David Byrne has unveiled a bucket of new announcements today, including his first solo album in 14 years, the album’s first single, and a supporting world tour. American Utopia, due out March 9th via Todomundo/Nonesuch Records, marks the Talking Heads frontman’s first release since 2012’s St. Vincent collaboration, Love This Giant, and his first solo album since 2004’s Grown Backwards. 

American Utopia was recorded at David Byrne’s home studio, as well as XL Studios, Oscilloscope, and London’s Livingston Studio 1, among other places, and was produced by Rodaidh McDonald (The xx, King Krule, Savages). The album’s guest contributors include Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never), Jam City, St. Vincent producer Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman), and Jack Peñate. Several of the songs, including the lead single “Everybody’s Coming To My House”, were co-written by Byrne’s longtime collaborator Brian Eno.

“The [album] title refers not to a specific utopia, but rather to our longing, frustration, aspirations, fears, and hopes regarding what could be possible, what else is possible,” Byrne said in a press statement. “The description, the discontent and the desire—I have a feeling that is what these songs touch on.”

The ten-track album is previewed in the first single, “Everybody’s Coming To My House”, which you can listen to below. The song features Sampha, TTY, Happa Isaiah Barr (Onyx Collective), and others, with a music video from Robert Edridge-Waks.

David Byrne is currently discussing the new album on today’s presentation of “Reasons To Be Cheerful” at New York City’s New School. Tune into the live-stream below:

American Utopia Tracklist:
01. I Dance Like This
02. Gasoline And Dirty Sheets
03. Every Day Is A Miracle
04. Dog’s Mind
05. This Is That
06. It’s Not Dark Up Here
07. Bullet
08. Doing The Right Thing
09. Everybody’s Coming To My House
10. Here

In support of the new album, David Byrne will hit the road with a world tour. When the talk of the tour started last month, Byrne revealed that his plans for the tour will create “the most ambitious show I’ve done since the shows that were filmed for Stop Making Sense.” In addition to the previously-announced American music festivals, Coachella, Shaky Knees, and XPoNential Music Fest, David Byrne will hit several international fests including Lollapalooza Chile, Argentina, Brazil, as well as festivals in Prague, Bilbao, Barcelona, and more. See below for a full list of tour dates, and stay tuned for more.

David Byrne 2018 Tour Dates:
03/03 – Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Theatre
03/04 – Wilkes-Barre, PA @ F.M. Kirby Center For the Performing Arts
03/06 – Buffalo, NY @ Center For the Arts
03/07 – Hershey, PA @ Hershey Theatre
03/09 – Waterbury, CT @ Palace Theater
03/10 – Kingston, NY @ Ulster Performing Arts Center
03/16 – Santiago, CL @ Lollapalooza Chile
03/18 – Buenos Aires, AR @ Lollapalooza Argentina
03/24 – Sao Paulo, BR @ Lollapalooza Brasil
04/07 – Guadalajara, MX @ Corona Capital Guadalajara
04/14 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/21 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
05/04 – Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Music Festival
06/23 – Prague, CZ @ Metronome Festival
06/25 – Zagreb, HR @ Inmusic Festival
06/30– Ewijk, NL @ Down the Rabbit Hole
07/04-07 – Gdynia, PL @ Open’er Festival
07/06 – Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival
07/11 – Oeiras, PT @ Cool Jazz Festival
07/13 – Bilbao, ES @ Bilbao BBK Live
07/14 – Barcelona, ES @ Festival Cruilla
07/19 – Ravenna, IT @ Ravenna Festival
07/21 – Trieste, IT @ Piazza Unita D’Italia
07/27 – Camden, NJ @ XPoNential Music Festival

[H/T CoS]