Nice as Fuck, the supergroup trio featuring Jenny Lewis, Au Revoir Simone’s Erika Spring, and the Like’s Tennessee Thomas, will reunite for a short tour this fall marking the 10th anniversary of their self-titled first and only album. They’re also reissuing the record, which is now available for preorder. The tour will kick off in Pasadena, California on Oct. 16 before concluding just before Halloween in Brooklyn.
Ticketing details for the tour, which will also feature DJ Alix Brown, are on BandIsInTown. Nice as Fuck, the album, features nine songs featuring politically charged lyrics and catchy hooks. And on “Guns,” about school shootings, Lewis sings, “The crisis is not ISIS, spilling our own blood.” “Gentle as a breeze, but resoundingly straightforward, Nice As Fuck’s whole album could be a nine-song meditation on Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Go You Own Way,'” Rolling Stone’s original review of the album proclaimed.
The group played a little less than two dozen gigs in its first run, all in 2016. This was completely unplanned. … It’s been great to just make a record and put it out.” When the magazine asked if Nice as Fuck was a one-off record, the band members left it open. So we’ll see.” Trending Stories Jimmy Kimmel Says James Talarico Interview Won’t Air on TV After Trump’s FCC Threatened His Show Hear Dolly Parton’s First Posthumous Song — From a New Stanley Brothers Tribute Album Geese Never Thought They’d End Up Here Ken Paxton Isn’t Ready For Prime Time.
Republicans Know It Oct. 16 – Pasadena, CA @ Sid the CatOct. 18 – San Francisco, CA @ August HallOct. 20 – Seattle, WA @ Nectar LoungeOct. 22 – Portland, OR @ Wonder BallroomOct. 24 – Chicago, IL @ OutsetOct. 26 – Washington, D.C. @ Black CatOct. 28 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of The Living ArtsOct. 29 – Brooklyn, NY @ Xanadu Roller Arts
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