Yawpers Announce New Album and Tour Dates

Denver trio Yawpers will release a new album Human Question (ALBUM PRE-ORDER LINK) on April 19. New Noise Magazine announced the album, an album-supporting tour, and debuted the new song "Child of Mercy."

Listen to the song below!

Following their critically acclaimed and meticulously plotted concept album Boy in a Well (set in World War I France, concerning a mother who abandoned her unwanted newborn), the Yawpers created Human Questionwith a contrasting immediacy. The album was written, rehearsed and recorded over a two-month period with Reliable Recordings' Alex Hall (Cactus Blossoms, JD McPherson) at Chicago's renowned Electrical Audio. The band tracked live in one room, feeding off the collective energy and adding few overdubs. Through the new approach, 10 songs connect with an organically linked attitude and style.

"I wanted to take a crack at using these songs as therapy, really," said lead singer and guitarist Nate Cook. "I think I've always been inclined to write more towards the dregs of my psyche, and explore my depressions and trauma, rather than describe a way out."

In support of the release of Human Question, the band will tour across the United States in April and May - also a return to SXSW in March - and Europe in May and June. All currently announced tour dates are included below.

Tour dates:

2/19	Belly Up	Aspen	CO	US
3/13 until 16	SXSW	Austin	TX	US
4/16	Record Bar	Kansas City	MO	US
4/17	Off Broadway	St. Louis	MO	US
4/18	The Cooperage	Milwaukee	WI	US
4/19	Liar's Club	Chicago	IL	US
4/20	Showboat Saloon	Wisconsin Dells	WI	US
4/21	7th St Entry	Minneapolis	MN	US
4/26	Oriental Theater	Denver	CO	US
4/27	Wheelhouse	Albuquerque	NM	US
4/29	Sundown Tavern	Ruston	LA	US
5/1	Smith's Old Bar	Atlanta	GA	US
5/2	The Radio Room	Greensville	SC	US
5/3	Local 506	Chapel Hill	NC	US
5/4	Pearl Street Warehouse	Washington	DC	US
5/5	Berlin	New York	NY	US
5/7	Beachland Ballroom	Cleveland	OH	US
5/8	MOTR Pub	Cincinnati	OH	US
5/9	The Basement	Nashville	TN	US
5/10	Stickyz Rock 'N' Roll Chicken Shack	Little Rock	AR	US
5/11	Mercury Lounge	Tulsa	OK	US
5/25	Borderline	London		UK
5/26	Broadcast	Glasgow		UK
5/27	O Rileys	Hull		UK
5/28	The Donkey	Leicester		UK
5/29	Burston Crown	Diss		UK
5/30	Mijl Op Zeven Festival	Ospel		NL
6/1	Q-Factory	Amsterdam		NL
6/5	Vera	Groningen		NL
6/6	Nochtspeicher	Hamburg		DE
6/7	Orange Blossom Special Festival	Beverungen		DE
6/7	Orange Blossom Special Festival	Beverungen		DE
6/8	Beatpol	Dresden		DE
6/9	Monarch	Berlin		DE
6/11	Ziegel Oh Lac	Zurich		CH
6/12	Sunny Red	Munich		DE
6/13	Substage Caf_	Karlsruhe		DE
6/14	KKF Bar	Schwabisch Gmund		DE
6/15	In Die Musik Festival	Hof		DE
6/16	Manana Manana	Hummelo		NL
6/28	Raut Oak Fest	Riegsee		DE
6/29	Brotfabrik	Frankfurt		DE
6/30	Muddy Roots Europe	Waardamme		BE
7/24	FloydFest	Floyd	VA	US

All dates collected on the band's tour dates page.

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