Djo announces his new album The Crux will be released on April 4th on AWAL. The LP, is the follow-up to Djo’s 2022 album DECIDE, which featured the track “End of Beginning.” Today, he has released the first single “Basic Being Basic.” “It’s kind of a shot fired to anyone who’s trying to be of the moment,” says Keery. Djo will debut “Basic Being Basic” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he’ll also be a couch guest on January 28th. Fans can pre-order The Crux beginning today at djomusic.com

Djo has also announced a major 2025 global tour. The Djo – Back On You Tour will feature Post Animal as support on all North American, UK and EU tour dates. In addition to his previously announced appearance on Australia and New Zealand’s Laneway Festival in February, he’ll embark on a North American, UK and European tour throughout the year. The North American dates kick off in Portland, OR at Revolution Hall on April 4th and conclude with a two-night stint at Brooklyn Steel in New York City on May 5th and 6th. He’ll begin the UK and European dates in Dublin, Ireland on June 1st. Djo has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 per ticket goes to providing critical relief and long-term recovery support for individuals, families, and communities impacted by the devastating LA wildfires via the PLUS1 LA Fires Fund.

The Crux was co-produced by Keery and his long-time collaborator Adam Thein. The Crux spotlights lush guitars and instrumentation reminiscent of late 60’s and 70’s pop. It’s an album full of loss and yearning, but also one full of wit and gratitude. The album was written all over the world in a particularly fertile period for Keery – where he was grappling with the transience of his other job, being untethered and away from his friends and family. But to make the album he settled into the legendary Electric Lady Studios in his adopted home of New York City.

What begins as a meditation on the dissolution of a relationship winds its way back to self-resilience, and a celebration and recognition of the importance of nurturing community. These themes are reflected in both his lyrics and in the collaborative spirit of the music, with contributions from his family and lifelong friends lending the album a warm energy mirroring the bonds at the record’s core. Although the songs are rich with specificity, the album plays like a movie soundtrack, where the listener can easily align with a character, situation, or emotion. And this is, in part, how Keery frames the album’s concept through its art – a collaboration with Neil Krug – as a hotel where all of its guests are transient, and at a spiritual or emotional crossroads.

DJO
The Crux
Tracklisting
AWAL

Lonesome Is A State of Mind
Basic Being Basic
Link
Potion
Delete Ya
Egg
Fly
Charlie’s Garden
Gap Tooth Smile
Golden Line
Back On You
Crux

Djo: Back On You Tour Dates

February 06 – Auckland, New Zealand – Laneway Festival
February 08 – Brisbane, Australia – Laneway Festival
February 09 – Sydney, Australia – Laneway Festival
February 12 – Sydney, Australia – Enmore Theatre
February 14 – Melbourne, Australia – Laneway Festival
February 15 – Adelaide, Australia – Laneway Festival
February 16 – Perth, Australia – Laneway Festival
April 04 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
April 05 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
April 07 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
April 08 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
April 10 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
April 11 – Indio, CA – Coachella
April 18 – Indio, CA – Coachella
April 19 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
April 21 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rockwell at the Complex
April 23 – Denver, CO – The Mission Ballroom
April 25 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee
April 26 – Saint Paul, MN – Palace Theatre
April 28 – Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
April 29 – Toronto, ON – History
May 01 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
May 02 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
May 03 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
May 05 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
May 06 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
June 01 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Olympia
June 02 – Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy
June 03 – Manchester, UK – Academy
June 06 – London, UK – O2 Forum Kentish Town
June 10 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Poolen*All North American, UK and EU tour dates w/ Post Animal
June 11 – Oslo, Norway – Sentrum Scene
June 13 – Stockholm, Sweden – Annexet
June 15 – Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands – Best Kept Secret Festival
June 16 – Cologne, Germany – E-Werk
June 17 – Berlin, Germany – Huxleys
June 18 – Warsaw, Poland – Progresja
June 20 – Scheebel, Germany – Hurricane Festival
June 21 – Tuttlingen, Germany – Southside Festival
June 23 – Paris, France – ELYSEE MONTMARTRE
June 24 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso

*All North American, UK and EU tour dates w/ Post Animal

Pre-order The Crux HERE