Ben Kweller has shared “Dollar Store (Feat. Waxahatchee)” a track off his forthcoming album Cover The Mirrors, his first one, since the sudden passing of his 16-year-old son Dorian Zev in 2023. The song is described as a “90s nostalgia gut punch that feels like something you heard on the late-night radio as a teen alone in your bedroom.”

“”Dollar Store” is a battle between moving forward and wallowing in your sadness forever,” Kweller says. “Anxiety, boredom, hopelessness – all these things consume me from time to time, especially after we lost Dorian. It’s hard not to focus on everything I’ve lost and in the depths of my sorrow I realized that something was gained. It’s like an additional layer in the spectrum of understanding. My highs are higher and my lows are lower. My love is deeper and my calling is stronger. Collaborating with friends has not only made this new music more magical, but it also made my life more bearable. I’m reminded of how the community came alongside my wife Lizzy and me when we were at our lowest. I’ll never take my friendships for granted because we have such limited time on Earth. My soul’s purpose is to bring comfort to people through music and I’m determined now more than ever to spread it far and wide while I have the chance.”

Kweller will be touring behind Cover The Mirrors, starting April 15 at Atlanta, GA’s Purgatory at The Masquerade and then travels through a May 3 homecoming at Austin, TX’s historic Scoot Inn. The tour’s second leg begins July 10 at Aspen, CO’s Belly Up and then culminates at Phoenix, AZ’s Crescent Ballroom on July 26. Highlights along the way include stops at such vaunted venues as Nashville, TN’s The Basement East (April 16), New York City’s Bowery Ballroom (April 19), Chicago, IL’s Lincoln Hall (April 26), Denver, CO’s Bluebird Theater (July 11), and West Hollywood, CA’s iconic Troubadour (July 23). Rising Folk star, RYMAN, will be opening a majority of the dates with Superorganism’s Orono Noguchi’s new project, cheese touch, opening the rest.

Ben Kweller
Cover The Mirrors
Tracklist
The Noise Company

01. Going Insane
02. Dollar Store (Feat. Waxahatchee03. Trapped
04. Park Harvey Fire Drill
05. Depression (Feat. Coconut Records)
06. Don’t Cave
07. Optimystic
08. Brakes
09. Killer Bee (Feat. The Flaming Lips)
10. Letter To Agony
11. Save Yourself
12. Oh Dorian (Feat. MJ Lenderman)

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