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EXCELSIOR
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SHARES NEW SINGLE + VISUAL “NEW JOY”
NORTH AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN TOUR DATES ON SALE NOW
Multi-disciplinary artist Jasper Marsalis, known by his stage name Slauson Malone 1, announces his new album, EXCELSIOR, out October 6th as his debut for iconic label Warp Records. Among the gems within this album, the spotlight shines on his newly-released second single out today “New Joy,” a mesmerizing exploration of finding pleasure from submission, complemented by visuals crafted by the talented hand of Parker Corey of By Storm/Injury Reserve fame, and Marsalis himself.
The forthcoming album also includes previously-released single “Voyager,” which was accompanied by a music video directed by Ryosuke Tanzawa that spoke to the period of aimlessness following the release of his critically acclaimed 2019 full-length A Quiet Farwell, 2016-2018 (Crater Speak), before he moved to Los Angeles.
The word “excelsior” embodies perpetual ascent. Slauson Malone 1 envisions it as a metaphorical sword, one that in someone’s possession incessantly grows until it cleaves the Earth in a grand finale. That metaphor becomes his lens to explore all facets of masculinity with a newfound clarity, as he interrogates his own lived experiences through songs and movements across the album inspired by everything from Grammy award-winning composer Wendy Carlos, to the similarities between falling out of love and a nuclear half-life. EXCELSIOR takes the form of a collection of personal essays, with vignettes that intertwine and stand-alone, but ultimately serve the purpose of forming Slauson Malone 1’s most personal and enthralling musical work to date.
Following a tour run on the West Coast alongside King Krule and in close succession to the Excelsior album launch, Slauson Malone will kick off a solo headlining tour in the US. The tour is slated to start on October 12 in Montreal and will end at New York’s famous Bowery Ballroom on October 22. Afterward, he will travel across the pond for a European tour of headline and festival dates. Tickets are available for purchase here.
Check out “New Joy” above, see the full routing for Slauson Malone 1’s US and European tour dates and more info on EXCELSIOR below and stay tuned for more from Slauson Malone 1 and jMedia coming soon.
Upcoming Slauson Malone 1 live dates:
*= w/ King Krule
TICKETS: slausonmalone1.warp.net
9/18 – Portland, OR @ Roseland*
9/19 – Vancouver, BC @ Malkin Bowl*
9/20 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount*
9/23 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater*
9/24 – Los Angeles, CA @ Palladium*
9/25 – Los Angeles, CA @ Palladium*
10/12 – Montreal, QC @ Ausgang Plaza
10/13 – Toronto, ON @ Body Shop Studios
10/14 – Detroit, MI @ Third Man Records
10/15 – Chicago, IL @ Co-Prosperity Sphere
10/17 – Atlanta, GA @ Eyedrum
10/19 – Philadelphia, PA Ukie Club
10/20 – Washington, DC @ Songbyrd
10/21 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Warhol Museum
10/22 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
11/4 – Turin, IT @ Club 2 Club
11/7 – Manchester, UK @ The White Hotel
11/8 – London, UK @ Pitchfork Festival London
11/9 – Utrecht, NL @ Le Guess Who?
11/13 – Lisbon, PT @ ZDB
11/16 – Prague, CZ @ Studio Hrdinu
11/17 – Bern, CH @ Full of Lava
11/18 – Nantes, FR @ Carte Blanche to Rewire
Slauson Malone 1
EXCELSIOR
October 6, 2023
Warp Records
1. The Weather
2. House Music
3. Undercommons
4. Olde Joy
5. New Joy
6. Arms, Armor
7. Fission for Drums, Piano & Voice
8. Love Letter Zzz
9. Half-Life
10. The Great Wedge
11. I Hear A New World
12. No! (Geiger Dub)
13. Destroyer X
14. Voyager
15. Divider
16. Challenger
17. Decades, Castle Romeo
18. Us (Tower of Love)
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