Wilco shared another preview of its upcoming Cruel Country album with “Tired Of Taking It Out On You”. The sophomore single from Wilco’s self-described country double LP out on May 27th via dPM Records arrived Tuesday alongside new summer/fall North American tour dates.
“Tired Of Taking It Out On You” finds Jeff Tweedy in the sweet spot where Wilco’s trademark sentimentality meets the country sound the band embraces on the coming album. It’s not as twangy as the album’s lead single, “Falling Apart (Right Now)“, and finds its comfort not in a night at some dusty honky-tonk but rather a lonely evening spent sleeping on the couch.
“I’ve realized over the years that a lot of the songs I’ve written have worked as reminders to myself to pay attention to various things,” Tweedy said of the single. “Sometimes I think I’ve figured out how the world works in some small way, and I worry I’ll forget it if I don’t sing it back to myself occasionally. This song, I believe, is going to come in handy for just that purpose. I’m a person who needs to stay alert to how I’m treating others when I’m not feeling my best. And now that I mention it, when I look around, it seems like a lot of us have been taking things out on each other when we would be better served striving for understanding and empathy. I’m just trying to be honest with myself, and I guess I’m hoping if this song can help me focus on that, maybe someone else could find it useful in the same way.”
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Wilco will celebrate the release of Cruel Country at the band’s Solid Sound Festival in North Adams, MA May 27th–29th. Following a summer tour of Europe, the band will kick off a North American tour on August 12th in Cedar Rapids, IA, with dates from coast to coast in the U.S. and Canada through an October 7th set at Roots N Blues Festival in Columbia, MO. Tickets go on sale to the general public on May 13th at 10 a.m. local time. See below for a full list of tour dates and click here to pre-order Cruel Country.
Wilco – “Tired Of Taking It Out On You” (Official Video)
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