Anna Burch announces new album & tour w/ Long Beard, shares song

January 14, 2020

Anna Burch has announced a new album, If You’re Dreaming, which is due April 3 via Polyvinyl (pre-order). The album was produced by Sam Evian, and the lead single is the jazzy pop of “Not So Bad.” Here’s what Anna says about that:

I wrote “Not So Bad” the day before I left to record, because I felt there was an important piece of the album missing—a hopeful, escapist pop song that dealt more positively with themes the other songs were circling around—and luckily it came together almost immediately. The chord progression felt light and jazzy, and when I started to write the words I remembered my mom bugging me about how melancholic my lyrics tend to be, “Surely your life hasn’t all been that bad!”

I wanted to express the importance of cultivating a rich interior life that falls outside of the economy of images and information we’re disseminating at all times. “Not So Bad” is an optimistic love song about retreating into memories to find what you need to feel in control of your own narrative when everything else around you feels precarious.

Listen and watch the video (directed by Anna with Ben Collins as director of photography and handling editing and color) below.

Anna has also announced a tour, including several dates with Long Beard, one of which is in NYC at The Dance on April 10. Tickets for that show will be on sale soon. All dates (including SXSW) are listed below.

Tracklist
Can’t Sleep
Party’s Over
Jacket
So I Can See
Ask Me To
Keep It Warm
Go It Alone
Tell Me What’s True
Not So Bad
Picture Show
Every Feeling
Here With You

Anna Burch — 2020 Tour Dates
03/14 – Cincinnati, OH @ MOTR Pub
03/15 – St. Louis, MO @ Blueberry Hill
03/16 – Fayetteville, AR @ George’s Majestic Lounge
03/17-20 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
03/22 – Norman, OK @ Opolis
03/24 – Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
04/03 – Detroit, MI @ UFO Factory #
04/04 – Toronto, ON @ The Baby G #
04/05 – Montreal, QC @ Casa Del Popolo #
04/07 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott #
04/08 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle #
04/10 – New York, NY @ The Dance #
04/11 – Washington, DC @ Songbyrd #
04/13 – Atlanta, GA @ 529 Club #
04/14 – Nashville, TN @ DRKMTTR #
04/15 – Columbia, MO @ Cafe Berlin #
04/16 – Lawrence, KS @ White Schoolhouse #
04/17 – Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge #
04/18 – Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive #
04/20 – San Diego, CA @ The Casbah #
04/21 – Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Bar #
04/22 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill #
04/24 – Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern #
04/25 – Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar #
04/26 – Vancouver, BC @ Wise Hall #
04/30 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry #
05/01 – Madison, WI @ UW Madison – Terrace #
05/02 – Milwaukee, WI @ Company Brewing #
05/03 – Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village #
05/06 – Bristol, UK @ The Louisiana
05/07 – Manchester, UK @ YES
05/08 – Dublin, Ireland @ The Sound House
05/09 – Belfast, UK @ Cathedral Quarter Festival
05/10 – Glasgow, UK @ The Hug & Pint
05/12 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
05/13 – London, UK @ Oslo
05/15 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso – Upstairs
05/16 – Paris, France @ Le Pop-Up du Label
05/17 – Groningen, Netherlands @ Vera
05/18 – Leffinge, Belgium @ De Zwerver
05/19 – Düsseldorf, Germany @ Kassette
05/20 – Hamburg, Germany @ Turmzimmer
05/21 – Berlin, Germany @ Privatclub
05/22 – Munich, Germany @ Heppel & Ettlich
05/23 – Freiburg, Germany @ Swamp