Dutch Interior announce their Fat Possum debut, Moneyball, will arrive on March 21st, ahead of the LP’s arrival, the Los Angeles outfit is sharing lead single “Fourth Street.” Additionally, they announce a North American tour in support of their album, starting February 21st in their hometown.

When Dutch Interior started making music together, the bandmates (living between houses in Los Angeles and Long Beach) had been in and out of each other’s lives for the better part of two decades. Recorded over a six month period in the band’s self-made Long Beach studio, Moneyball was produced by Reeves and mixed by Phil Ek (Modest Mouse, Duster, Fleet Foxes). Five of the six band members have vocal and lyrical credits on the record; one can begin to pick up the separate stylings and personalities of the band members by the songs they independently write before bringing to the band at large, where the songs often grow into new forms all together. Despite this individual approach to songwriting, they describe each other as “branches of the same core life” whose colliding influences and experience all bleed into the songs, and the ten songs that make up the record find cohesion “not just in the art but the physical space”: the band’s studio as well as their longstanding friendships.

In guitarist and vocalist Kurtz’ words, “‘Fourth Street’ found its conception after a holiday trip visiting my parents. Starting off with a rambling recollection of feelings and personal anecdotes that come with living far away from loved ones, the song eventually builds to a chorus that’s about finding your footing on your own. Instrumentally, it was written with the intention of being a simple three-chord Americana rock song with a ratty, bubblegum chewing drum beat, whiny screaming lead guitar, and a cathartic a-rhythmic ending.”

Directed and edited by the band, the “Fourth Street” video captures the nostalgia of growing up by showing childhood videos of Kurtz on 2010-era computers. “We find ourselves looking back in desperation for something that’s gone and never really coming back,” the band says. “Through the eyes of the viewer it’s easy to watch the innocence of childhood decay as we desperately cling through the bias of our memories.”

Dutch Interior
Moneyball
Track Listing
Fat Possum Records

1. Moneyball
2. Canada
3. Sandcastle Molds
4. Wood Knot
5. Science Fiction
6. Sweet Time
7. Life (So Crazy)
8. Fourth Street
9. Horse
10. Christ on the Mast
11. Beekeeping

Dutch Interior Tour Dates
Fri. Feb. 21 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent %
Mon. Mar. 10 – Fri. Mar. 14 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
Sat. Mar. 22 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo*
Sun. Mar. 23 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill*
Tue. Mar. 25 – Seattle, WA @ Black Lodge*
Wed. Mar. 26 – Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret*
Thu. Mar. 27 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios*
Fri. Mar. 28 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Festival
Sun. Apr. 6 – San Diego, CA @ Voodoo Room^
Tue. Apr. 8 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge^
Thu. Apr. 10 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk^
Fri. Apr. 11 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger^
Sat. Apr. 12 – Houston, TX @ Wonky Power^
Sun. Apr. 13 – Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves^

% supporting Acetone
*supporting Frog
^supporting Lowertown

Pre-order Moneyball by Dutch Interior HERE