A-HA! You have clicked on the link to this story, and are thereby FORCED to WITNESS the announcement that Alex Cameron has a new album coming out this September. Coincidentally enough, it’s called Forced Witness. Funny how things work out like that sometimes, huh?
Recorded in Berlin, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Forced Witness is Cameron’s second album, following Jumping the Shark, which was self-released in 2013, and subsequently re-issued by Secretly Canadian last year. It features contributions from the likes of The Killers’ Brandon Flowers, who co-wrote and performs on “Runnin’ Out of Luck,” as well as Angel Olsen, who duets with Cameron on “Stranger’s Kiss” and performs background vocals on the album’s lead single “Candy May.”
Forced Witness will force its way into the marketplace on September 8 via Secretly Canadian, and you must click here if you want to pre-order it. Also, it’s imperative that you watch the video for the aforementioned “Candy May” — which features Cameron doing a lot of driving, walking, and parking-lot-dancing — down below. Cameron also has a huge slate of upcoming tour dates, and you’ve got no choice but to view them down below too (following the compulsory album art and full tracklisting perusal, of course). Then and ONLY THEN will your sentence of forced witnessing be complete.
Forced Witness tracklisting:
01. Candy May
02. Country Figs
03. Runnin’ Outta Luck
04. Stranger’s Kiss (Duet with Angel Olsen)
05. True Lies
06. Studmuffin96
07. The Chihuahua
08. The Hacienda
09. Marlon Brando
10. Politics Of Love
Alex Cameron on tour:
07.08.17 – London, UK – BST Summer Time
07.14.17 – Dour, BE – Dour Festival
07.15.17 – Tonsberg, NO – Slottsfjell Festival
07.31.17 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
08.01.17– Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall
08.04-06.17 – Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon
08.17.17 – Saint Malo, FR – Route du Rock La Nouvelle Vague
08.19.17 – Paredes de Coura, PT – Paredes de Coura
08.23.17 – Berlin, DE – Pop Kultur
08.24.17 – Luxembourg, LU – Rotondes
08.25.17 – Antwerp, BE – Het Bos
08.26.17 – Leeds, UK – This Must Be the Place Festival
08.27.17 – Liverpool, UK – The Shipping Forecast
08.28.17 – Bristol, UK – Louisiana, Bristol
08.29.17 – Newcastle, UK – The Academy
08.30.17 – Edinburgh, UK – Usher Hall
08.31 .17 – London, UK – The Lexington
09.03.17 – Salisbury, UK – End of the Road Festival
09.19.17 - Albuquerque, NM – Sister Bar
09.21.17 – Austin, TX – The Sidewinder
09.22.17 – Dallas, TX – Double Wide Bar
09.23.17 – New Orleans, LA – Circle Bar
09.26.17 – Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups
09.28.17 – Chicago, IL – The Hideout
09.29.17 – Bloomington, IN – Blockhouse Bar
09.30.17 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Cafe
10.02.17 – Washington, DC – Songbyrd DC
10.03.17 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
10.05.17 – Montreal, QC – Brasserie Beaubien
10.06.17 – Cambridge, MA – Middle East Upstairs
10.07.17 – Brooklyn, NY – Rough Trade NYC
12.05.17 – London, UK – Scala
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