On September 13, 2024, Yep Roc Records will release Indoor Safari, Nick Lowe’s first full-length album in eleven years. Consisting of twelve songs, including brand new originals, a couple signature deep-cut covers, and refitted versions of tracks previously released in nascent form as singles, the album represents a culmination of Lowe’s decade-long working relationship with those mysterious masked men and Yep Roc labelmates Los Straitjackets (Eddie Angel/guitar; Pete Curry/bass; Chris Sprague/drums; Greg Townson/guitar). Indoor Safari was recorded at various locations and mixed by Alex Hall (JD McPherson, Cactus Blossoms) and Lowe at Reliable Recorders in Chicago.
Today’s news comes amidst a busy summer calendar for Lowe with dates ranging from a run of Canadian shows with longtime compatriot Ron Sexsmith happening now, to a top-billed appearance at Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival later this month, a set at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY, and more surprises in store.
Since releasing his last long-player – 2013’s Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection for all the Family – Nick Lowe has toured three continents with Los Straitjackets, recording a series of rapid fire singles and EPs along the way. In time-honored fashion, the “master songwriter who never takes himself too seriously” (Rolling Stone) kept fine-tuning those songs and coming up with new ones. With help from Alex Hall “they all sound of a piece” now says Lowe, adding that with the old Straitjacket magic “hey, presto, you’ve got the sauce on it all.”
Nick Lowe Indoor Safari tracklist
Went To A Party (Lowe, Angel, Curry, Sprague, Townson) 2:57
Love Starvation (Lowe) 2:51
Crying Inside (Lowe) 2:55
A Quiet Place (Bell, Meade) 3:13
Blue On Blue (Lowe) 3:38
Jet Pac Boomerang (Lowe) 3:14
Tokyo Bay (Lowe) 2:24
Trombone (Lowe) 4:06
Different Kind of Blue (Lowe) 3:34
Raincoat In The River (Schroeder, Kaye) 3:00
Lay It On Me Baby (Lowe) 2:51
Don’t Be Nice To Me (Lowe) 2:55
Nick Lowe (solo) with Ron Sexsmith:
June 12 – Bella Concert Hall – Calgary, AB, Canada
June 13 – Festival Place – Sherwood Park, AB, Canada
June 15 – Burton Cummings Theatre – Winnipeg, MB, Canada
June 17 – The Bronson Centre – Ottawa, ON, Canada
Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets:
June 20 – Narrows Center for the Arts – Fall River, MA
June 21 – Stone Mountain Arts Center – Brownfield, ME
June 22 – Infinity Hall – Hartford, CT
June 23 – Levon Helm Studios – Woodstock, NY
June 25 – Tarrytown Theatre – Tarrytown, NY
June 26 – Landmark on Main Street – Port Washington, NY
June 28 – The Palace Theatre – Manchester, NH
June 29 – Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival – North Adams, MA
June 30 – Concerts Under the Stars – King of Prussia, PA