Lutalo has shared “The Bed” and “Broken Twin,” two new the artist’s debut album The Academy, available September 20th via Winspear. Lutalo kicks off his tour on August 17th at the Green Man Festival in Crickhowell, UK.

“The Bed” is warmly strummed folk rock in the vein of Moses Sumney or Bob Dylan at their most jumped up. Of the track, Lutalo says, “is about being educated about American propaganda and war mongering at a young age from my father.” They continue: “’The Bed’ is referencing how as citizens of the country we have no choice but participate whether directly or indirectly with the dealings of our state, and to be indoctrinated into this mindset that supports its current standing.”

Meanwhile “Broken Twin” is a swaggering and moodily anthemic track that invokes the dusky atmosphere of King Krule as it wrestles with “roughly, the 3rd dimension” and “the friction of opposing forces.”

As Lutalo elaborates: “Everything in this universe is having a reaction or response to something or even nothingness. An even more simplified representation being the sine wave, that makes up all forms of atomic structures at different frequencies. In all, this song covers an understanding of self and other…a conscious reminder that as humans we complicate something that can be simple.”

Lutalo
The Academy
Winspear

Summit Hill
Ganon
Ocean Swallows Him Whole
Broken Twin
Big Brother
Caster
3
Oh Well
About (Hall of Egress)
Haha Halo
Lightning Strike
The Bed

Lutalo 2024 Tour Dates

08/17/24 – Crickhowell, UK @ Green Man Festival
08/31/24 – Brighton, UK @ Brighton Psych Fest
09/01/24 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Psych Fest
09/19/24 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue (w/ hippo campus)

Supporting Nilüfer Yanya
09/28/24 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
09/30/24 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
10/01/24 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
10/02/24 – Boston, MA @ Royale
10/04/24 – Montreal, QC @ La Tulipe
10/05/24 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
10/06/24 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
10/07/24 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
10/09/24 – Nashville, TN @ Basement East
10/10/24 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
10/11/24 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
10/13/24 – Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck
10/15/24 – Denver, CO @ Meow Wolf
10/16/24 – Salt Lake City, UT @ State Room
10/18/24 – Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre
10/19/24 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
10/20/24 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
10/22/24 – San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
10/24/24 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda

pre-order The Academy HERE