Benjamin Booker to return with new album ‘LOWER’ next year

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Benjamin Booker by Trenity Thomas

Benjamin Booker makes his comeback after 7 years.

Benjamin Booker will release his first studio album since 2017’s Witness on January 24th next year.

Booker returns with a new sound on ‘LOWER’ honed by underground hip-hop producer Kenny Segal and showcased on lead track ‘LWA IN THE TRAILER PARK’.

“I wanted to get to this sound, but I didn’t know how,” Booker said. “At some point I decided I’m going to find it or die trying.”

“Kenny was the missing piece I needed–he fills in all of my gaps. I don’t know what I’ll do next, but if I can imagine it, I can do it now.”

I felt particularly connected to Paul Schrader’s work making this album. Like several of his movies, I wanted to look at a troubled character on the edge, reaching for transcendence. Now that I’m working on a series of connected videos, Schrader has had an influence in that arena as well, along with Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Samourai and Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep.

Booker will be out on the road early next year with Segal in support, when two dates in New York at Brooklyn’s Public Records are coming up on February 25th and 26th.

Benjamin Booker tour:

February 2025
2 San Diego CA Soda Bar
4 Santa Ana CA Constellation Room
5 Los Angeles CA Lodge Room
6 San Francisco CA The Chapel
8 Portland OR Mississippi Studios
9 Seattle WA Madame Lou’s
10 Boise ID Neurolux
11 Salt Lake City UT Urban Lounge
13 Denver CO Marquis Theatre
15 Omaha NE Reverb Lounge
16 Minneapolis MN Turf Club
18 Chicago IL Subterranean
19 Detroit MI Magic Bag
21 Toronto ON Longboat Hall
22 Montreal QC L’Esco
23 Boston MA Crystal Ballroom
25,26 Brooklyn NY Public Records
27 Philadelphia PA Kung Fu Necktie
28 Washington D.C. Union Stage

March 2025
2 Asheville NC Eulogy
3 Atlanta GA Aisle 5
5 Nashville TN 3rd and Lindsley
7 New Orleans LA Siberia