Last year’s excellent DSU was many listeners’ introduction to the homespun charms of Alex Giannascoli, but it was actually already his sixth full-length. Still, it’s been a big year for the 22-year-old singer-songwriter — the success of DSU won him a lot of deserved attention, and now he’s signed to Domino for the release of his upcoming seventh album Beach Music. Any worries that this newfound indie-fame would soften up his rough edges are immediately put to rest by the first few seconds of lead single “Bug.” This is definitely the same Alex G we’re dealing with — spidery Pinback guitar lines, warbling keyboards, occasional pitch-shifted chipmunk vocals and all — and “Bug” is another introverted pop gem that belies its LP’s sunny title. Listen below.

Tour dates:

10/08 – New York, NY @ Baby’s All Right
10/13 – Berlin, Germany @ Berghain Kantine
10/14 – Haldern, Germany @ Haldern Pop Bar
10/15 – Paris, France @ Le Pop Up du Label
10/16 – Rotterdam, Netherlands @ V11
10/17 – Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique Witloofbar
10/19 – Manchester, UK @ Night & Day
10/20 – London, UK @ 100 Club
10/22 – Columbus, OH @ Strongwater #
10/23 – Buffalo, NY @ Waiting Room #
10/24 – Toronto, ON @ Not Dead Yet #
10/25 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme #
10/26 – Deklab, IL @ The House Cafe #
10/27 – Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club #
10/28 – Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
10/29 – Nashville, TN @ The End #
10/30 – Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone Cafe $
11/01 – St. Louis, MO @ The Firebird $
11/02 – Kansas City, MO @ The Record Bar $
11/03 – Springfield, MO @ Outland Ballroom #
11/04 – Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street Collective #
11/05 – Dallas, TX @ The Door #
11/07 – San Antonio, TX @ The Paper Tiger &
11/09 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s &
11/11 – Atlanta Purgatory @ The Masqurade &^
11/12 – Durham, NC @ Duke Coffeehouse &^
11/13 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar &^
11/14 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church &^

# w/ Title Fight
$ w/ Spencer Raddcliffe
& w/ Girlpool
^ w/ Eskimeaux

Beach Music is out 10/9 on Domino, and you can pre-order it here.