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Aug 20, 2019 By Christopher Roberts Lower Dens

Lower Dens (which is led by singer/songwriter Jana Hunter) are releasing a new album, The Competition, on September 6 via Ribbon Music. Now they have shared another song from the album, “Galapagos,” via a lyric video for the track. Check it out below, followed by the band’s upcoming tour dates.

Previously Lower Dens shared a video for The Competition‘s first single, “Young Republicans” (which was one of our Songs of the Week). Then they shared another song from the album, “I Drive,” also via a video for the track (it was also one of our Songs of the Week).

The Competition is the follow-up to 2015’s Escape From Evil. A previous press release said The Competition “might be Hunter’s most vulnerable, hook-filled album yet, a leftfield, resistance pop record that could only be released in 2019.”

Hunter had this to say about the album in the previous press release: “The issues that have shaped my life, for better or for worse, have to do with coming from a family and a culture that totally bought into this competitive mindset. I was wild and in a lot of pain as a kid; home life was very bleak, and pop songs were a guaranteed escape to a mental space where beauty, wonder, and love were possible. I wanted to write songs that might have the potential to do that.”

Lower Dens Tour Dates:

All dates opening for Of Monsters And Men except where noted:

08/31/19 Baltimore, MD @ Rituals *
09/01/19 Baltimore, MD @ Rituals *
09/04/19 Washington, DC @ The Anthem
09/05/19 New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
09/08/19 Boston, MA @ Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion
09/10/19 Philadelphia, PA @ Metropolitan Opera House
09/11/19 Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
09/13/19 Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
09/14/19 Minneapolis, MN @ Surly Brewing Festival Field
09/16/18 Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom
09/17/19 Ogden, UT @ Ogden Twilight
09/19/19 Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
09/20/19 Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room *
09/22/19 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
09/24/19 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
09/26/19 Seattle, WA @ WaMu Theater
09/27/19 Troutdale, OR @ McMenamins Edgefield
09/28/19 Vancouver, BC @ Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
10/19/19 Maspeth, NY @ Pitchfork Octfest ^
11/01/19 Houston, TX @ Axelrad Beer Garden *
11/02/19 Mexico City, MX @ RadioBosque Festival ^

* Lower Dens headline show
^ without Of Monsters And Men

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