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CHROMEO’S FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM HEAD OVER HEELS OUT TODAY ON BIG BEAT/ATLANTIC
PERFORM “MUST’VE BEEN” WITH DRAM ON “THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT”
CONFIRMS FALL NORTH AMERICAN TOUR, SUMMER DATES KICK OFF TODAY
BUY/STREAM: https://Chromeo.lnk.to/HOHPR
Head Over Heels, the fifth studio LP from Montreal funk legends Chromeo, is out today on Big Beat/Atlantic Records. The album includes “Must’ve Been” featuring DRAM, “Don’t Sleep” feat. French Montana & Stefflon Don, “Bedroom Calling” feat. The-Dream, “Juice” and more. Listen here!
The band stopped by “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” this week to perform “Must’ve Been”—watch it here!
Furthermore, the band just confirmed Phase 2 of its World Tour, with new North American tour dates this fall (including stops in Chicago, Nashville, Brooklyn and beyond) as well as shows in London, Manchester and Paris. Tickets are on sale Friday, June 22—visit chromeo.net for pre-sales and more info. Funklordz VIP Experiences and meet & greets are available throughout the fall tour, details available here.
Chromeo’s summer dates kick off tonight at New York’s Terminal 5 with a very special album release show at Music Hall of Williamsburg tomorrow and further dates including Red Rocks Amphitheater, Los Angeles’ Hollywood Palladium and sets at all major festivals: Lollapalooza, Osheaga, Electric Forest, Outside Lands and more.
Featuring twelve tracks of funk and R&B history colliding with modern pop songcraft, Head Over Heels showcases Chromeo’s catchiest singles to date; yet it is first and foremost a cohesive body of work, no small feat in today’s ever-expanding playlist universe. Proudly opening their studio door for the first time, Dave 1 and P-Thugg intended Head Over Heels to be a polyphony, a collaborative celebration where their favorite artists’ signature touches could intermingle in Chromeo world. Accordingly, the album’s guestlist nods to superheroes of funk’s past (guitarist Jesse Johnson of The Time, revered session bassist Pino Palladino, Mtume vocalist Tawatha Agee), present (funkadelic lovechild DRAM, R&B auteur The-Dream, post-colonial emcee French Montana) and future (upstart London bad gal Stefflon Don, rising neo-soul star Amber Mark, downtown New York darlings Onyx Collective). Absolute legends Raphael Saadiq and Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins even join the party!
Sounding more confident than ever, Dave 1 stuffs his lyrics with mimosas, Mazda Miatas and miscellaneous romantic misadventures, cementing his signature neurotic spin on the break-ups to make-ups narrative. As evidenced by the album cover, P-Thugg fills pumps of his own, and his synth wizardry weaves a sonic palette far richer than any previous Chromeo release. There’s the moody midnight strut of “One Track Mind,” the deep jazz-funk of “Just Friends” and the Minneapolis-by-way-of-West Coast frenzy of “Count Me Out”. This is also Chromeo’s guitar album if there ever was one: consider the Tattoo You Stones dirt on “Slumming It” and the furious Strat strumming on “Bad Decision”, equal parts Prince and Mother’s Milk era Chili Peppers. All throughout, Head Over Heels is driven by a beating heart that’s realer than any reference or guest appearance, eschewing trends for something truly timeless.
Chromeo is the duo of Montreal natives and high school best friends David “Dave 1” Macklovitch and Patrick “P-Thugg” Gemayel. The group rose to prominence with their seminal 2007 release Fancy Footwork, heralding the dawn of the ‘80s electro-funk revival.
CHROMEO—HEAD OVER HEELS
1. Must’ve Been (featuring DRAM)2. Don’t Sleep (featuring French Montana and Stefflon Don)
3. One Track Mind 4. Count Me Out5. Bad Decision
6. Right Back Home To You (Interlude)7. Just Friends (featuring Amber Mark)
8. Juice9. Slumming It
10. Bedroom Calling pt. 111. Bedroom Calling pt. 2 (featuring The-Dream)
12. Room Service
CHROMEO LIVE
June 15 New York, NY Terminal 5*June 16 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of WilliamsburgJune 16 Brooklyn, NY Good Room (DJ Set)June 18 Boston, MA House of Blues*June 19 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore*June 21 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall*
June 22 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre*June 23 Rothbury, MI Electric ForestJune 25 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue*June 26 Kansas City, MO CrossroadsKC†June 28 Morrison, CO Red Rocks‡June 30 Rothbury, MI Electric Forest July 3 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall*July 4 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall*July 5 Quebec City Festival D’EteJuly 7 Ottawa, ON Ottawa Blues FestJuly 20 Byron Bay, Australia Splendour in the GrassJuly 21 Melbourne, Australia Max Watt's House of MusicJuly 22 Sydney, Australia The Metro TheatreAugust 3 Montreal, QC Osheaga Music & Arts FestivalAugust 5 Chicago, IL LollapaloozaAugust 7 Ogden, UT Ogden TwilightAugust 10 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood PalladiumAugust 10-12 San Francisco, CA Outside LandsAugust 31-September 2 Seattle, WA BumbershootSeptember 3 Calgary, AB The Palace TheatreSeptember 4 Edmonton, AB Union HallSeptember 6 Eugene, OR McDonald TheatreeSeptember 7 Vancouver, BC SkookumSeptember 10 Madison, WI Orpheum TheaterSeptember 12 Covington, KY Madison TheaterSeptember 13 Cleveland, OH Agora TheatreSeptember 17 Louisville, KY Headliners Music HallSeptember 18 Memphis, TN New Daisy TheatreSeptember 19 St. Louis, MO The PageantSeptember 21 New Orleans, LA The Joy TheaterSeptember 22 Nashville, TN Marathon Music WorksSeptember 23 Millvale, PA Mr. Smalls TheatreSeptember 25 Baltimore, MD Ram’s Head Live!September 27 Asheville, NC The Orange PeelSeptember 28 Charlotte, NC The FillmoreSeptember 29 Norfolk, VA The NorVaOctober 1 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn SteelOctober 4 New Haven, CT College Street Music HallOctober 5 Syracuse, NY SI Hall at the FairgroundsOctober 6 Portland, ME State TheatreOctober 31 Manchester, U.K. O2 RitzNovember 1 London, U.K. PrintworksNovember 2 Paris, France Pitchfork Music Festival
*with Pomo†with The Glitch Mob, Elohim
‡with The Glitch Mob, Elohim and Kittens
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