worse. I’ll all the time be of America. And I can’t think about a time the place New York doesn’t really feel like house. However regardless of that, I’d quite not be related to a spot, not less than for now…

I think about myself enjoying these songs in a small membership that’s slowly burning. Fireplace is one thing it’s important to escape from, and in a approach this album is about escaping from one thing. This album is a burning constructing, and these songs are issues I’d depart behind to save lots of myself.

Within the months forward, A. Savage will tour Europe and North America. Beneath, take a look at director Emile Moutaud’s “Elvis In The Military” video, an evocative montage of black-and-white nonetheless images, in addition to the A number of Songs About Fireplace tracklist and Savage’s tour dates.

TRACKLIST:
01 “Hurtin’ Or Healed”
02 “Elvis In The Military”
02 “Le Grande Balloon”
04 “My My, My Pricey”
05 “Driving Cobbles”
06 “Mountain Time”
07 “David’s Lifeless”
08 “Thanksgiving Prayer”
09 “My New Inexperienced Coat”
10 “Out Of Focus”

TOUR DATES:
9/30 – Newport, UK @ Murmuration Pageant
10/20 – Portland, ME @ SPACE ^
10/21 – Boston, MA @ Crystal Ballroom ^
10/22 – Portsmouth, NH @ Press Room ^
10/24 – Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground ^
10/25 – Kalamazoo, MI @ Eccentric Cafe ^
10/27 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle ^
10/28 – St. Paul, MN @ Turf Membership *
10/29 – Milwaukee, WI @ Colectivo #
10/30 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway %
11/01 – Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups %
11/02 – Louisville, KY @ Whirling Tiger %
11/03 – Nashville, TN @ Third Man %
11/04 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl %
11/05 – Asheville, NC @ Gray Eagle
11/07 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle %
11/09 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat %
11/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian %
11/11 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom %
2/08 – Manchester, UK @ Pink Room
2/09 – Dublin, Eire @ Workmans Membership
2/10 – Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast
2/12 – Bristol, UK @ Thekla
2/14 – London, UK @ The Storage
2/15 – Paris, France @ La Maroquinerie
2/16 – Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique Rotonde
2/18 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso Upstairs
2/19 – Cologne, Germany @ MTC Membership
2/21 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Perfect Bar – Vega
2/22 – Berlin, Germany @ Privat Membership
2/25 – Austin, TX @ The Far Out
4/07 – Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
4/09 – Tucson, AZ @ Membership Congress
4/10 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriet’s
4/11 – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
4/12 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Teragram Ballroom
4/13 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Cease
4/15 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
4/16 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern

^ with Annie Hart
* with Cha Cha
# with Weight-reduction plan Lite
% with Sluice

A number of Songs About Fireplace is out 10/6 on Tough Commerce.