Neal Francis has shared new single, “Don’t Want You To Know.” the song was produced in Los Angeles by longtime collaborator Sergio Rios. The singer/songwriter and pianist’s EP, Sentimental Garbage, drops on November 18, via ATO Records. This year Francis has shared “Very Fine, Pts. 1 & 2” along with a cover of Shuggie Otis’ classic, “Strawberry Letter 23.”

“This was another artifact of a bad breakup,” Francis says. “This one occurred back in 2014. It’s about living a double life and paying the consequences. This is one of the first tunes I demoed out for the Neal Francis project with Mike Novak in 2016 when I was recently sober.”

“Sentimental Garbage was the working title of our last LP,” Francis says, “which includes the track of the same name. We ended up calling that record In Plain Sight while removing the title track from the sequence. I knew this was my last chance to slap Sentimental Garbage on a record jacket, the thought of which always brought me great joy. It also works because this record is compiled of bittersweet scraps. I guess we could have also titled the record Burnt Ends.”

Neal Francis 2022-2023 Tour Dates

OCTOBER

13 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom ^

14 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre ^

15 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre ^

17 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex ^

18 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom ^

20 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant ^

21 – Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom ^

22 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit ^

23 – Cleveland, OH –Agora Theatre and Ballroom ^

25 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte ^

26 – Birmingham, AL – Avondale Brewing Company ^

27 – New Orleans, LA – The Fillmore New Orleans ^

NOVEMBER

1 – London, UK – Moth Club

2 – Maastricht, NL – Muziekgieterij

3 – Rotterdam, NL – Bird

4 – Nijmegen, NL – Merleyn

5 – Groningen, NL – TakeRoot Festival †

6 – Utrecht, NL – De Helling

8 – Antwerp, BE – Trix Bar

9 – Leffinge, BE – De Zwerver

10 – Beauvais, FR – L’ouvre Boite

11 – Saint–Lô, FR – Le Normandy

12 – Béthune, FR – Le Poche

13 – Paris, FR – Please, Please, Please Festival @ La Boule Noire †

15 – Hengelo, NL – Metropool

16 – Hamburg, DE – Häkken

17 – Copenhagen, DK – Råhuset

18 – Malmo, SE – Folk å Rock

19 – Falkenberg, SE – Tryckhallen

20 – Stockholm, SE – Nalen

21 – Oslo, NO – Blå

22 – Bergen, NO – Lille Ole Bull

25 – Berlin, DE – Prachtwerk

26 – Munich, DE – Milla Club

27 – Milan, IT – Spazio Teatro 89

29 – Madrid, ES – Villanos del Jazz at Teatro Pavón

30 – Barcelona, ES – Piñata Music Series @ La Nau

DECEMBER

1-4 – Key West, FL – Coast Is Clear Music & Arts Festival †

2-3 – Lake Wales, FL – Orange Blossom Revue †

JANUARY 2023

2 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up Aspen

25 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall *

27 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre *

28 – Toronto, ONT – The Velvet Underground *

31 – Baltimore, MD – The 8×10 *

FEBRUARY 2023

1 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln, Theatre *

2 – Asheville, NC – Salvage Station *

3 – Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre *

4 – Charleston, SC – Charleston Pour House

6-12 – Miami, FL> Puerto Plata, DR>Ocean Cay, BS – Jam Cruise 19

MARCH 2023

3-5 – Steamboat Springs, CO – WinterWonderGrass Festival †

^ Supporting Marcus King
* w/Danielle Ponder supporting
† Festival Performance