April 8, 2019 For Immediate Release

Jeff Tweedy To Release New Album, WARMER, As Record Store Day Exclusive This Saturday, April 13th

Watch The Video For Lead Single, “Family Ghost,” HERE

photo credit - Zoran Orlic

Jeff Tweedy will release a new album, WARMER, on April 13th via dBpm Records as a Record Store Day exclusive. This initial, vinyl-only edition is limited to 5,000 copies worldwide. The album comes out in the midst of an almost entirely sold-out solo tour of North America and Australia (tickets are available at wilcoworld.net). Today, he presents the video for lead single, “Family Ghost.”

WARMER is a sister album to last year’s WARM, Jeff’s first-ever collection of original solo songs. The two albums were produced and recorded during the same studio sessions at Wilco’s renowned Chicago studio, The Loft. “WARMER came behind WARM - recorded in the same burst, motivated by the same impetus, overflowing with the same consoling ethos,” describes George Saunders, who wrote the liner notes for WARM. Lead single “Family Ghost” is a reflection on the difficulty of understanding and eliminating the types of casual and systemic racism pervasive in Jeff’s southern Illinois upbringing. The song’s accompanying video distorts footage of crowds until the images are an unrecognizable sea of color and beauty.

"At some point I separated the songs from the WARM/WARMER session into two records with individual character, but still tried to keep the overall tone and texture of the combined session consistent,” says Jeff. “In a lot of ways these two records could have been released as a double LP. WARMER means as much to me as WARM and might just as easily have been released as the first record of the pair."

WATCH “FAMILY GHOST” VIDEO -- https://youtu.be/fYkBpJ8y2E4

Last year saw the release of Jeff’s first memoir and New York Times Bestseller, LET’S GO (SO WE CAN GET BACK): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc., via Dutton. It preceded WARM, “proof that Jeff Tweedy’s non-Wilco detours have become more than mere side projects to fill gaps between albums but rather, precious, intimate portraits of a songwriter who’s willing to openly display more of his scars than ever before” (Rolling Stone).

WARMER TRACKLIST: 1. Orphan 2. Family Ghost 3. And Then You Cut It in Half 4. Ten Sentences 5. Sick Server 6. Empty Head 7. Landscape 8. Ultra Orange Room 9. Evergreen 10. Guaranteed

LISTEN TO WARM - https://linktr.ee/wilco

PURCHASE LET’S GO (SO WE CAN GET BACK) - https://bit.ly/2NRbBlW

JEFF TWEEDY TOUR DATES: Wed. April 3 - Toronto, ON @ The Queen Elizabeth Theatre w/ Buck Meek - SOLD OUT Thu. April 4 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Carnegie Lecture Hall of Oakland w/ Buck Meek - SOLD OUT Sat. April 6 - Boston, MA @ Berklee Performance Center w/ Buck Meek - SOLD OUT Mon. April 8 - New York, NY @ The Town Hall w/ James Elkington - SOLD OUT Tue. April 9 - New York, NY @ The Town Hall w/ James Elkington - SOLD OUT Wed. April 10 - Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre w/ James Elkington - SOLD OUT Fri. April 12 - Savannah, GA @ Lucas Theatre for the Arts Sat. April 13 - Decatur, GA @ Amplify Decatur/Decatur Square Sun. April 14 - Chattanooga, TN @ Walker Theatre w/ James Elkington - SOLD OUT Tue. April 16 - Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall w/ James Elkington - SOLD OUT Wed. April 17 - Cincinnati, OH @ Cincinnati Music Hall Ballroom w/ James Elkington Thu. April 18 - Champaign, IL @ Virginia Theatre w/ James Elkington Mon. May 20 - Sydney, AU @ The Metro Wed. May 22 - Brisbane, AU @ Powerhouse Fri. May 24 - Meeniyan, AU @ Meeniyan Town Hall - SOLD OUT Sat. May 25 - Melbourne, AU @ Athenaeum Theatre - SOLD OUT Sun. May 26 - Melbourne, AU @ Howler - SOLD OUT Tue. May 28 - Adelaide, AU @ The Gov

WILCO TOUR DATES: Wed. June 12 - Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique Thu. June 13 - Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique Sat. June 15 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso - SOLD OUT Sun. June 16 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso - SOLD OUT Tue. June 18 - Lille, FR @ Aeronef Club Wed. June 19 - Rouen, FR @ Le 106 Thu. June 20 - La Rochelle, FR @ La Sirene Sat. June 22 - Vitoria-Gasteiz, ES @ Azkena Rock Festival Fri. June 28 - Sun. June 30 - North Adams, MA @ Solid Sound Festival Fri. Sept. 6 - Stavanger, NO @ Stavanger Konserthus Zetlitz Sat. Sept. 7 - Bergen, NO @ USF Verftet Sun. Sept. 8 - Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene Tue. Sept. 10 - Copenhagen, DK @ Den Gra Hal Thu. Sept. 12 - Berlin, DE @ Tempodrom Fri. Sept. 13 - Cologne, DE @ Carlswerk Victoria Sat. Sept. 14 - Hamburg, DE @ Elbphilaharmonie Sun. Sept. 15 - Warsaw, PL @ Progresja Wed. Sept. 18 - Zürich, CH @ Volkshaus Thu. Sept. 19 - Milan, IT @ Fabrique Fri. Sept. 20 - Padova, IT @ Gran Teatro Geox Sun. Sept. 22 - Paris, FR @ Le Trianon Mon. Sept. 23 - Utrecht, NL @ TrivoliVredenberg Grote Zaal Tue. Sept. 24 - Antwerp, BE @ De Roma Thu. Sept. 26 - Glasgow, UK @ Barrowlands Fri. Sept. 27 - Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall Sat. Sept. 28 - London, UK @ Eventim Apollo

Download hi-res press images and WARMER album art - www.pitchperfectpr.com/jeff-tweedy/

WARMER Artwork

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