Kevin Morby played "Summer Thunder" at Union Pool, releasing new 7" (listen to "Moonshiner")

Kevin Morby at Union Pool’s “Summer Thunder” 8/8/2015 (photo by @mindybond)

Kevin Morby‘s first release for Dead Oceans will be a 7″ single featuring “Moonshiner” and “Bridge To Gaia” on the flip. That’s out September 4 and Kevin shared the inspiration for both:

I wrote ‘Moonshiner’ a few years ago after reading what has become one of my favorite contemporary books: The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt. The book was very inspiring to me at that time and it pulled a few different songs out of me – ‘Moonshiner’ being the most directly influenced. I wrote the b-side, ‘Bridge To Gaia,’ while on vacation in Porto, Portugal. I ended up there after a tour and it quickly became my favorite city in all of Europe. The apartment I was renting was at the foot of a bridge that would take you to the town across the river, Gaia. It, like everything about Porto, is immensely beautiful and inspiring. It’s a different beauty than I had ever experienced. There was almost something sinister to it. The clouds moved fast, there was always a bell tolling and all the school kids wore capes. This song came out of all that.

You can stream “Moonshiner” below.

Morby was just in NYC, playing Union Pool’s free Summer Thunder Series on Saturday (8/8) with Porches. Anybody go to that? His only US date at the moment is the FYF Fest in Los Angeles, but he’s got a European tour in September. All dates are listed below.

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Kevin Morby – 2015 Tour Dates
Sun. Aug. 23 – Los Angeles, CA @ FYF Festival
Fri. Sept. 4 – Vlieland, NL @ Into The Great Wide Open
Sun. Sept. 6 – Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Festival
Mon. Sept. 7 – Bristol, UK @ The Louisiana
Tue. Sept. 8 – York, UK @ The Fulford Arms
Wed. Sept. 9 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club, Games Room
Thu. Sept. 10 – Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast
Fri. Sept. 11 – London, UK @ O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Sat. Sept. 12 – Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
Mon. Sept. 14 – Tilburg, NL @ Incubate 2015
Tue. Sept. 15 – Dortmund, DE @ Freizeitzentrum West (FZW)
Wed. Sept. 16 – Copenhagen, DK @ Huset
Thu. Sept. 17 – Leipzig, DE @ naTo
Fri. Sept. 18 – Mainz, DE @ Schon Schön
Sat. Sept. 19 – Leffinge, BE @ Leffingeleuren 2015
Sun. Sept. 20 – Antwerp, BE @ Het Bos
Mon. Sept. 21 – Paris, FR @ Point Ephemere