Remo Drive Embrace Loneliness In New Single 'New In Town'; Announce Headlining Tour
The group also announced a headlining tour starting on March 8, 2024.
By: Michael Major Dec. 06, 2023
Mid-west indie band Remo Drive announce a headlining tour slated for Spring 2024, alongside the arrival of their latest single and music video “New In Town”.
Following vocalist and guitarist Erik Paulson's move from his home state of Minnesota to Albany, NY, “New In Town” is a baroque indie rock ballad that tells a story of embracing the challenges of discovering one's place in a new city.
“ “New in Town” is a song about the loneliness of moving to a new city, being the only stranger in a room full of old friends, and misconstruing bar names for human names,” Erik explains. “This song came to be after an especially homesick night, but really took its shape throughout the recording process. It's our quietest song yet, and one of our most adventurous productions.”
The accompanying music video features a melodramatic karaoke style performance of the song in an empty bar full of mannequins; visually representing the distinct emotion of feeling alone in a crowded room.
Formed in Bloomington, Minnesota, Remo Drive features brothers Erik (vocals/guitar) & Stephen Paulson (bass), who found their footing in the mid-2010s with a run of pristine emo-influenced rock ‘n' roll. Their home-recorded, self-released debut LP Greatest Hits (Epitaph) arrived in 2017. Inspired by Jeff Rosenstock and PUP, it was lauded by The Needle Drop for “keeping the torch lit for emo”.
In 2018, they issued the EP titled Pop Music and then followed up with their sophomore effort, Natural, Everyday Degradation. For this set, the lo-fi fuzz of their debut gave way to a cleaner indie rock attack on tracks such as "Shakin'" and "Separate Beds". Just one year later, Remo Drive released album number three, A Portrait of an Ugly Man (2019), which earned recognition across outlets such as Pitchfork, Under The Radar, BrooklynVegan, Paste, Consequence, UPROXX and SPIN.
Over two years since their last headlining tour, Remo Drive are planning on hitting the road in 2024! With support from Los Angeles rock band Wilt, the US Spring run kicks off on March 8th and will traverse major cities such as Los Angeles, Nashville, NYC, Chicago and more before ending with a hometown show in Minneapolis on April 14th.
Tickets are on sale this Friday, December 8th @ 10AM local time.
Remo Drive Tour Dates
March 8 - Des Moines, IA - xBk
March 10 - Oklahoma City, OK - 89th Street
March 18 - Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge
March 20 - San Diego, CA - Sodabar
March 21 - Los Angeles, CA - Lodge Room
March 22 - Fresno, CA - Strummers
March 23 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
March 24 - Sacramento, CA - Harlows
March 26 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
Mar-27 - Seattle, WA - Vera Project
March 29 - Boise, ID - The Shredder
March 30 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
March 31 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
April 1 - Kansas City, MO - Encore
April 2 - St. Louis, MO - Old Rock House
April 4 - Nashville, TN - The End
April 5 - Atlanta, GA - Purgatory
April 6 - Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle Backroom
April 7 - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery
April 8 - Philadelphia, PA - The Foundry
April 9 - New York, NY - Brooklyn Made
April 10 - Boston, MA - Crystal Ballroom
April 12 - Columbus, OH The Basement
April 13 - Chicago, IL - Subterranean
April 14 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line
Photo by Shun Matsuhashi
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