Jack Tatum has announced his first Wild Nothing album in five years, Hold, which will be out October 27 via Captured Tracks. He produced it himself with mixing by Geoff Swan (Caroline Polachek, Charli XCX), and the album features contributions from Molly Burch, Becca Mancari, Tommy Davidson of Beach Fossils, Hatchie, and his wife, Dana.
“I’ve sat with this record for a very long time now, so naturally I’m both excited and apprehensive to let it see the light,” says Tatum. “It’s my first record as a father. My first self-produced record since my debut. It’s a record that deals in existential themes but doesn’t always take itself too seriously. It’s not afraid of pop but it’s hopefully not afraid to be strange either. It has fun, gets sad, dwells in the quiet moments and embraces the loud ones. It’s me doing what I love and feeling grateful for it.”
The first single is “Headlights On,” an electronic slow-jam which features Hatchie‘s Harriette Pilbeam. “This track was incredibly cathartic for me. It’s a song about your relationship reaching its most brittle moment and still trying to find even the smallest open window that can lead you back to that person,” says Tatum of today’s release. “Musically I was drawn towards something that felt very body centric and could help get me out of my own repetitive thought patterns. It’s a propulsive and hopeful track that’s meant to act as a release valve, but the somberness that inspired the song remains intact.” Watch the video below.
Wild Nothing will be on tour this fall, including a Brooklyn show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on November 11. Tickets for all dates go on sale Friday, August 18 at 10 AM local time. Tour schedule is below.
Hold:
1. Headlights On
2. Basement El Dorado
3. The Bodybuilder
4. Suburban Solutions
5. Presidio
6. Dial Tone
7. Histrion
8. Prima
9. Alex
10. Little Chaos
11. Pulling Down The Moon (Before You)
Wild Nothing – 2023 Tour Dates
Nov 09 – Washington DC – 9:30 Club
Nov 10 – Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live
Nov 11 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
Nov 12 – Norfolk, VA – The Nova
Nov 14 – Los Angeles, CA – Fonda Theatre
Nov 15 – San Francisco, CA – Independent
Nov 17 – San Diego, CA – Quartyard
Nov 18 – Santa Ana, CA – Observatory
Nov 20 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
