The new solo album, Blowout, out June 30th, was inspired by a period in Costa Rica spent playing with local musicians and imagining “failed utopias”

John Carroll Kirby on Tour:

July 30            Niigata, JP                  Fuji Rock †
Aug 5              Shanghai                     YongFoo Elite †         
Aug 18            Los Angeles, CA         Lodge Room
Aug 24            New York, NY             Bowery Ballroom
Aug 26            Port Townsend, WA    Thing Festival
Sep 13            Chicago, IL                  Sleeping Village
Sep 15            St Paul, MN                 Turf Club

† with Eddie Chacon

 

tracklist

1. Oropendola
2. Mates
3. The Takedown
4. Hotel Jonny Chingas
5. Vertigo
6. So So So
7. Sun Go Down
8. Gecko Sound
9. Flying Cat
10. Mates (Dub)
11. So So So (Dub)
12. Hotel Jonny Chingas (Dub)