Shreveport, Louisiana’s Seratones—fronted by the gospel-trained powerhouse frontwoman and activist A.J. Haynes—have returned with the announcement of their third album Love & Algorhythms, out on April 29th via New West Records.
Seratones dive into the joyful struggle to find pleasure in a world designed to destroy you on Love & Algorhythms, which was produced by Paul Butler at Sonic Ranch Studios in Texas. With themes ranging from Black feminism, Afrofuturism, astrology, and the struggles rooted in Haynes’ work as a counselor in one of Louisiana’s last-standing abortion clinics, Haynes says, “This is a protest album built on the form of protest I’m most interested in at this moment: getting present and sitting through difficult things with abundant joy.” Throughout the record Haynes & co. explore the many different paths towards revolution—the kind of complex, disruptive, personal revolutions that can open transformative portals to a better future.
Along with the album announcement comes Love & Algorhythms’ celestial burst of a lead single, “Good Day.” The track, alongside its breezy music video directed by Danielle Calodney, signals Seratones’ triumphant return, with Haynes’ thrilling falsetto lifting to the skies on a neon flutter. “Do you really want to get better?/ Do you really want to get well?” she sings, as Travis Stewart’s super ball bass line bouncing through the mix. Written in part as homage to novelist Toni Cade Bambara, the track blends Black gospel vocals and polyrhythms with roots spread throughout the African diaspora to produce an effervescent immediacy. Check out “Good Day”below..
‘LOVE & ALGORHYTHMS’ TRACK LISTING
01 – Two of a Kind
02 – Pleasure
03 – Love & Algorhythm
04 – Good Day
05 – I’ll Be
06 – Evidence (Poem Interlude)
07 – Get Free
08 – Dark Matter
09 – Get Your Shit Together, Babe
10 – Power of Your Light
11 – High
SERATONES TOUR DATES
Mar 5 Denton, TX – She Rock 2022 Festival
Mar 15 – 20 Austin, TX – SXSW
Apr 23 Waverly, AL – Standard Deluxe Festival
May 7 New Orleans, LA – JAZZ Fest – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
May 13 New York, NY – WFUV Party at City Winery Pier 57
Jun 1 Asheville, NC – Rabbit Rabbit *
Jun 3 Nashville, TN – Ascend Amp *
Jun 4 Wilmington, NC – Riverfront Amp *
Jun 5 Richmond, VA – Meadowbrook Park *
Jun 7 Burlington, VT – Shelburne Museum Green *
Jun 8 Portland, ME – Thompson’s Point *
Jun 10 New Haven, CT – Westville Bowl *
Jun 11 Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony *
Jun 12 Bethlehem, PA – Steelstacks *
*notes dates with Fitz and The Tantrums + St. Paul & The Broken Bones
