Lord Huron is readying their first post-13 Reasons Why album (and third overall), Vide Noir, for release on April 20th, and they introduced the record with the big and expansive two-part track “Ancient Names.” Now they’re back with another taste, as they’ve just shared the audio for “Wait By The River.” The track sounds like something you’d slowly sway back and forth to in close proximity with a special someone at a ’50s high school dance, like a more doo-wop Fleet Foxes, a vibe they previously proved they can nail with “The Night We Met,” of 13 Reasons Why fame.
The band’s Ben Schneider says that the album was inspired by downtown Los Angeles:
“My nighttime drives ranged all over the city — across the twinkling grid of the valley, into the creeping shadows of the foothills, through downtown’s neon canyons and way out to the darksome ocean. I started imagining Vide Noir as an epic odyssey through the city, across dimensions, and out into the cosmos. A journey along the spectrum of human experience. A search for meaning amidst the cold indifference of The Universe”
Listen to “Wait By The River” above, and check out the band’s upcoming tour dates (of which there are many) below.
3/24 — Tempe, AZ @ Innings Festival
4/20 — Grand Rapids, MI @ 20 Monroe Live
4/21 — Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
4/22 — St. Paul, MN @ The Palace Theatre
4/23 — Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theatre
4/25 — Kansas City, MO @ Arvest Bank Theatre
4/26 — Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
4/27 — Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theater
4/28 — Cincinnati, OH @ Homecoming Festival
4/30 — Boston, MA @ House of Blues
5/1 — Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
5/3 — New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
5/4 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem
5/4-6 — Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival
5/31 — San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
6/1 — San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
6/2 — Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre
6/3 — Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
6/5 — Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
6/6 — Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
6/7 — Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre
6/8 — Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre
6/15-17 — Dover, DE @ Firefly Festival
7/25 — Toronto, ON @ Sony Centre
7/26 — Pittsburg, PA @ Stage AE
7/27 — Cleveland, OH @ House Of Blues
7/30 — Portland, ME @ State Theatre
8/1 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
8/2 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
8/5 — Boston, MA @ House Of Blues
9/21 — St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
9/25 — New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theatre
9/26 — Houston, TX @ TBD
9/29 — Austin, TX @ TBD
10/1 — Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
10/3 — Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium
10/4 — Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
10/19 — Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
10/20 — Aarhus, DK @ Voxhall
10/21 — Hamburg, DE @ Gruenspan
10/22 — Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
10/23 — Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
10/25 — Cambridge, UK @ The Junction
10/26 — London, UK @ Roundhouse
10/27 — Sheffield, UK @ Plug
10/28 — Gateshead, UK @ Sage Gateshead
10/29 — Liverpool, UK @ Invisible Wind Factory
10/31 — Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
11/2 — Munich, DE @ Technikum
11/3 — Koln, DE @ Gloria
11/5 — Berlin, DE @ Columbia Theater
