Tim Darcy is the frontman of Ought, the Montreal post-punk quartet that has been of the most consistently great bands in music these past few years. He’s got a solo album called Saturday Night coming out next year on Jagjaguwar, and it finds him applying his knack for nervous-tension rock to music of a rootsier and/or more meditative variety. Our first preview is opening track “Tall Glass Of Water,” which arrives today with a video. “If at the end of the river, there is more river, would you dare to swim again?” Darcy sings, before answering himself: “Yes, surely I will stay, and I am not afraid. I went under once, I’ll go under once again.” Watch below.

Tracklist:

01 “Tall Glass Of Water”
02 “Joan Pt 1, 2″
03 “You Felt Comfort”
04 “Still Waking Up”
05 “First Final Days”
06 “Saturday Night”
07 “Found My Limit”
08 “Saint Germain”
09 “What’d You Release?”
10 “Beyond Me”
11 “Joan Pt 3″

Album cover:

Darcy’s tour dates:

02/13 Hudson, NY @ Half Moon
02/15 Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
02/17 Toronto, ON @ The Drake
02/20 London, UK @ Lexington
02/21 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
02/22 Brussels, BE @ Botanique
02/23 Rennes, FR @ La Route Du Rock D’hiver
02/24 Paris, FR @ Olympic
03/04 Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz
03/06 Boston, MA @ Great Scott
03/07 Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
03/08 Washington, DC @ The Black Cat
03/09 Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter
03/10 Raleigh, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
03/11 Savannah, GA @ Savannah Stopover
03/12 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
03/18 Dallas, TX @ Not So Fun Wknd
03/20 Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room
03/22 Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
03/23 Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle
03/25 Detroit, MI @ Marble Bar

Saturday Night is out 2/17 on Jagjaguwar. Pre-order it here.