Above the Bodega (Local Business) is previewing the new Titus Andronicus album A Productive Cough.
“All the songs on A Productive Cough deal with the realities of life, as I understand them, in my adopted hometown of New York City, and one quality that does much to define New York City life is the access to 24-hour consumption,” Patrick Stickles says of the track.
“The first floor of the apartment building in which I live is occupied by a deli-grocery, to which I give my patronage several times a day. As a result, I have developed a particular understanding with the staff there which I have not so far heard articulated in song. Thusly, I took it upon myself to write the ‘ultimate’ song explicating the bodega clerk-patron relationship.”
A Productive Cough is due on on March 2nd – a lengthy North American tour follows soon after.
Tour dates:
March
7 – Kingston, New York, BSP Kingston
8 – Boston, Massachusetts, Sinclair
9 – Providence, Rhode Island, AS220
10 – Burlington, Vermont, Arts Riot
11 – Montreal, Quebec, Bar Le Ritz
13 – Toronto, Ontario, Great Hall
14 – Detroit, Michigan, El Club
15 – Chicago, Illinois, Subterranean
16 – Madison, Wisconsin, Frequency
17 – Saint Paul, Minnesota, Turf Club
18 – Omaha, Nebraska, Slowdown
19 – Denver, Colorado, Globe Hall
20 – Salt Lake City, Utah, Urban Lounge
22 – Boise, Idaho, Treefort Festival
23 – Seattle, Washington, Crocodile
24 – Portland, Oregon, Mississippi Studios
27 – Sonoma, California, Gundlach Bundschu Winery
28 – San Francisco, California, Chapel
29 – Santa Cruz, California, Crepe Place
31 – Los Angeles, California, Bootleg Theatre
April
2 – San Diego, California, Soda Bar
3 – Phoenix, Arizona, Valley Bar
6 – Ft Worth, Texas, Ridglea Room
7 – Austin, Texas, Barracuda
8 – Houston, Texas, White Oak Music Hall
10 – Birmingham, Alabama, Saturn
11 – Atlanta, Georgia, Masquerade
12 – Durham, North Carolina, Pinhook
13 – Washington DC, Rock and Roll Hotel
14 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, UArts Black Box
15 – Brooklyn, New York, Murmrr Ballroom