Soul Glo recently said that they’ll be playing two new songs on the tour with Zulu and Playytime that starts this week, and now they’ve released one new song, “If I Speak (Shut The Fuck Up).” It starts out as a half-speed hardcore dirge before transitioning to Soul Glo’s usual chaos, and it feels as instantly-satisfying as the fan faves from last year’s great Diaspora Problems. It was produced by the band’s own GG Guerra, engineered by frequent collaborator Evan Bernard, and mixed by Steve Evetts (Lifetime, Deadguy, etc).
Vocalist Pierce Jordan says, “‘If I Speak’ is a song about channeling one’s voice and perspective through art or another creative expression. You can hear when people spend more time online than on their music. You can tell when people are more focused on a visual statement than a sound.”
The song comes with a NSFW video directed by Ava LaPrima that features a group of tied-up, blindfolded people and several dildos, which you can watch here. There’s also a censored version that you can watch below.
The Soul Glo/Zulu/Playytime tour hits Brooklyn on October 3 at The Meadows. All dates are listed below.
Last month, Soul Glo released a live session with a System Of A Down cover.
SOUL GLO — 2023 TOUR DATES
Sept. 5 – Omaha, NE – Reverb Lounge
Sept. 7 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre
Sept. 8 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
Sept. 9 – Boise, ID – The Shredder
Sept. 10 – Seattle, WA – The Vera Project
Sept. 11 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
Sept. 13 – San Francisco, CA – Neck Of The Woods
Sept. 14 – Santa Cruz, CA – Santa Cruz Vets Hall
Sept. 15 – Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy Theatre
Sept. 16 – Pomona, CA – The Glass House
Sept. 17 – Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
Sept. 19 – Austin, TX – The Parish
Sept. 20 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
Sept. 21 – Houston, TX – The Compound
Sept. 22 – New Orleans, LA – Toulouse Theatre
Sept. 25 – Memphis, TN – Growlers
Sept. 26 – Nashville, TN – Exit In
Sept. 27 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
Sept. 28 – Durham, NC – Motorco Music Hall
Sept. 29 – Washington, DC – The Howard Theatre
Sept. 30 – Richmond, VA – The Canal Club
Oct. 1 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
Oct. 2 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
Oct. 3 – Brooklyn, NY – The Meadows
Oct. 5 – Toronto, Canada – Velvet Underground
Oct. 6 – Detroit, MI – Tangent Gallery
Oct. 7 – Chicago, IL – Subterranean
Oct. 26 – 下京区, 日本 磔磔
Oct. 27 – Osaka, Japan – Live House Anima
Oct. 28 – Nagoya, Japan – Shangri-La
Oct. 29 – Yokohoma, Japan – Yokohama B.B. Street
Oct. 31 – 渋谷区, 日本 – Club Quattro
9/7 – 10/7 = with Zulu and Playytime