Deer Tick are back with new single “ACI” “The ACI (Adult Correctional Institutions) is the state prison system here in Rhode Island,” explains the band’s singer/guitarist John McCauley. “As much as it is infamous for its conditions and some of its current and former residents, it’s also somewhat of a punchline. Recently there was a problem with some of the locks malfunctioning… seriously. I came up with the chorus while we were jamming at a soundcheck. It stuck with me and I decided to flesh it out and write an entire story about a neighborhood hoodlum and his best friend who commit a robbery that goes all wrong. It was my first true effort at writing a song for Coin-O-Matic, which at the time had only existed as an idea. I even talked to a few people in the legal system to make sure I got my facts straight and creatively played very little with the truth. A heartland rocker with a worm at its core.”

Coin-O-Matic was recorded at Deer Tick’s home studio, marks their first self-produced album in their two-decade-plus lifespan and features guest musicians like Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin (on baritone saxophone) and former Deer Tick member Rob Crowell (on organ). The album frequently brings a live-wire immediacy to their finespun storytelling. “We’ve never been so comfortable making a record, and I think you can feel that in the performances,” says Dennis, who engineered the LP. “We weren’t beholden to anyone else’s idea of what Deer Tick sounds like, and because of that this album feels like an unfettered capturing of who we are as a band.”

Deer Tick
Coin-O-Matic
tracklisting
ATO Records

Dog Years
Mary Singletary
Endless Loop
Sweetest Thing
ACI
Everything Born
Eyelid
I Am an Island
507 Smith
Exit Door
Candy Cigarettes

Deer Tick 2026 tour Dates

6/5 – Ocean Mist – South Kingstown, RI %
6/6 – Ocean Mist – South Kingstown, RI ^#
6/7 – Ocean Mist – South Kingstown, RI @
6/9 – Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY +
6/10 – Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA *
6/12 – The Atlantis – Washington, DC *
6/13 – Thunderbird Music Hall – Pittsburgh, PA *
6/14 – Ludlow Garage – Cincinnati, OH *
6/16 – Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL *
6/17 – Fine Line – Minneapolis, MN *
6/19 – Summerfest – Milwaukee, WI
6/20 – El Club – Detroit, MI *
6/21 – The Opera House – Toronto, ON *
6/23 – Bearsville Theater – Woodstock, NY *
6/25 – State Theatre – Portland, ME *
6/26 – Royale – Boston, MA *
6/27 – Higher Ground – Burlington, VT
7/24 – Newport Folk Festival – Newport, RI

Support:

% Raindogs
^ JCCoventry
# Smith & Weeden
@ Baby Baby
+ Ben Vaughn
* Jobi Riccio

9/24 – The Waiting Room Lounge – Omaha, NE
9/25 – recordBar – Kansas City, MO
9/26 – Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
9/27 – Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT
9/29 – The Elm – Bozeman, MT
9/30 – Shrine Social Club – Boise, ID
10/2 – Aladdin Theater – Portland, OR
10/3 – Neumos – Seattle, WA
10/4 – Hollywood Theatre – Vancouver, BC
10/6 – Harlow’s – Sacramento, CA
10/7 – The Independent – San Francisco, CA
10/9 – Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles, CA
10/10 – Constellation Room – Santa Ana, CA
10/13 – Belly Up Tavern – Solana Beach, CA
10/14 – Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ
10/16 – Scoot Inn – Austin, TX
10/17 – The Heights Theater – Houston, TX
10/18 – The Kessler Theater – Dallas, TX

Above support Presley Haile

11/5 – The Basement East – Nashville, TN
11/6 – Eulogy – Asheville, NC
11/7 – Terminal West – Atlanta, GA
11/8 – Motorco Music Hall – Durham, NC
11/9 – Neighborhood Theatre – Charlotte, NC
11/11 – Revolution Live – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
11/13 – Bayboro Brewing Co. – St. Petersburg, FL
11/14 – The Social – Orlando, FL
11/15 – The Pour House – Charleston, SC
11/17 – The Broadberry – Richmond, VA
11/19 – House of Independents – Asbury Park, NJ
11/20 – Arrow at Archer Music Hall – Allentown, PA
11/21 – District Music Hall – Norwalk, CT

Above support DUG except Atlanta

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