On Tuesday, Brooklyn-based funk/jazz trio Moon Hooch announced a new studio album, Life On Other Planets, due out on January 10th, 2020.

Recorded in a series of single-take recordings, the band—comprised of saxophonists Wenzl McGowan and Mike Wilbur and drummer James Muschler—assembled at a studio in Winooski, Vermont to carefully craft their forthcoming nine-track album. The follow-up to Moon Hooch’s third full-length studio album, 2016’s Red Sky, Life On Other Planets, mixes elements of jazz, punk, funk, and EDM, creating an instrumental style the band refers to as “cave music”.

Mike Wilbur shared his thoughts on the new album via press release. As Wilbur explains,

When we got to the studio, we just felt inspired to record these live pieces we’d been performing for so long. We never really consciously wrote these songs, and we never really consciously planned to release them, but we loved playing them and we realized they were something the fans were really excited about.

In addition to the album announcement, Moon Hooch has shared the lead single, “Candlelight”, along with an accompanying video, which you can watch to below:

Moon Hooch – “Candlelight”

[Video: Moon Hooch]

Moon Hooch also announced an extensive 2020 tour in support of their new album, which will see the band offer up 20 U.S. performances in January and February, along with a 14-date Europe run in March and April with stops in Czech Republic, France, Belgium, and Switzerland. The band will be joined by The Main Squeeze and paris_monster at select stops on the tour.

See below for a full list of the band’s 2020 tour dates. Tickets for the newly announced U.S. dates go on sale this Friday, November 8th at 10 a.m. local time.

Fans can head here to pre-order Moon Hooch’s new Life On Other Planets album.

Head to Moon Hooch’s website for a full list of the band’s upcoming tour dates, ticketing, and more information.

Moon Hooch – Life On Other Planets Tracklist:

  1. Nonphysical
  2. This Is Water
  3. Old Frenchman
  4. They’re Already Here
  5. Candlelight
  6. Need Your Love
  7. Bronst
  8. Too Much Hooch
  9. #4 Solo
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Moon Hooch 2020 Tour Dates:

1/22 – Hartford, CT – Infinity Music Hall & Bistro
1/23 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
1/24 – Philadelphia, PA – Ardmore Music Hall
1/25 – Harrisburg, PA – Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center (HMAC)
1/26 – Winchester, VA – The Bright Box
1/30 – Covington, KY – Madison Live
1/31 – Louisville, KY – Zanzabar
2/1 – Nashville, TN – High Watt
2/5 – Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey *
2/6 – Austin, TX – Antone’s *
2/7 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall *
2/8 – New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks *
2/12 – Charleston, SC – Charleston Pour House ^
2/13 – Asheville, NC – Asheville Music Hall ^
2/14 – Charlotte, NC – Neighborhood Theater ^
2/15 – Greensboro, NC – Blind Tiger ^
2/16 – Raleigh, NC – Pour House ^
2/20 – Virginia Beach, VA – The Bunker Brewhall ^
2/21 – Richmond, VA – The Camel ^
2/22 – Washington DC – U Street Music Hall
3/11 – Brussels, BE – Atelier 210
3/12 – Massy, Paris, FR – Centre Paul Bailliart
3/13 – Toulouse, FR – Salle Nougaro
3/14 – Agen, FR – Le Florida
3/15 – Bordeaux, FR – Rocher de Parlmer
3/17 – Lille, FR – Le’ Aeronef
3/18 – Metz, FR – Les Trinitaires
3/20 – Chalons-en-Champagne, FR – Le Comete
3/23 – Zurich, SWI – Moods
3/24 – Paris, FR – New Morning
3/26 – Marseille, FR – Le Moulin
3/28 – Corsica, FR – Aghja
4/24 – Prague, CZ – Roxy
4/24 – Prague, CZ – Palac Acropolis

* w/ The Main Squeeze
^ w/ paris_monster

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