“It’s fun to have something new to release at Solid Sound,” Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy says of the band’s new EP, Hot Sun Cool Shroud, which drops June 28, the same day the band’s Solid Sound festival begins in North Adams, MA. “This year we’re putting out an EP with a summertime-after-dark kind of feeling. It starts off pretty hot, like heat during the day, has some instrumentals on it that are a little agitated and uncomfortable and ends with a cooling breeze. There are tracks on Hot Sun Cool Shroud that are more aggressive and angular than anything we’ve put out in a while, and a song about love melting you like ice cream into a puddle of sugary soup. All the pieces of summer, including the broody cicadas.”
The EP features tracks that were started but not completed during the sessions for 2023’s Cate Le Bon-produced Cousin. It will be available digitally, and on exclusive white vinyl at Solid Sound, where you can make your own cover for it. Check out the tracklist below.
Wilco are on tour around Solid Sound, including a three-night run at NYC’s Beacon Theatre on June 21, 22 and 24 which are all with Cut Worms. Jeff also has a few solo shows on the horizon and all dates are listed below.
Solid Sound’s 2024 lineup includes Jason Isbell, Dry Cleaning, Young Fresh Fellows, Miracle Legion, Soul Glo, and more.
Hot Sun Cool Shroud EP
1. Hot Sun
2. Livid
3. Ice Cream
4. Annihilation
5. Inside The Bell Bones
6. Say You Love Me
Wilco Tour Dates
Wed. June 12 – Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater *
Fri. June 14 – Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed *
Sat. June 15 – Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed *
Tue. June 18 – Raleigh, NC @ North Carolina Museum of Art *
Thu. June 20 – Vienna, VA @ Wolf Trap *
Fri. June 21 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theater *
Sat. June 22 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theater *
Mon. June 24 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theater *
Fri. June 28 & Sat. June 29 – North Adams, MA @ Solid Sound Festival
Tue. July 2 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall %
Wed. July 3 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall *
Fri. July 5 – Chautauqua, NY @ Chautauqua Institution *
* w/ Cut Worms
% w/ Katie Cruel
Jeff Tweedy Tour Dates
Fri. May 31 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
Sat. June 1 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
Sun. June 30 – North Adams, MA @ Solid Sound Festival
Fri. Sept 7 & Sat. Sept 8 – Evanston, IL @ Evanston Folk Festival, In-Conversation Series
Fri. Feb 28 – Miami, St Croix, USVI & St John’s, Antigua @ Cayamo Cruise