Gang of Youths have announced a new LP: angel in realtime is due out February 25 via Warner Records. Along with the album news, they’ve also announced a run of North American 2022 dates and shared the single ‘tend the garden’. Check out the new song as well as the album details and the band’s tour schedule below.
In a press release, the band stated that “the album is about the life and legacy of Dave Le’aupepe’s father, indigenous identity, death, grief and God. And also the Angel, Islington.”
Le’aupepe elaborated: “My dad was a gifted and passionate gardener. It’s where he funnelled a lot of his energy and sensitivity, and despite our humble surroundings, we were always surrounded by beauty. The journey he made from Samoa to NZ to Australia was a difficult and inspiring one, but also fraught with mistakes, regret and terrible choices. I like to think he was building something beautiful, and pondering what life had given him in spite of his mistakes and concealment. We never knew his story until after he died, so this is the most poetic interpretation of his affinity for gardening that I could think of.”
“I hope the record stands as a monument to the man my father was and remains long after I’m gone myself,” Le’aupepe added. “He deserved it.”
angel in realtime will include the previously released singles ‘the angel of 8th ave’ and ‘the man himself’. Gang of Youths shared the surprise EP total serene in July, and their last album was 2017’s Go Farther in Lightness.
angel in realtime Cover Artwork:
angel in realtime Tracklist:
1. you in everything
2. in the wake of your leave
3. the angel of 8th ave.
4. returner
5. unison
6. tend the garden
7. the kingdom is within you
8. spirit boy
9. brothers
10. forbearance
11. the man himself
12. hand of god
13. goal of the century
Gang of Youths 2022 Tour Dates:
Apr 21 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
Apr 22 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue
Apr 24 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
Apr 25 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom
Apr 27 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
Apr 28: Charlotte, NC – The Underground
May 1 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East
May 3 – Chicago, IL – Metro
May 4 – Detroit, MI – Shelter
May 6 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
May 7 – Montreal, QC L’Astral
May 9 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
May 10 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
May 12 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of the Living Arts
May 13 -Washington, DC – Union Stage
May 16 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
May 18 – Los Angeles, CA – Belasco Theater
May 20 – Las Vegas, NV – 24 Oxford
May 21 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
May 23 – Austin, TX – Scoot Inn
May 24 – Dallas, TX – The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
May 26 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
Sep 13 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave II
Sep 14 – Minneapolis, MN First Avenue – Mainroom
Sep 16 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
Sep 17 – Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck
Sep 19 – Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre
Sep 20 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
Sep 22 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
Sep 23 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
Sep 25 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
Sep 27 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades