Singer, songwriter, guitarist Alan Sparhawk (of Low) has announced a new collbroative album with bluegrass/folk group Trampled By Turtles. Simply titled With Trampled by Turtles, Sparhawk and co. will release the LP on May 30 via Sub Pop.

The first single "Stranger" has also been released, along with a video. Watch and listen below:

Sparhawk and his fellow Minnesotans recorded the album in late 2023, where Trampled By Turtles were nearly done with their own recording sessions. Sparhawk had several songs ready to bring to the table, including some that "had never worked in Low; others [that were] fresh and waiting."

The group had talked about making work together before, but the opportunity had never arisen properly until that time. Sparhawk says:

“When the opportunity seems right, you jump ... When playing together is that powerful an embrace, why stop there?"

This will be Sparhawk's second release since the end of his acclaimed indie rock band Low, which concluded when Sparhawk's longtime romantic and musical partner – the greatm Mimi Parker – sadly passed away after a battle with cancer. Sparhawk released his first solo album, White Roses, My God, last year with Sub Pop, wherein he experimented with brittle electronics and heavily processed vocals.

Sparhawk will also continue his solo tour across North America and Europe. Find all those dates below.

With Trampled By Turtles is out May 30. Preorder here. Full tracklist below:

1. Stranger
2. Too High
3. Heaven
4. Not Broken
5. Screaming Song
6. Get Still
7. Princess Road Surgery
8. Don’t Take Your Light
9. Torn & in Ashes

Alan Sparhawk Tour Dates:

03/26 Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
03/27 Knoxville, TN @ Big Ears Festival
03/29 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
03/31 Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle Back Room
04/01 Washington, DC @ Atlantis
04/02 Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere
04/03 Boston, MA @ Sinclair
04/04 Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom
04/05 Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA
04/07 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe
04/08 Detroit, MI @ Loving Touch
04/09 Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
04/10 Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave (w/ Mount Eerie)
04/11 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall (w/ Mount Eerie)
05/28 Liverpool, UK @ Arts Club
05/29 London, UK @ EartH
05/30 Portsmouth, UK @ Wedgewood Rooms
05/31 Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenBurg (Cloud Nine)
06/02 Turin, IT @ Spazio211
06/03 Rome, IT @ Largo Venue
06/04 Bologna, IT @ Express Festival (Locomotiv Club)
06/05 Milan, IT @ Unaltrofestival - Magnolia
06/07 Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Festival
06/09 Madrid, ES @ Sala El Sol
06/12 Porto, PT @ Primavera Festival
06/14 Istanbul, TR @ Blind
08/02 Tasov, CZ @ Beseda Festival
08/03 Katowice, PL @ OFF Festival
08/05 Copenhagen, DK @ Lille Vega
08/09 Sicily, IT @ Ypsigrock Festival
08/11 Cambridge, UK @ Junction 2
08/12 Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny
08/13 Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
08/14 Norwich, UK @ Norwich Arts Centre
08/15 Glanusk Park, UK @ GreenMan Festival

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