Shannon & The Clams have announced a new album, The Moon Is In The Wrong Place, which will be out May 10 via Easy Eye Sound. The Black Keys‘ Dan Auerbach, who worked on The Clams’ last two LPs and Shannon Shaw’s underrated 2019 solo debut (and runs Easy Eye Sound), produced the album.
The album was inspired by tragedy: in 2022, Shannon Shaw’s fiance, Joe Haener, was killed in an auto accident just weeks before their wedding. “We all felt the urgency of making something that reckoned with this meteor that smashed into our planet,” keyboardist Will Sprott says. “This is the most focused record we’ve ever done, as far as everything coming from a singular traumatic event.”
Sad as the circumstances are surrounding it, the resulting album looks to be the most ambitious one they’ve ever made, leaving the garage for widescreen high-fi production. You can get a taste with The Moon is in the Wrong Place‘s title track, which almost sounds like a Bond theme. Watch the video, directed by Bobbi Rich, below.
Shannon & The Clams have also anounced tour dates, which have them out this spring and fall. The NYC stop is at Warsaw on May 30 and you can get tickets early for that show with the BrooklynVegan presale that run from Monday, January 29 at 10 AM through Tuesday, January 30 at 10 PM. Update: use password SATCBV.
If you miss out on our presale, tickets for all headline dates go on sale Wednesday, January 31 at 10 AM local. All dates are listed below.
The Moon Is In The Wrong Place
01. “The Vow”
02. “The Hourglass”
03. “Big Wheel”
04. “Oh So Close, Yet So Far”
05. “UFO”
06. “What You’re Missing”
07. “Real Or Magic”
08. “The Moon Is In The Wrong Place”
09. “So Lucky”
10. “Dalí’s Clock”
11. “Bean Fields”
12. “In The Grass”
13. “Golden Brown”
14. “Life Is Unfair”
SHANNON & THE CLAMS – 2024 TOUR DATES
3/13-3/16 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
4/7 – Hot Springs, AR @ Ecliptic Festival
5/23 – Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
5/24 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit Hall
5/25 – Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall
5/26 – Montréal, QC @ Les Foufounes Électriques
5/28 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
5/30 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
5/31 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
6/1 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
6/4 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
6/5 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
6/6 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
6/7 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement East
6/8 – Pelham, TN @ The Caverns w/ Murder By Death
6/10 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
6/11 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
6/12 – Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
6/13 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
10/3 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern Theatre
10/4 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
10/5 – Mesa, AZ @ The Nile Theater
10/7 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
10/8 – Denver, CO @ The Gothic Theatre
10/10 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell
10/11 – Boise, ID @ Shrine Social Club Ballroom
10/15 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
10/16 – Seattle, WA @ The Neptune Theatre
10/19 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater