Lydia Loveless Debuts New Track 'Same To You'; Sets More Fall Tour Dates

Lydia Loveless' new single "Same To You" premieres on The Fader, calling it "...a thunderous rumination on unreachable romantic stability." Listen here! The song appears on her highly anticipated new album, Real, which will be released August 19 via Bloodshot Records.

In support of her forthcoming album, Loveless confirms additional tour dates this fall extending her ongoing North American tour with stops in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago and more. See below for complete tour dates.

Additionally, the video for her track "Longer" premiered on Rolling Stone Country, calling it, "an assault of crunchy power-pop, but behind the confident swagger are the tinge-and twang-of vulnerability," while "Longer" premiered on Stereogum, who proclaim, "It's like the Replacements soundtracking the sad aftermath of Big Star's 'Thirteen'-which is to say, it's awesome." Listen here.

Real was recorded at Sonic Lounge Studios in her home state of Ohio and was engineered and produced by Joe Viers (Dr. John, Twenty One Pilots). "I chose to work with Joe Viers, engineer and producer of my last three releases, again because I trust him completely not only with my music but with my words," said Loveless. "There was a lot to say this time around and I wanted to return to that sort of playground and (sometimes literally) throw things at the wall. Whereas our previous records could be described as blunt or raw, this one I wanted to be known as honest, as true, as real (rimshot)."

Of the album Loveless says, "Because I feel like I spent my formative years flopping around like a fish, masking pain with substance abuse and somewhat ashamed of who I was-a hayseed, a phony, I felt-it was absolutely necessary for me to become a stronger, more confident human, or I was going to die. Real is my sort of love letter to that realization, that my existence was just as valid as any other."

Loveless is joined on the album by Todd May (vocals, guitars, keys), Ben Lamb (bass), Jay Gasper (guitars, pedal steel, keys), George Hondroulis (drums, percussion, keys), Andy Harrison (guitar, keys) and Viers (percussion, guitar).

In 2011 Loveless released her second full-length album, Indestructible Machine, about which The Chicago Tribune says, "she conveys toughness, tenderness and humor with off-handed conviction." Two years after the critical success of her breakout second record, Loveless released Somewhere Else. On Somewhere Else Loveless is less concerned with chasing approval-she scrapped an entire album's worth of material-and more focused on fighting personal battles of longing, heartbreak and the aesthetic that comes along with them.

TRACK LIST:

1. Same To You
2. Longer
3. More Than Ever
4. Heaven
5. Out On Love
6. Midwestern Guys
7. Bilbao
8. European
9. Clumps
10. Real

LYDIA LOVELESS LIVE:

September 8-Columbus, OH -Ace Of Cups

September 9-Indianapolis, IN-The HiFi

September 10-Madison, WI-The Frequency

September 11-Milwaukee, WI-Colectivo on Prospect

September 14-Champaign, IL-The Accord

September 15-St. Louis, MO--The Duck Room at Blueberry Hill

September 16--Louisville, KY--Zanzabar

September 17--Cleveland, OH--Grog Shop

September 20--25--Nashville, TN--AmercianaFest

September 24-Minneapolis, MN-First Avenue*

September 25-Sioux Falls, SD-The District*

September 28--Missoula, MT--The Wilma*
September 29--Seattle, WA--The Showbox*
September 30--Portland, OR--Wonder Ballroom*

October 1--Portland, OR--Wonder Ballroom*
October 2--Vancouver, BC--Rickshaw*
October 5--Sacramento, CA--Ace of Spades*
October 6--San Francisco, CA--The Fillmore*
October 7--San Francisco, CA--The Fillmore*
October 8--Stateline, NV--Montbleu Rescort Casino*
October 11--Los Angeles, CA--Teragram Ballroom*
October 12--Los Angeles, CA--Teragram Ballroom*
October 13--Solana Beach, CA--Belly Up*
October 14--San Luis Obispo, CA--The Fremont Theater*
October 15--Scottsdale, AZ--Live Wire*

October 18--Austin, TX--Antone's

October 19--Houston, TX--Continental Club

October 21--Birmingham, AL--The Saturn

October 22--Atlanta, GA--Terminal West

November 4--Pontiac, MI--Pike Room

November 5--Toronto, ON--Adelaide Hall

November 6--Ithaca, NY--The Dock

November 7--Burlington, VT--Higher Ground

November 9--Portsmouth, NH--The Music Hall Loft

November 10--Allston, MA--Great Scott

November 11--Philadelphia, PA--MilkBoy

November 12--Charlottesville, VA--The Southern

November 13--Washington, DC--Rock & Roll Hotel

November 15--Pittsburgh, PA--Club Cafe

November 16--New York, NY--Bowery Ballroom

November 19--Chicago, IL--Metro

*with Drive-By Truckers

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