Speedy Ortiz Confirm New LP 'Twerp Verse', Share Video For First Single Lucky 88
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Written by Laura Johnson
Photo: Shervin Lainez
Speedy Ortiz will release the follow up to 2015's 'Foil Deer' this spring.
'Twerp Verse' is due out on April 27 through Carpark Records, who also released guitarist and vocalist Sadie Dupuis' debut solo album, 'Slugger', in 2016. Discussing the title, Dupuis said:
"You need to employ a self-preservational sense of humor to speak truth in an increasingly baffling world. I call it a ‘twerp verse' when a musician guests on a track and says something totally outlandish – like a Lil Wayne verse – but it becomes the most crucial part. I like ‘twerp’ as a diss, but in this meaning, the twerp is doing a service--shaking things up by being bold, not complacent, never silent.”
Head below to check out the video for the record's first single, Lucky 88, which was directed by Emily Yoshida, along with its tracklist and artwork.
'Twerp Verse':
1. Buck Me Off
2. Lean In When I Suffer
3. Lucky 88
4. Can I Kiss You?
5. Backslidin'
6. Villain
7. I'm Blessed
8. Sport Death
9. Alone with Girls
10. Moving In
11. You Hate The Title
The band will support the album with a North American tour, which will run throughout May and June.
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