(Conqueroo) Tea Leaf Green's seventh studio album, Radio Tragedy!, will be released through Thirty Tigers available worldwide on June 7. Fans who pre-order the album by May 1st are eligible to win handwritten lyrics from the songwriter.
"Much of this record is a reflection on the ups and downs on the road to radio gold, chasing dreams and ghosts on America's highways and finding triumph, sorrow and sacrifice in the pursuit," says Josh Clark. "Tea Leaf Green has been a band for over a decade. We've tried to simply focus on music, just music, honest music, operating in the shadow of braggart auto-tuned rappers and inane teeny bop prop puppets that has come to rule and choke the life out of what was once America's greatest export — rock 'n' roll."
"I don't think any of us have ever felt completely satisfied with our past studio experiences, so we went into this one with the deliberate intent of making a complete album. Each of us brought our own vision and we did our best to fuse those ideas in the studio, all of us committed to seeing each member's vision take shape," says Scott Rager. "TLG has been a band for 13 years and I think we've made the record we always thought we were capable of making."
"I wanted a story — something loud, something bright, something to scare your kids goodnight. There is adventure to be had. There is an undiscovered country," says Trevor Garrod. "We have been there for each other through thick (rarely) and thin (mostly). There are five of us now and like a pack of pickpockets, we will steal your heart."
"At the center, our commitment to this music and our passion for making it and performing it has remained rock steady," continues Josh Clark. "Like countless bands creating phenomenal music today, we work on the edges of the mainstream where we can be heard, looking in on the tragedy that radio seems to have forgotten where to find the gold. This album is a true story of our lives in pursuit of a dream from another time and how we survive despite it all."
Radio Tragedy! track listing
1. All Washed Up
2. Easy To Be Your Lover
3. You're My Star
4. My Oklahoma Home
5. Fallen Angel
6. Sleep Paralysis
7. Germinating Seed
8. Honey Bee
9. The Cottonwood Tree
10.Arise
11.Nothing Changes
Thurs., Apr. 21 Greensboro, Nc The Blind Tiger
Fri., Apr. 22 Isle Of Palms, Sc The Windjammer
Sat., Apr. 23 Atlanta, Ga Variety Playhouse
Tues., Apr. 26 Mobile, Al Saenger Theatre
Wed., Apr. 27 Oxford, Ms Proud Larry's
Thurs., Apr. 28 Baton Rouge, La Chelsea's Café
Fri., Apr. 30 New Orleans, La Tipitina's French Quarter
Sat., May 14 San Francisco, Ca S.F. Int'l Oyster Festival
Fri., May 27 Chillicothe, Il Summercamp
Sat., May 28 Geneva, Mn Bella Tempo
Fri., June 17 New York, Ny Le Poisson Rouge
Sat., July 2 Snowmass Village, Co The Eco Music Festival
Sat., July 23 Bridgeport, Ct Gathering Of The Vibes