Kevin Morby has announced a new album, This Is A Photograph, his follow-up to 2020’s Sundowner. The inspiration for this one came while Morby was looking through a box of family photos not long after his father had a health scare. Its lead single is also its title track, and it’s a reflection on some of those photographs that Morby was looking at: “of your father on the front lawn, with no shirt on/ Ready to take the world on, beneath the West Texas sun” and “of your mother in a skirt, in the cool Kentucky dirt Laughing in the garden (haha!) back where it all started.”

This Is A Photograph was produced by Sam Cohen, who also produced 2016’s Singing Saw and 2019’s Oh My God. “Sam Cohen and I wanted to throw everything at the wall with this one. It’s about the battle every family faces, that of chasing the clock, to live our lives and hold onto one another for as long as possible,” Morby said in a statement. “That, and, the dreams that come with being a young family in America and where those dreams eventually end up.”

Watch a video for the song below, alongside Morby’s extensive upcoming tour dates.

TRACKLIST:
01 “Intro”
02 “This Is A Photograph”
03 “A Random Act Of Kindness”
04 “Bittersweet, TN”
05 “Disappearing”
06 “A Coat Of Butterflies”
07 “Rock Bottom”
08 “Forever Inside A Picture”
09 “Five Easy Pieces”
10 “Stop Before I Cry”
11 “It’s Over”
12 “Goodbye To Good Times”

TOUR DATES:
05/20 Madrid, ES @ Tomavistas
05/21 Biarritz, FR @ L’Atabal
05/22 Montpellier, FR @ Le Rockstore
05/23 Bordeaux, FR @ Rock School Barbey
05/24 Paris, FR @ Le Bataclan
05/25 Köln, DE @ Kulturekirche
05/26 Antwerpen, BE @ De Roma
05/28 London, UK @ Wide Awake at Brockwell Park
05/29 Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg
05/30 Hamburg, DE @ Uebel & Gefährlich
05/31 Berlin, DE @ Metropol
06/01 Schorndorf, DE @ Manufaktur
06/03 Angers, FR @ Levitation
06/04 Clermont-Ferrand, FR @ La Cooperative de Mai
06/05 Lille, FR @ Aéronef
07/03 Bologna, IT @ Covo Summer
07/04 Terni, IT @ Anfifteatro Romano
07/06 Zagreb, HR @ Mochvara
07/07 Budapest, HU @ Akvárium Klub
07/08 Trencin, Slovakia @ Pohoda Festival
07/09 Zittau, DE @ Lonesome Lake Festival
07/11 Vienna, AT @ WUK
07/12 Munich, DE @ Ampere
07/13 Bern, CH @ Gurtenfestival
07/15 Lisbon, PT @ Super Bock Super Rock
08/21 Erlanger, DE @ Ewerk
08/22 Hannover, DE @ Café Glocksee
08/24 Copenhagen, DK @ Punpehuset
08/27 Prague, CZ @ Meetfactory
08/28 Darmstadt, DE @ Golden Leaves Festival
08/31 Brighton, UK @ Chalk
09/3 Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Festival
09/04 Manchester, UK @ Band on the Wall
09/05 Glasgow, UK @ Classic Grand
09/06 Leeds, UK @ The Brudenell Social Club
09/07 Dublin, IE @ Academy
09/28 Sonoma, CA @ Historic Redwood Barn *
09/29 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore *
10/01 Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco *
10/03 Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole *
10/05 Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf *
10/10 Oklahoma City, OK @ Beer City Music Hall *
10/11 St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway Nightclub *
10/12 Bloomington, IN @ Buskirk-Chumley Theater *
10/14 Memphis, TN @ The Bluff *
10/15 Nashville, TN @ The Basement East *
10/16 Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West *
10/18 Jacksonville, FL @ Intuition Ale Works *
10/20 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel *
10/21 Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall *
10/22 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club %
10/24 Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair %
10/25 Ardmore, PA @ Ardmore Music Hall %
10/26 New York, NY @ Webster Hall %
10/28 Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall %
10/29 Ferndale, MI @ The Magic Bag %
10/31 Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre %
11/01 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom %
11/02 Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe %
11/03 Kansas City, MO @ Knuckleheads Saloon %
11/05 Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre %
11/06 Fort Collins, CO @ Washington’s %
11/08 Salt Lake City, UT @ The CommonWealth Room %
11/10 Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall %
11/11 Seattle, WA @ Showbox %
11/12 Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre %
* w/ Cassandra Jenkins
% w/ Coco

This Is A Photograph is out 5/13 via Dead Oceans. Pre-order it here.