Today, Nashville’s Aaron Lee Tasjan has announced the release of his new album, Stellar Evolution, set for release on April 12 via Blue Élan. Produced by Tasjan and Gregory Lattimer, the album showcases an innovative array of shimmering synth, club-ready drums and angular guitar, and is undeniably his most realized sonic vision to date. Tasjan has cultivated a storied and outstanding career already, but his forthcoming album Stellar Evolution is just what the title says. A culmination of his fluid artistic expression and his diverse accomplishments, while clearly heading in a brand-new and innovative musical direction. Tasjan also announced his upcoming 2024 headline tour, including dates in New York City, Nashville and Los Angeles. Tickets will be on sale this Friday, for more information please visit: https://www.aaronleetasjan.com/tour
Alongside the announcement of Stellar Evolution, his fifth studio record, Tasjan released the album’s lead single, “Horror Of It All.” The track is a sonic shift for Tasjan, genre-bending across synth wave, hyper pop, drum and bass, and glam rock with visceral lyrics which reflect on the joy, confusions and humiliations of the queer adolescent experience.
On the song, Tasjan stated: “When I think of what scares me the most about ‘being myself,’ is that I’ll get rejected for it. This song examines the concepts of both rejection and self-acceptance through metaphors of childhood playground heartbreak and the dramatic nature of the teenage experience. The story is being told through the eyes of a young queer person. I wanted to use experiences from childhood in the song because I feel like those heartaches are the ones that are truly everlasting. In life, we have to deal with and learn from the heartbreaks of our youth. Those lessons stay with us because the pain of the experience can be processed but the memory of it happening always remains.”
TRACK LIST
01 Alien Space Queen
02 The Drugs Did Me
03 Dylan Shades
04 Horror Of It All
05 Pants
06 Ocean Drive
07 Nightmare
08 I Love America Better Than You
09 Roll Your Windows Down
10 Bird
11 Cry Till You’re Laughing
12 Young
TOUR DATES
April 18, 2024 – Duck Room – St. Louis, MO
April 19, 2024 – SPACE – Chicago, IL
April 20, 2024 – Acorn – Three Oaks, MI
April 21, 2024 – Monarch Tavern – Toronto
April 23, 2024 – Middle East Up – Boston, MA
April 25, 2024 – Baby’s All Right – Brooklyn, NY
April 26, 2024 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
April 27, 2024 – DC9 – Washington, D.C.
April 28, 2024 – Cat’s Cradle Back – Raleigh, NC
April 30, 2024 – Grey Eagle – Asheville, NC
May 2, 2024 – The Blue Room – Nashville, TN
May 12, 2024 – The Casbah – San Diego, CA
May 14, 2024 – Moroccan Lounge – Los Angeles, CA
May 15, 2024 – Cafe Du Nord – San Francisco, CA
May 17, 2024 – Polaris – Portland, OR
May 18, 2024 – Sunset Tavern – Seattle, WA
May 21, 2024 – Globe Hall – Denver, CO
