Videos by American Songwriter
Earlier this summer Dawes released its sixth album, Passwords, a lyrically nuanced record that finds the band indulging its softer-rock tendencies, something akin to a thinking man’s yacht rock, if you will.
One of the tracks on the album, “Feed The Fire,” addresses the artist’s relentless need for acceptance by way of their work, while also acknowledging the potentially destructive nature of such impulses. “Trying to ignore some of the darker implications/ Of smiling for the camera with my hands in wet cement,” sings Taylor Goldsmith, who co-wrote the song, in the second verse.
Weighing in on the track, via email, Goldsmith added: “This song is about telling myself that the next bit of validation/attention I’ve been looking for is all I finally need to feel ‘okay,’ while also being aware that to attain any sort of actual peace/enlightenment then I should be trying to shed myself of that need/egocentric thinking in the first place, and the juxtaposition therein … so that made us think, “Then why don’t we perform it in front of a beautiful SWIMMING POOL?!?”
Watch the video below, and see the band’s tour dates for the rest of 2018.
September 7 /// St. Paul, MN /// Palace Theatre
September 8 /// Maquoketa, IA /// Codfish Hollow
September 9 /// Kalamazoo, MI /// State Theatre
September 11 /// Indianapolis, IN /// The Vogue
September 12 /// Pittsburgh, PA /// Stage AE
September 14 /// Portland, ME /// State Theatre
September 15 /// Fredericton, NB, Canada /// Harvest Jazz And Blues Festival^
September 16 /// Canton, MA /// Festival on the Farm ^
September 18 /// New Haven, CT /// College Street Music Hall
September 19 /// Red Bank, NJ /// Count Basie Theatre
September 20 /// Cary, NC /// Koka Booth Amphitheatre%
September 22 /// Franklin, TN /// Pilgrimage Festival ^
September 23 /// Atlanta, GA /// Tabernacle
September 25 /// Lincoln, NE /// Bourbon Theatre
September 26 /// Denver, CO /// Ogden Theatre
September 28 /// Reno, NV /// Cargo Concert Hall
September 29 /// Sacramento, CA /// Farm to Fork Festival ^
September 30 /// Portland, OR /// Revolution Hall
October 1 /// Seattle, WA /// Showbox
October 3 /// Eugene, OR /// HiFi Music Hall
October 4 /// Petaluma, CA /// Mystic Theatre
October 29 /// San Diego, CA /// Observatory North Park
October 30 /// Las Vegas, NV /// Brooklyn Bowl
October 31 /// Tucson, AZ /// The Rialto Theatre
November 2 /// Austin, TX /// Stubb’s
November 3 /// Dallas, TX /// Bomb Factory
November 4 /// Houston, TX /// The Heights Theatre
November 6 /// Oklahoma City, OK /// The Jones Assembly
November 7 /// Tulsa, OK /// Cain’s Ballroom
November 9 /// Birmingham, AL /// Iron City
November 10 /// Cincinnati, OH /// Taft Theatre
November 11 /// Chattanooga, TN /// The Signal
November 13 /// Richmond, VA /// The National
November 14 /// Charlotte, NC /// The Underground
February 10-17 /// Tampa, FL /// Cayamo Cruise 2019
^ Festival Date
%w/ Old Crow Medicine Show
