Release the Dogs, Andy Stack’s solo debut full-length as Joyero, is out tomorrow, but you can hear it in full alongside Andy’s track-by-track breakdown of the album right now exclusively on the Talkhouse.
Stack, the Wye Oak co-founder and musical polymath, also sits front and center on the cover of the new issue of INDY Week, out now. The profile interviews Stack as he discusses the ways his Maryland upbringing and the solitude of West Texas informed his songwriting on Release the Dogs, and how the musical community in his new home of North Carolina pushes the Joyero project forward.
"Release the Dogs is a masterpiece of ceaseless motion." —Exclaim!
"It’s exhilarating but controlled, even when the only thing keeping it from slipping into chaos is Stack’s softly commanding voice, the quietest aspect of Release the Dogs, but arguably the most captivating." —INDY Week
"With Release the Dogs, his solo debut album as Joyero, Stack... pushes his music forward across adventurous landscapes and into a more lyrically personal territory." —Talkhouse
Those in North Carolina can pick up a copy of Release the Dogs today at Chaz’s Bull City Records in Durham, where Joyero is performing a free record release show at 6:30pm. Stack will also make an appearance at Raleigh’s Hopscotch Music Festival before embarking on North American and European shows through the rest of the year with The Album Leaf, San Fermin, and Fruit Bats. A full list of dates can be found below.
Watch Joyero’s music videos for “Steepest Stairs” and “Dogs” off Release the Dogs now. Pre-orders of the album are being shipped out; pick up the Joyero debut today on CD, LP, and “tarantula” burnt orange & black swirl Peak Vinyl in the Merge store, or wherever records are sold.
Joyero on tour:
Aug 22 Durham, NC – Chaz’s Bull City Records (free record release show)^
Sep 07 Raleigh, NC – Hopscotch Music Festival
Sep 17 Glasgow, UK – The Hug and Pint
Sep 18 Leeds, UK – Headrow House
Sep 25 Copenhagen, DK – Lille Vega%
Sep 26 Berlin, DE – Bi Nuu%
Sep 27 Leipzig, DE – UZ Connewitz%
Sep 28 Hamburg, DE – Elbphilharmonie%
Sep 30 Brussels, DE – Botanique%
Oct 02 Manchester, UK – Band on the Wall%
Oct 03 Bristol, UK – St. George%
Oct 04 London, UK – Union Chapel%
Oct 05 Paris, FR – La Maroquinerie%
Oct 06 Nancy, FR – l'Autre Canal%
Oct 08 Zurich, CH – Rote Fabrik%
Oct 09 Fribourg, CH – Fri-Son%
Oct 10 Milan, IT – Circolo Ohibò%
Nov 03 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios#
Nov 07 San Francisco, CA – August Hall#
Nov 08 Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room#
Nov 09 Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar#
Nov 13 Denver, CO – Globe Hall#
Nov 15 Dallas, TX – Kessler Theater#
Nov 16 Austin, TX – Mohawk#
Nov 17 Houston, TX – The Heights Theater#
Nov 19 Asheville, NC – The Mothlight*
Nov 20 Durham, NC – Motorco*
Nov 21 Charlottesville, VA – The Southern*
Nov 22 Philadelphia, PA – Boot & Saddle*
Nov 23 Baltimore, MD – Union Craft Brewing*
^ w/ Simone Finally
% w/ The Album Leaf
# w/ San Fermin
* w/ Fruit Bats
