Nation of Language have announced the release of their new album, Strange Disciple. The trio’s LP will drop on September 15th on [PIAS]. The Brooklyn band’s third LP is one that is meant to invoke wandering, wondrous walks through city streets both foreign and familiar. lead singer and songwriter Ian Devaney imagines the band’s first album, Introduction, Presence, as taking place in a car, whereas second album A Way Forward occurred on and as a locomotive, influenced by the chugging sound of krautrock. Now, as their first record to be fully created and released outside the confines of a pandemic-instilled lockdown, Strange Disciple is centered around groove-driven songs and bouncing basslines that feel ambulatory and wayfaring, informed by the excitement of exploring new places the band never thought they would see on tour.

Recorded in the East Williamsburg studio of the album’s producer Nick Millhiser (Holy Ghost!, LCD Soundsystem), Strange Disciple was completed during the time Nation of Language spent at home, in between runs of live shows throughout this past year. Unlike their previous two LPs, this time band members Ian Devaney, Aidan Noell and Alex MacKay were able to consider the creative choices that would be most compelling to perform on-stage, expanding their new wave, post-punk and synth-powered sound with newfound fervor. They found themselves incorporating more live drums and guitar into the arrangements than ever before, increasing the visibility of their shoegaze influences.

Nation of Language
Strange Disciple
Tracklist
PIAS

Weak In Your Light
Sole Obsession
Surely I Can’t Wait
Swimming in the Shallow Sea
Too Much, Enough
Spare Me the Decision
Sightseer
Stumbling Still
A New Goodbye
I Will Never Learn

Nation of Language 2023 Tour Dates

4/28 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar#
5/4 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel^
5/17 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre*
5/18 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile*
5/19 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile*
6/2 – Barcelona, ES – Primavera Sound Barcelona
6/6 – Madrid, ES – Primavera In The City
6/9 – Madrid, ES – Primavera Sound Madrid
6/10 – Porto, PT – Primavera Sound Porto
6/11 – Hilvarenbeek, NL – Best Kept Secret
6/14 – London, UK – KOKO
6/16 – Glasgow, UK – QMU
7/21 – Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Music Festival
8/3 – Haldern, DE – Haldern Pop
8/4 – Diepholz, DE – Appletree Garden
8/5 – Katowice, PL – OFF Festival
8/11 – San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands
8/12 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
8/13 – Seattle, WA – Day In Day Out
8/14 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
9/15 – Berlin, DE – Kesselhaus
9/16 – Hamburg, DE – Uebel & Gefährlich
9/17 – Malmo, SE – Plan B
9/18 – Copenhagen, DK – Pumpehuset
9/20 – Kӧln, DE – Gebäude9
9/21 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
9/22 – Brussels, BE – Orangerie
9/23 – Paris, FR – Trabendo
9/25 – Tourcoing, FR – Le Grand Mix
9/28 – Brighton, UK – Concorde 2
9/29 – Bristol, UK – Marble Factory
9/30 – Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms
10/4 – Manchester, UK – New Century
10/5 – Leeds, UK – Stylus
10/6 – Sheffield, UK – Foundry
10/7 – Newcastle, UK – Boiler Shop
10/13 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Small’s Theatre#
10/14 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop#
10/16 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon#
10/18 – Milwaukee, WI – Back Room @ Colectivo#
10/19 – St. Paul, MN – Amsterdam Bar & Hall#
10/20 – Kansas City, MO – RecordBar#
10/22 – Denver, CO – Gothic#
10/23 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge#
10/26 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent#
10/29 – San Diego, CA – Belly Up Tavern#
10/30 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom#
11/2 – Austin, TX – Scoot Inn#
11/3 – Fort Worth, TX – Tulips FTX#
11/4 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall – Upstairs#
11/7 – Nashville, TN – Basement East#
11/8 – Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle#
11/9 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle#
11/10 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer#
11/30 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair#
12/1 – Montreal, QC – Studio TD#
12/2 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix#

^w/ Gustaf
*w/ Reggie Watts
# w/ Miss Grit

Pre-order Strange Disciple by Nation Of Language HERE