The Dream Syndicate announced the release of a new album These Times. The album, which arrives on May 3rd, is the second full length release post-reuniting in 2012. Steve Wynn wrote the lyrics to the 10 track album were written after the band finished tracking, thus the lyrics were dictated by the sound of the music instead of vice versa. Wynn reveals the theme of the album is a commentary on life and times of the world we live in these days:
"These Times. That’s it. It is all we’re talking about, all we’re thinking about. There is no avoiding the existential panic of a world that’s hurtling somewhere quickly, evolving, and shifting course by the hour. It seems like a lie to not address or reflect the things that we can’t stop thinking about—the whole world’s watching indeed. The lyrics are just a mirror of the dread, panic, mania, speculation, melancholy and ultimately shrugging abandonment that just might follow. It’s just all about where we are."
View the video to the album's first single "Black Light" along with U.S. tour dates below. Head here to pre-order These Times.
The Dream Syndicate - U.S. tour
May 10 -- Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall
May 11 -- Sellersville, PA @ Sellersville Theater 1894
May 16 -- New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
May 17 -- New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
May 18 -- Somerville, MA @ Cuisine En Locale
May 30 -- Milwaukee, WI @ Colectivo Coffee - Prospect Cafe
May 31 -- Chicago, IL @ Hideout
Jun 01 -- Chicago, IL @ Hideout
Published February 21st, 2019