On August 17th, the Portland jamgrass rockers of Fruition will release a new EP dubbed Fire. Featuring four tracks, Fire will be supported with an extensive fall tour following Fruition’s return to the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre on August 18th with Railroad Earth. In addition to announcing the Fire EP, Fruition has also released a pro-shot video of the band’s live rendition of its title track, “Fire”, from Red Rocks in 2017.
Per a press release, three of the EP’s four tracks—”Baby Let’s Go”, “Dirty Thieves”, and “Fire”—were recorded during the band’s recording sessions for their latest full-length album, Watching It All Fall Apart, which was produced by Tucker Martine (First Aid Kit, My Morning Jacket, The Decemberists). The remaining track, “New Colossus”, was mixed and engineered by Fruition’s own Tyler Thompson.
Thus far, the band has also announced that the new EP’s first single, “Baby Let’s Go”, will be released on August 10th. However, the group has special plans for the official release of “Dirty Thieves” and “New Colossus”, with the band pledging to donate the proceeds from the first three months of digital sales and streaming of the two numbers.
The Jay Cobb Anderson-penned “Dirty Thieves” was inspired after the band’s van was broken into during a show in San Francisco’s Mission district. Per a press release,
The song references being woken up to the area’s homeless problem by the sound of shattered glass, feeling inconvenienced by the theft at first, but upon looking closer, seeing it as another human struggling to survive. It imagines them using what was taken to somehow improve their desperate situation that is all too often overlooked. Keeping in spirit with the song’s message, initial proceeds will go to San Francisco’s Community Housing Partnership whose mission is to help homeless people secure housing and become self-sufficient.
As for “New Colossus”, Kellen Asebroek composed the song using lyrics from Emma Lazarus‘ similarly named poem engraved at the base of the Statue of Liberty. The first three months of proceeds from the song, which was also previously recorded as part of the band’s entry for NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest, will aptly be donated to the National Immigration Law Center.
Fruition’s new EP, Fire, is due out on August 17th. To pre-order the album, head here. Furthermore, the band has announced a number of new headlining dates in the fall, including new shows in Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and New York City, and more. At a number of these performances, Fruition will be joined by Daniel Rodriguez of Elephant Revival and The Lil Smokies. The group has also announced a run across the Pacific Northwest in November with Yak Attack, marking Fruition’s first headlining shows in the region since their last New Year’s Eve run in Seattle and Portland.
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