Amos Lee has announced Dreamland, a new studio album coming February 11 via Dualtone Records which finds the Billboard chart-topping artist returning with "pensive beauty" (NPR) and "his greatest asset: the weathered voice which he uses to plumb emotional depths" (Pitchfork). While Lee has long made "music to help listeners heal" (Salon), he's most often shined a light on others' stories, whether it be those he's met through Musicians on Call or fans reckoning with loved ones gone too soon. But throughout Dreamland's eleven tracks, each produced by Christian “Leggy” Langdon (Banks, Meg Myers), Lee takes perhaps his most profound turn inward to chronicle his own struggles with anxiety and isolation and despair - opening up in an effort to help destigmatize mental health challenges; and especially in our current moment.
With the announcement of Dreamland, Lee has also shared "Shoulda Known Better," a radiant and euphoric new track which grapples with forgiving yourself when filled with remorse and moving past those moments of "lying awake in the dark" with regret. Listen to "Shoulda Known Better" and pre-order Dreamland here: https://www.dualtonestore.com/collections/amos-lee
As displayed on both "Shoulda Known Better" and the recently-released Dreamland single "Worry No More," Lee is prone to meet these challenges with a sense of unwavering optimism and penchant for connectivity. He shares that, “I’ve had a lot of episodes with anxiety in my life and now I feel much more equipped to handle them, partly because my family and friends have always been so supportive of me...thinking about healing in terms of our personal relationship to the people and the world around us. Over the course of my life I’ve come to understand that music is my bridge to other people. I have no idea what the waters are like below that bridge—it might be lava for all I know—but music allows me to float over the whole thing and connect."
Lee has also partnered with the Soundwaves Art Foundation to create original art out of the waveforms from his most beloved songs, including "Worry No More," with proceeds benefiting MusicCares: https://soundwavesartfoundation.com
An extensive run of 2022 full-band US tour dates have also been announced around Dreamland, with a full list below. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday October 1st at 10AM local time, with artist presale via Tickets Today beginning on September 28th at 10AM local time, Spotify presale beginning on September 29th at 10AM local time and local presales beginning on September 30th at 10AM local time. Jensen McRae will serve as support throughout the run.
DREAMLAND TRACKLIST
Dreamland
Worry No More
How You Run
Into The Clearing
Hold You
See The Light
It's Real
Seeing Ghosts
Shoulda Known Better
Clean
Invisible Oceans
AMOS LEE TOUR DATES
April 8 - State Theatre - Portland, ME
April 9 - Lynn Memorial Auditorium - Lynn, MA
April 11 - The Flynn - Burlington, VT
April 12 - Zeiterion PAC - New Bedford, MA
April 14 - Beacon Theatre - New York, NY
April 15 - The Met Philadelphia - Philadelphia, PA
April 16 - UMass Fine Arts Center - Amherst, MA
April 18 - The Egg - Albany, NY
April 19 - Kennedy Center - Washington, DC*
April 20 - Byham Theater - Pittsburgh, PA
April 22 - Pabst Theater - Milwaukee, WI
April 23 - Orpheum Theater Madison - Madison, WI
April 24 - Orpheum Theatre - Minneapolis, MN
April 26 - Uptown Theater - Kansas City, MO
April 27 - Cannon Center for the Performing Arts - Memphis, TN
April 29 - Tennessee Theatre - Knoxville, TN
April 30 - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium - Asheville, NC
* with the National Symphony Orchestra
