Beloved indie rock outfit Dr. Dog has confirmed the release of their latest album, Critical Equation. Due out on Friday, April 27 via Thirty Tigers, the 10-track effort finds the band exploring the age old question: what do we really want?
“We’d been touring and making records for our entire adult lives, and I think we just needed to take a step back,” reflects bassist/singer Toby Leaman, who splits fronting and songwriting duties with guitarist/singer Scott McMicken. “It was important for all of us to figure out if we were actually doing what we wanted to be doing, or if we were just letting momentum carry us down this path we’d always been on.”
In addition to revealing the album’s release date, Dr. Dog has unveiled the LP’s first single, a pulsating slow-burner called “Listening In”. The band has also announced the details for their first tour in two years, which is scheduled to bring them across much of the United States in April, May, and June.
You can check out Dr. Dog’s new single, the tracklisting for Critical Equation, and the band’s upcoming tour dates below.
“Listening In”
Critical Equation tracklisting
Listening In
Go Out Fighting
Buzzing In The Light
Virginia Please
Critical Equation
True Love
Heart Killer
Night
Under The Wheels
Coming Out Of The Darkness
Dr. Dog Tour Dates:
3/2 Phoenix, AZ – McDowell Mountain Music Festival
4/6 Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom
4/7 Knoxville, TN – Rhythm N’ Blooms Festival
4/8 Columbia, MO – The Blue Note
4/9 Fayetteville, AR – George’s Majestic Lounge
4/10 Oxford, MS – The Lyric
4/12 Mobile, AL – Soul Kitchen
4/13 Orlando, FL – The Plaza Live
4/14 Ft. Lauderdale, FL – The Culture Room
4/15 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL – Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
4/17 Charleston, SC – Music Farm
4/18 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
4/19 Richmond, VA – The National
4/20 Charlottesville, VA – Jefferson Theater
5/2 Boston, MA – House of Blues
5/4 Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre
5/5 Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
5/6 St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre
5/8 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom
5/10 Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
5/11 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
5/12 Austin, TX – Moody Theater
5/13 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
5/14 San Antonio, TX – The Rustic
5/16 New Orleans, LA – Joy Theater
5/17 Birmingham, AL – Iron City
5/18 Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
5/19 – Black Mountain, NC – Pisgah Brewing Co.
6/1 Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
6/2 San Diego, CA – Observatory North Park
6/5 Los Angeles, CA – The Theatre at Ace Hotel
6/7 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
6/8 Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
6/9 Seattle, WA – The Moore Theatre
6/11 Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
6/13 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
6/14 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
6/16 Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
6/17 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
6/19 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
6/20 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
6/22 Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap
6/23 Philadelphia, PA – Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing
[Photo: Andrew Dolan]