So excited to let you all know that Zane Lowe is going to premiere the first song from Re-Covered on Beats 1 Radio. Be sure to tune in tomorrow (Thursday, June 1) at 9am PDT!

Friends – I’m so happy to announce that my new album will soon be finished and ready to release. It’s called Re-Covered. I’ve launched a PledgeMusic campaign where you can pre-order the record along with lots of cool exclusives. I hope you’ll check it out!

Re-Covered is an album of of songs I wrote with and for other artists. These are my versions, most of them quite different from the originals. But in every case, I’m trying to get to the heart of the song as I understand it. Sonically, the record is a portrait of me and some of my favorite musician friends playing and singing live at United Studios in Hollywood. We recorded straight to tape. We all pushed each other to create new vibes for the songs. I didn’t want to do straight-up “covers” of the covers; my hope is to shed new light on both the familiar hits and the less-familiar gems.

I recorded more songs than made the album, and I wanted to share one of those tunes as a Pledge exclusive. It won’t be on the album, but I’m excited to share “Everyone’s Waiting,” a song I wrote with Missy Higgins, as a taste of what’s yet to come.

There are a lot of really cool items in the Pledge store this time, and I had a blast making a lot of them. You can buy handwritten lyric sheets, plenty of original artwork, an “Illuminated Track List” poster, a deluxe version of the album, which is a hardcover book / CD full of stories and illustrations by yours truly, and more. Every Pledger will also receive exclusive content and updates from me while I finish working on the album, including some really cool footage from the studio and even some rehearsal nights. I’m excited to share this process with you and I can’t wait for you to hear the re-covered songs!

Peace,
DW

Friends and fans – I’m very happy to announce that we’ve rescheduled our Semisonic show at Turf Club for Wednesday, June 14th and our show at First Ave for Friday, June 16th.

We’ll be playing Great Divide top to bottom both nights, as planned, and I’m really looking forward to playing with Jake and John again. Jake expects a speedy recovery after his fall last week, and we’ll all be over the moon to rock out with you in June.

Thank you for your love and patience.

Peace,
DW

More information about both shows and ticket refunds can be directed to First Avenue (which also owns Turf Club). Please note all tickets purchased for January shows will be honored, and First Ave will be issuing refunds as requested until February 6, 2017.