The Thekla, 23rd May
BULLY
SHARES NEW SINGLE ‘LOSE YOU’ FT. SOCCER MOMMY
OUT NOW ON SUB POP
ANNOUNCES 2023 UK/EU HEADLINE DATES
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US TOUR DATES w/ PIXIES + FRANZ FERDINAND
Bully aka Alicia Bognanno is sharing ‘Lose You‘, a new, gorgeous and fuzzy melancholic rocker, out today worldwide on all DSPs from Sub Pop. The single was recorded in 2022, at MMK Studios and Alicia’s House in Nashville, mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound, and features vocal harmonies from Sophia Allison aka Soccer Mommy.
Bognanno says, “When ‘Lose You’ came about it was the first time I’ve considered having someone else sing on a Bully song. I love Sophia’s voice and have always admired everything she does so to me it was a no brainer. Watching her soar out of the Nashville scene and dominate indie music world wide has been a joy. Writing ‘Lose You’ was a way for me to work through the pain and reality of impermanence. It doesn’t make it any easier but reflection is often followed by growth and to me that’s what life is all about.”
Bully has also announced new tour dates for the spring and summer of 2023. Highlights for this run of shows include: March 16th in Nashville opening for The Breeders, April 15th at the High Water Festival in North Charleston, SC, UK & EU dates May 20th-28th, and a 13-date run as main support for the Pixies and Franz Ferdinand June 8th-25th. See a full list of dates further below.
Since the release of her 2020 critically acclaimed record, SUGAREGG which Rolling Stone described as “full-throated, wild and free” and The New Yorker credited as “too insistent not to linger,” Bognanno has kept busy by writing, producing, and touring.
In 2022, Bognanno wrote the score and theme song for the NBC News Original Podcast Tiffany Dover Is Dead, which reached #1 on Apple’s podcasts chart last summer. She contributed the unreleased ‘Never Needed‘ to the limited-edition Portraits of Her charity album. Bognanno produced Bleed Out, the most recent longplayer from beloved indie mainstays The Mountain Goats. She also performed alongside an all-star band including Soccer Mommy, Snail Mail and Speedy Ortiz in Alex Ross Perry’s, musical workshop Slanted! Enchanted! which was inspired by the music of Pavement and is a part of a larger film project on the slacker-rock scene.
Bognanno is currently at work on a new full length album, which will see its release later this year from Sub Pop.
| Tour Dates Mar 16th | Nashville, TN -The Basement East ^ Apr 15th | North Charleston, SC – High Water Festival May 20th | Amsterdam, NL – London Calling Paradiso May 22nd | Manchester, UK – Yes (Pink Room) May 23rd | Bristol, UK – Thekla May 25th | Birmingham, UK – Dead Wax May 26th | London, UK – Moth Club May 27th | Leeds, UK – Live At Leeds In The Park Jun 3rd | Lexington, KY – Railbird Festival Jun 8th | Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway * Jun 9th | Philadelphia, PA – The Met Philadelphia * Jun 10th | Washington, DC – The Anthem * Jun 12th | Columbus, OH – KEMBA Live! * Jun 13th | Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE * Jun 14th | Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady ICON Music Center * Jun 16th | Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater * Jun 17th | Asheville, NC – Rabbit Rabbit * Jun 20th | Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy * Jun 21st | New Orleans, LA – The Fillmore * Jun 23rd | Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center * Jun 24th | Dallas, TX – Southside Ballroom * Jun 25th | Austin, TX – Moody Amphitheater * ^ = w/ The Breeders * = w/ Pixies and Franz Ferdinand |
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First attended gig: Republica, circa 1996.
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