In conjunction with Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival, which takes place June 28-30th at MASS MoCA inNorth Adams, MA, the band announce a new EP, Hot Sun Cool Shroud, out June 28th via dBpm Records. Following the release of the band’s critically acclaimed album Cousin in 2023, Jeff Tweedy returned to the studio to revisit material recorded, but not completed, during those sessions. A couple of months later, Tweedy, working again with engineering mixer Tom Schick, emerged with Hot Sun Cool Shroud, six tracks that expand and echo the sound so loved on Cousin.
“It’s fun to have something new to release at Solid Sound,” Tweedy says. “This year we’re putting out an EP with a summertime-after-dark kind of feeling. It starts off pretty hot, like heat during the day, has some instrumentals on it that are a little agitated and uncomfortable and ends with a cooling breeze. There are tracks on Hot Sun Cool Shroud that are more aggressive and angular than anything we’ve put out in a while, and a song about love melting you like ice cream into a puddle of sugary soup. All the pieces of summer, including the broody cicadas.”
Hot Sun Cool Shroud will be available June 28th on all streaming platforms, with a unique white vinyl pressing that will be available only at Solid Sound Festival. The artwork incorporates numerous images from the “Bad Fruit” collection of visual artist Kathleen Ryan. Fans at the festival will have the opportunity to design their own front cover artwork for the EP, utilizing a selection of ink stamps and stickers replicating Ryan’s various fruit sculptures. Those interested can then submit their cover designs to dBpm Records, who will select their favorite for use on the standard LP and CD packaging when the EP is made generally available for sale in physical formats later this year.
Hot Sun Cool Shroud Cover Examples
Sticker Images © Kathleen Ryan
In the exceptional setting of MASS MoCA in The Berkshires, Solid Sound aims to delight the curious with a diverse and surprising music lineup that features headlining sets from Wilco alongside the band members’ various independent and solo projects, plus Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Dry Cleaning, Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Wednesday, Horsegirl, Ratboys, Water From Your Eyes, and many more. The music is complemented by a slate of the most unique non-music programming that you’ll see at a festival; it includes Hrishikesh Hirway’s acclaimed Song Exploder podcast with Tweedy as guest, John Hodgman’s Comedy Cabaret, live painting from legend Steve Keene, a variety of Substack Pop-Up Interviews, and Story Pirates.
This year’s installment of MASS MoCA’s series Musicians on Musicians, which showcases selections from a private collection of music photography, will be curated by members of Wilco. Opening on June 22nd to coincide with Solid Sound, the exhibition will feature photos of Johnny Cash, The Clash, James Taylor and Carol King, Patti Smith and Tom Verlaine, Leonard Berstein, Kurt Cobain, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, The Band, and more.
TICKET INFORMATION
$299 Festival 3-Day Passes
$69 Kids 3-Day Passes*
Single Day Tickets: $114 Friday | $174 Saturday | $114 Sunday
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
All tickets include full access to MASS MoCA, the country’s largest contemporary art museum.
*Children aged 6-12 (as of June 28, 2024) require a Kid’s Ticket. Children aged 5 and under are free, no ticket required.
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Hot Sun Cool Shroud EP Tracklist
1. Hot Sun
2. Livid
3. Ice Cream
4. Annihilation
5. Inside The Bell Bones
6. Say You Love Me
Wilco Tour Dates
Wed. June 12 – Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater *
Fri. June 14 – Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed *
Sat. June 15 – Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed *
Tue. June 18 – Raleigh, NC @ North Carolina Museum of Art *
Thu. June 20 – Vienna, VA @ Wolf Trap *
Fri. June 21 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theater *
Sat. June 22 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theater *
Mon. June 24 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theater *
Fri. June 28 & Sat. June 29 – North Adams, MA @ Solid Sound Festival
Tue. July 2 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall %
Wed. July 3 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall *
Fri. July 5 – Chautauqua, NY @ Chautauqua Institution *
* w/ Cut Worms
% w/ Katie Cruel
Jeff Tweedy Tour Dates
Fri. May 31 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
Sat. June 1 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
Sun. June 30 – North Adams, MA @ Solid Sound Festival
Fri. Sept 7 & Sat. Sept 8 – Evanston, IL @ Evanston Folk Festival, In-Conversation Series
Fri. Feb 28 – Miami, St Croix, USVI & St John’s, Antigua @ Cayamo Cruise
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