Sweeping Promises have released their new album, You Say I Romanticize, worldwide on Sub Pop. The band is celebrating the occasion with a new video for the song ‘Rapture, Or…‘ directed by Shawn Brackbill.
On ‘Rapture, Or…’, the band share:
“We originally envisioned a sort of fallen monastic, mockingly devout, longing for a near-term judgment day (catch phrase: “I can’t wait for tomorrow”). The actual lyrics are scenario-adaptable, though, as apocalypse fantasies seemingly guide culture now, so you can’t blame us for finding a desire lane amid the ruins. It’s one of our poppier songs, ever. We double-tracked Lira’s loud vocals in our tiled bathroom – our ‘cathedral’. A malfunctioning arp played the ascendant synth arpeggios and the guitar on this one was improvised.”
Sweeping Promises embark on a North American headline tour in the autumn of 2026. The first leg begins 9 September in Oklahoma City, OK, and runs through 29 September, culminating in a hometown show at White Schoolhouse in Lawrence, KS. The second leg begins 27 October in Omaha, NE, and ends 18 November in Nashville, TN. Further live dates, including UK & European touring, will follow soon.
‘Rapture, Or…‘ follows the previously released singles ‘Accent’, ‘Cocoon‘, and ‘Shooting Shadows’. You Say I Romanticize was recorded over an 18-month period and is a tribute to the chaos of creation and collaboration under shifting circumstances. Guitarist Caufield Schnug and bassist/vocalist Lira Mondal found and tested themselves in their combination tour house and recording studio in Kansas, annually working on dozens of albums from other bands, hosting tour stops, planning shows, and the like. After an immersive process of tracking and whittling down You Say I Romanticize demos and carving out an idiosyncratic chamber-recording method for the album’s intentional wall-of-sound, the duo brought in touring drummer Spenser Gralla to play the songs as the band would on stage.
You Say I Romanticize tracklist:
1. Shooting Shadows
2. My Friend’s An Entomologist
3. Last Man
4. Rapture, Or…
5. Abduction On Camera
6. My Anchoress
7. Cocoon
8. Accent
9. Does He Want To Be The Weatherman?
10. Write Lightly
Sweeping Promises Live Dates
September
9 – Oklahoma City, OK – Resonant Head
10 – Denton, TX – Rubber Gloves
11 – Austin, TX – LEVITATION
12 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
15 – Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
16 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
17 – Los Angeles, CA – Sid the Cat Auditorium
18 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
20 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
22 – Vancouver, BC – Fox Cabaret
23 – Seattle, WA – Baba Yaga
25 – Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club Basement
26 – Salt Lake City, UT – The DLC at Quarters
27 – Denver, CO – Hi-Dive
29 – Lawrence, KS – White Schoolhouse
October
27 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown
28 – St Paul, MN – Turf Club
29 – Milwaukee, WI – Cactus Club
30 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
31 – Detroit, MI – Lager House
November
3 – Toronto, ON – Monarch
4 – Montreal, QC – La Sala Rossa
5 – Boston, MA – Deep Cuts
6 – Boston, MA – Deep Cuts
8 – Troy, NY – No Fun
10 – New York, NY – Night Club 101
11 – Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right
12 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
13 – Washington, DC – Union Stage
14 – Richmond, VA – Cobra Cabana
16 – Durham, NC – The Pinhook
17 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade (Purgatory)
18 – Nashville, TN – DRKMTTR
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