Next month, the great avant-pop adventurer Kelela will release the new album new avatar, her follow-up to 2023's Raven. The new LP features contributions from people like PinkPantheress, Fousheé, and A. K. Paul, and we've already heard the early singles "idea 1" and "linknb." Today, Kelela announces a tour and shares another new track.
As with the last two singles, Kelela co-produced her new single "point blank" with PinkPantheress collaborator Oscar Scheller. The song uses the sounds of drum 'n' bass and UK garage to build something minimal and intimate, while Kelela sings about the amount of mental work that a stressful relationship demands. Here's what she says in a press release:
I first outline the baseline dynamic, which is that we're expected to endure men's inability to self-regulate. The fantasy many of us are invested in is one where we do such a good job of holding space that it starts to rub off on our partner over time, eventually inducing some sort of revelation and building their emotional maturity. Yet the more we pour into men, the more entitled they become. We are down bad.
Below, check out "point blank" and Kelela's tour dates.
TOUR DATES:
9/08 - Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
9/09 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
9/13 - Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
9/15 - Austin, TX @ Emo's
9/16 - Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
9/17 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues
9/21 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
9/23 - San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
9/24 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
9/27 - San Francisco, CA @ Portola Music Festival
10/05 - Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
10/06 - Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre
10/07 - Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall
10/09 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
10/11 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
10/13 - Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
10/14 - Charlotte, NC @ The Underground
10/15 - Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
10/16-17 - Miami, FL @ III Points
10/21 - Lisbon, Portugal @ LAV
10/22 - Madrid, Spain @ Sala Lab/Wagon
10/23 - Barcelona, Spain @ La Paloma
10/27 - Paris, France @ Élysée Montmartre
10/28 - Cologne, Germany @ Stollwerk
10/29 - Berlin, Germany @ Huxleys Neue Welt
10/31 - Turin, Italy @ C2C Festival
11/02 - Brussels, Belgium @ La Madeleine
11/03 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
11/04 - London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
new avatar is out 7/10 on Warp.
