The Beast In Its Tracks, the new album from singer-songwriter Josh Ritter, will be released March 5 on Pytheas Recordings.
Of the record, Ritter says, “In the year after my marriage ended, I realized that I had more new songs than I’d ever had at one time. Far from the grand, sweeping feel of the songs on So Runs the World Away, these new songs felt like rocks in the shoe, hard little nuggets of whatever they were, be it spite, remorse, or happiness.”
This is the sixth full-length recording from Ritter, who has been widely heralded by critics and fans alike. First single, “Joy To You Baby,” is available as a download. A limited edition 7” single of “Joy To You Baby” (with an exclusive non-album b-side) is now available to purchase at joshritter.com and, on Dec. 18, will be at indie record stores nationwide. The package features a coke-bottle-clear vinyl and is limited to 1,000 hand-numbered copies.
Ritter & The Royal City Band will celebrate the release of The Beast In Its Tracks with a North American tour set to kick off in Dallas on March 13; see below for a list of dates.
All concert tickets are bundled with a unique musical package including a redemption code to download The Beast In Its Tracks upon release date. Ticket purchasers will also receive an immediate download of “Joy To You Baby.” The Beast In Its Tracks will also be available in a deluxe edition vinyl package and CD format.
Recorded during 2011-2012 at the Great North Sound Society in Parsonsfield, Maine, The Beast In Its Tracks continues Ritter’s longtime collaboration with producer and keyboard player Sam Kassirer.
As Josh describes, “I hadn’t composed this stuff, I’d scrawled it down, just trying to keep ahead of the heartbreak. They needed to be recorded like that. We needed to work fast, make decisions quickly, keep the songs as spare as they could be kept, and above all never allow ourselves to blunt the sharp edges. Some of the songs were mean or evil. So be it.”
In 2011, Ritter made is debut as a published author with his New York Times Best-selling novel, Bright’s Passage (Dial Press/Random House). Of the work, Stephen King writes in The New York Times Book Review, “Shines with a compressed lyricism that recalls Ray Bradbury in his prime . . . This is the work of a gifted novelist.”
JOSH RITTER & THE ROYAL CITY BAND TOUR DATES
March 13 Dallas, TX Granada Theatre
March 14 Austin, TX SXSW
March 16 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
March 18 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up
March 19 Los Angeles, CA Fonda Theatre
March 20 Oakland, CA The Fox Theatre
March 21 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
March 22 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
March 23 Seattle, WA Neptune
March 24 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
March 25 Missoula, MT Wilma Theatre
March 27 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
April 14 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theatre
April 15 Columbus, OH Southern Theatre
April 16 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall
April 17 Detroit, MI Royal Oak Theatre
April 18 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
April 19 Louisville, KY Brown Theatre
April 20 St. Louis, MO Plush
April 21 Lawrence, KS Liberty Hall
April 23 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theatre
April 24 Madison, WI Capitol Theatre
April 25 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
April 27 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
May 8 Portland, ME State Theatre†
May 9 Northampton, MA Calvin Theatre†
May 10 Washington, DC 9:30 Club†
May 12 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle†
May 13 Asheville, NC Orange Peel†
May 14 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse†
May 16 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero†
May 17 Boston, MA House of Blues†
May 18 New York, NY Terminal 5†
†support from The Felice Brothers
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