Wilco to Release 10th Studio Album SCHMILCO This Fall

The Chicago band Wilco will release their 10th studio album, Schmilco, on Sept. 9, with a special early release for vinyl on Tuesday, Sept. 6 in the US. Schmilco features 12 new songs written by Jeff Tweedy and it is the third release on the band's own dBpm Records. It follows Star Wars, which was released for free and as a surprise in July 2015.

Mostly an acoustic collection,Schmilco bears neither the vicious, fuzz-glam guitars of Star Wars, nor the dazzling, baroque-ish arrangements that fans have come to expect from Wilco. But in their place is a spaciousness and chaos that might feel welcome after 20-some years of enjoyed but now-familiar Wilco releases. It is an intentionally loose affair.

Schmilco finds band leader Tweedy in a state of alienation: how to cope with dissonance between self-identity and the public perception of his band - to maintain an innocence and earnestness even as some have come to see him as more (or less) than human, and Wilco as something other than six musicians?

"I think this record is 'joyously negative'," Tweedy said. "It's sad in a lot of ways but not in any that reach a conclusion of doom or hopelessness... I just had a lot of fun being sour about the things that upset me."

On Thursday, Wilco shared "Locator" from the forthcoming album and today shares "If I Ever Was A Child." Both songs are available as an instant download upon pre-ordering the album via Wilcoworld.net.

Recorded at the band's Chicago studio the Loft, Schmilco is produced by Jeff Tweedy and Tom Schick.

Wilco is Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Nels Cline, Glenn Kotche, Patrick Sansone and Mikael Jorgensen.

Schmilco track listing:

Normal American Kids / If I Ever Was A Child / Cry All Day / Common Sense /
Nope / Someone to Lose / Happiness / Quarters / Locator / Shrug and Destroy /
We Aren't The World (Safety Girl) / Just Say Goodbye

Wilco North American Tour Dates

Aug 13	Interstellar Rodeo	Winnipeg, MB
Aug 14	Bluestem Amphitheater ^	Moorhead, MN
Aug 16	CrossroadsKC ^	Kansas City, MO
Aug 17	Fox Theatre ^	St. Louis, MO
Aug 19	Breese Stevens Field +	Madison, WI
Aug 20	Hall's Island +	Minneapolis, MN
Aug 21	Jay Pritzker Pavilion *	Chicago, IL
Aug 30	Red Butte Garden #	Salt Lake City, UT
Aug 31	Morrison Center #	Boise, ID
Sep 2	The Moore Theatre #	Seattle, WA
Sep 3	The Moore Theatre #	Seattle, WA
Sep 4	Schnitzer Concert Hall #	Portland, OR
Sep 6	The Fillmore #	San Francisco, CA
Sep 7	The Fillmore ~	San Francisco, CA
Sep 9	The Fillmore %	San Francisco, CA
Sep 10	The Fillmore !	San Francisco, CA
Sep 11	The Fillmore //	San Francisco, CA
Sep 13	Theatre at the Ace Hotel //	Los Angeles, CA
Sep 14	Theatre at the Ace Hotel **	Los Angeles, CA
Sep 15	Theatre at the Ace Hotel <	Los Angeles, CA

Wilco World Tour Dates

23 Jul	Fuji Rock Festival	Yuzawa, JP
8 Oct	Popload Festival	Sao Paulo, BR
10 Oct	La Trastienda	Montevideo, UY
12 Oct	Teatro Capoulican	Santiago, CL
15 Oct	BUE Festival	Buenos Aires, AR
27 Oct	Ancienne Belgique	Brussels, BE
28 Oct	Ancienne Belgique	Brussels, BE ^
29 Oct	New Fall Festival	Dusseldorf, DE
30 Oct	New Fall Festival	Stuttgart, DE
2 Nov	DR Koncerthuset	Copenhagen, DK ^
3 Nov	Sentrum Scene	Oslo, NO ^
4 Nov	Annexet	Stockholm, SE ^
5 Nov	RS Weekender	Weissenhäuser, DE ^
7 Nov	Tempodrom	Berlin, DE ^
9 Nov	TivoliVredenburg	Utrecht, NL ^
10 Nov	Le Guess Who	Utrecht, NL ^
12 Nov	Fabrique	Milan, IT ^
14 Nov	Museumquartier	Vienna, AT ^
15 Nov	Volkshaus	Zurich, CH ^
16 Nov	Casino de Paris	Paris, FR ^
18 Nov	Albert Hall	Manchester, UK
19 Nov	02 Brixton Academy	London, UK

^ with special guest William Tyler + with special guest Kurt Vile & the Violators
* with special guest Twin Peaks # with special guest Joan Shelley
~ with special guest Amendola vs. Blades % with special guest Deep Sea Diver
! with special guest Kacy & Clayton // with special guest Kevin Morby
** with special guest Jeff Parker < with special guest Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin

For more information on Wilco, visit wilcoworld.net, facebook.com/wilcohq or follow on Twitter @Wilco.

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