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Thee Sacred Souls share the newest preview of their sophomore album, Got A Story To Tell (out October 4 on Daptone Records), “Live For You.” Paying homage to great American RandB of the 60’s and 70’s and the sweet Chicano soul beloved by old school lowriders, “Live For You” oozes with timeless style while revealing a message of perseverance and self love: “Those obstacles ahead, they don’t disappear if you stay trapped inside your head / get up now, get up now and live for you baby.” 

Listen to “Live For You” here: https://daptone.ffm.to/gastt.OPR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFHixSIPOUo

““Live For You" is permission through song for the listener to engage in a lifelong relationship with themselves,” shares lead singer Josh Lane on the meaning behind the song. “I believe that when we do the work to genuinely love ourselves we have more capacity to be empathetic towards the world around us.”

Fresh off summer festival appearances — including a standout set at Montreal Jazz Festival that FLOOD called “a master curatorial touch of showcasing the next big thing — nothing short of a coronation” — and a headline show in NYC last night for Celebrate Brooklyn, Thee Sacred Souls will also perform at the Fool In Love festival in Los Angeles on August 31, a weekend featuring soul music legends at Hollywood Park / SoFi Stadium, and embark on a fall tour that includes New York’s new 2700-capacity Brooklyn Paramount (Nov. 8) and Nashville’s RymanAuditorium (Oct. 16). Full routing is available below. 

Written by founding members Alejandro Garcia, Salvador Samano and Josh Lane, Got A Story To Tell features 12 all new songs, a soaring statement of exquisite craftsmanship from the young band from San Diego whose story grows bigger by the day. Like their debut, the album was recorded and produced by Gabriel Roth at Penrose Recorders, Daptone’s studio in Riverside, CA, uplifting the legacy of the revered imprint with its appreciation of decades of soul music and beyond.

Punctuated with strings and smooth guitar, trundling piano, pops of conga, and horns, Got A Story To Tell is a thrilling, layered listen that slowly unravels a novella of characters and evocative tales. Lead single “Lucid Girl” champions independent women, set to some of the toughest sounding drums and bass the band has yet to put to tape. “Waiting On The Right Time” slinks with a touch of slow-burning psychedelia. A plea for empathy underscores “One and the Same.” “On My Mind” is a sweeping orchestration, with Lane navigating the complexities of finding happiness while balancing the good with the bad.

The highly anticipated follow-up to their self-titled 2022 breakout, Got A Story To Tell is the latest chapter in the band’s explosive career story. In just two years, the band’s “music of terrifyingly high quality” (UNCUT) has earned them a blow up performance on NPR’s Tiny Desk, several TV show appearances — Jimmy Kimmel Live!, CBS Saturday, Kelly Clarkson, Jools Holland, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — six million monthly listeners on Spotify, an ever-growing list of celebrity fans including SZA, Alicia Keys, Leon Bridges, and Kylie Jenner, and festival debuts at Bonnaroo, Newport Folk, Austin City Limits and Lollapalooza. 

Written in the throes of their 2022 album, Got A Story To Tell represents a crucible for the band. The nonstop touring and almost overnight success was demanding and intense, but they came out stronger and more together on the other side: and now, they’re proving their staying power with what are undoubtedly their best songs yet. 

If the last two years tested the mettle of Thee Sacred Souls, Got A Story To Tell is all that hard work paying off. 

Pre-order here: https://daptone.ffm.to/gastt.OPR

 

Tracklist:

01 Lucid Girl

02 Price I’ll Pay

03 Live for You

04 On My Mind

05 Waiting on the Right Time

06 Losing Side of Love

07 Somebody Knew

08 My Heart is Drowning

09 Stuck in the Mud

10 In the Mirror

11 One and the Same

12 I’m So Glad I Found You, Baby

 

Tour Dates:

Aug 3 - San Diego, CA - Endless Sunsets ^

Aug 8 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West ^

Aug 9 - Helsinki, Finland - Flow Festival ^

Aug 10 - Oslo, Norway - Oyafestivalen ^

Aug 13 - Gijón, Spain - Semana Grande de Gijón ^

Aug 16 - Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop ^

Aug 18 - Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic ^

Aug 20 - Nice, France - Nice Jazz Festival ^

Aug 31 - Los Angeles, CA - Fool In Love Festival ^

Sept 1 - Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot ^

Sept 7 - Munich, Germany - Superbloom ^

Sept 8 - Berlin, Germany - Lollapalooza ^

Sep 10 - Amsterdam, NL - Tolhuistuin 

Sep 14 - Paris, FR - La Maroquinerie 

Sep 16 - Manchester, UK - Band On The Wall 

Sep 19 - London, UK - Jazz Cafe 

Sept 28 - Bridgeport, CT - Soundside Music Festival ^

Oct 11 - Charlottesville, VA - Ting Pavilion 

Oct 12 - Asheville, NC - Rabbit Rabbit 

Oct 14 - Raleigh, NC - The Ritz 

Oct 16 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium 

Oct 18 - Miami, FL - III Points 

Oct 21 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle 

Oct 22 - New Orleans, LA - The Fillmore New Orleans 

Oct 23 - Houston, TX - The Lawn at White Oak Music Hall 

Oct 25 - Austin, TX - Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater 

Oct 26 - Dallas, TX - South Side Ballroom 

Oct 27 - Bentonville, AR - The Momentary 

Oct 29 - Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Room 

Oct 31 - Toronto, ON - HISTORY 

Nov 2 - Chicago, IL - Salt Shed 

Nov 3 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall 

Nov 6 - McKees Rocks, PA - Roxian Theatre 

Nov 8 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Paramount 

Nov 9 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore Philadelphia 

Nov 10 - Boston, MA - Roadrunner 

Nov 12 - Montreal, QC - MTELUS 

Nov 14 - Silver Springs, MD - The Fillmore Silver Spring  

^Festival Performance