Back in March, Kevin Morby announced his latest album, This Is A Photograph, and shared the title track. Since then, we've heard "Rock Bottom" and a one-off cover of the Replacements' "Swingin Party." Now, a few weeks before album release, Morby is sharing a slow-building, orchestral jam "A Random Act Of Kindness," which also has a video by Christopher Good.
Here's Morby on the song:
In "A Random Act Of Kindness" I set out to write a song where each line could be interpreted in two completely different ways. For example; when I sing the words "out of trust…" it could be heard as either I have lost my sense of trust in something or that I am committing an act with trust as my motive. It’s a song about the menacing nature of the sun rising during a dark time in one's life only to further illuminate their pain and suffering -- and how during these periods it is often the selfless acts of strangers that keeps a person going.
Sonically I am so proud and surprised by where we ended up with this one. Producer Sam Cohen and I had set out to make a sort of windows-down-mid-tempo-cruiser and somehow, with weeks of exploration, made a sonic rocket ship that shoots you out into outer space over the course of 4 minutes. Enjoy!
Listen and watch below.
TOUR DATES:
05/20 - Madrid, ES @ Tomavistas
05/21 - Biarritz, FR @ L’Atabal
05/22 - Montpellier, FR @ Le Rockstore
05/23 - Bordeaux, FR @ Rock School Barbey
05/24 - Paris, FR @ Le Bataclan
05/25 - Köln, DE @ Kulturekirche
05/26 - Antwerpen, BE @ De Roma
05/28 - London, UK @ Wide Awake at Brockwell Park
05/29 - Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg
05/30 - Hamburg, DE @ Uebel & Gefährlich
05/31 - Berlin, DE @ Metropol
06/01 - Schorndorf, DE @ Manufaktur
06/03 - Angers, FR@ Levitation
06/04 - Clermont-Ferrand, FR @ La Cooperative de Mai
06/05 - Lille, FR @ Aéronef
07/03 - Bologna, IT @ Covo Summer
07/04 - Terni, IT @ Anfifteatro Romano
07/06 - Zagreb, HR @ Mochvara
07/07 - Budapest, HU @ Akvárium Klub
07/08 - Trencin, Slovakia @ Pohoda Festival
07/09 - Zittau, DE @ Lonesome Lake Festival
07/11 - Vienna, AT @ WUK
07/12 - Munich, DE @ Ampere
07/13 - Bern, CH @ Gurtenfestival
07/15 - Lisbon, PT @ Super Bock Super Rock
08/21 - Erlanger, DE @ Ewerk
08/22 - Hannover, DE @ Café Glocksee
08/24 - Copenhagen, DK @ Punpehuset
08/27 - Prague, CZ @ Meetfactory
08/28 - Darmstadt, DE @ Golden Leaves Festival
08/31 - Brighton, UK @ Chalk
09/03 - Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Festival
09/04 - Manchester, UK @ Band on the Wall
09/05 - Glasgow, UK @ Classic Grand
09/06 - Leeds, UK @ The Brudenell Social Club
09/07 - Dublin, IE @ Academy
09/28 - Sonoma, CA @ Historic Redwood Barn *
09/29 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore *
10/01 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco *
10/03 - Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole *
10/05 - Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf *
10/10 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Beer City Music Hall *
10/11 - St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway Nightclub *
10/12 - Bloomington, IN @ Buskirk-Chumley Theater *
10/14 - Memphis, TN @ The Bluff *
10/15 - Nashville, TN @ The Basement East *
10/16 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West *
10/18 - Jacksonville, FL @ Intuition Ale Works *
10/20 - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel *
10/21 - Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall *
10/22 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club %
10/24 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair %
10/25 - Ardmore, PA @ Ardmore Music Hall %
10/26 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall %
10/28 - Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall %
10/29 - Ferndale, MI @ The Magic Bag %
10/31 - Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre %
11/01 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom %
11/02 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe %
11/03 - Kansas City, MO @ Knuckleheads Saloon %
11/05 - Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre %
11/06 - Fort Collins, CO @ Washington’s %
11/08 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The CommonWealth Room %
11/10 - Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall %
11/11 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox %
11/12 - Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre %
* w/ Cassandra Jenkins
% w/ Coco
This Is A Photograph is out 5/13 via Dead Oceans. Pre-order it below.
