News
“laurel” out now!
Here’s the second release from good night, los angeles, titled “laurel.”
“good night deervale, moorpark, tujunga” out now!
I’m very happy to tell you that I’ve just released an EP of the first tracks from my upcoming instrumental album good night, los angeles.
“Little Bit of Sun” out now!!
What a soulful, joyful, funny, complicated, challenging, satisfying labor of rock band love it was to create this batch of songs! Thank you all for listening to our music for all these years.
– Dan
Stream/Buy, “Little Bit of Sun” now!
Rescheduled Dates Announced!
Due to unforeseen circumstances, my shows scheduled at The Woman’s Club of MN for November 3rd & 4th, 2023, need to be postponed.
The rescheduled date for the Friday, November 3rd show will be Friday, February 2nd, 2024, and the rescheduled date for the Saturday, November 4th show will be Saturday, February 3rd, 2024.
All tickets purchased for the original date will be honored on the new date – please hold onto them. Ticket holders who are unable to attend the new date can seek a refund at etix.com until November 10th
Tickets for Friday, February 2nd can be found here
Tickets for Saturday, February 3rd can be found here
New Single, “Out of the Dirt”!
I wrote “Out of the Dirt” with the amazing Lori McKenna. I told Lori I was hoping to make something with a stomping beat and a hypnotic, mesmerizing lyrical chant. The result was even more stomping and mesmeric than I had hoped. The track is pretty simple, just me on the piano, John on fretless bass and Jake on drums. As we were cutting the track, everyone agreed it needed some hot lead guitar. But instead of adding a guitar of my own later, we reached out to Jason Isbell to see if he wanted to throw down. The answer was yes (what a day!) and the results speak for themselves: Jason fucking rocks, as we already knew.
Listen to “Out of the Dirt“
Pre-Save/Pre-Order “Little Bit of Sun“
New Semisonic Album!!
Dear Friends,
So amazed to tell you that the new Semisonic album, “Little Bit of Sun,” will be released on November 3rd! It rocks. We will be sharing more info about the record in the weeks to come.. Today we’re releasing a new single from the album. It’s called “The Rope,” and it also rocks. It’s an ode to Los Angeles disguised as a break-up song. A lot of songwriters would love to break up with LA so it makes sense to me!
-Dan
Listen to “The Rope”
Pre-Save/Pre-Order “Little Bit of Sun“
Words & Music By Dan Wilson @ Woman’s Club of MN 11/3/23 and 11/4/23
Friends,
I’m pleased to tell you that I will be performing at the Woman’s Club of Minneapolis on Friday, November 3rd and Saturday, November 4th, as part of the Music & Storyteller Sessions. It’s been several years since I’ve done solo shows in the Twin Cities, and I am very much looking forward to this!
Tickets are on sale now!
Words & Music by Dan Wilson
Friday, November 3, 2023
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm CT
Friday Tickets: Dan Wilson Music & Storyteller Sessions
Words & Music by Dan Wilson
Saturday, November 4, 2023
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm CT
Saturday Tickets: Dan Wilson Music & Storyteller Sessions
New Semisonic Music Out NOW!
I’m overjoyed to announce Semisonic’s two new songs, “Little Bit Of Sun” and “Grown Your Own”!!
“Little Bit of Sun” came out really fast. We’ve all been so beaten down by darkness for the last few years, it’s like we can hardly ask for a full sky of sunshine. We can get by on a little bit, but at some point we want it all!
I wrote “Grow Your Own” about the joy and blue sky of starting a band. If you’re a musician and you hear some music you love, you’re gonna want to make some yourself. Grow your own. And if you don’t hear the music you want to hear in the world, well then, all the more reason to grow your own.
Looking forward to performing these this month while on tour with the Barenaked Ladies!
Semisonic On Tour with the Barenaked Ladies!
I’m excited to announce that the band will be on tour with our friends the Barenaked Ladies in June 2023 for their Last Summer On Earth Tour!!
“Red Light” – Official Music Video
My new release is “Red Light,” from the Dancing on the Moon EP. The song is about three things: 1) the day I found out that the master tapes of my two bands Trip Shakespeare and Semisonic had burned in the infamous Universal Music fire (the red light of the fire seen from the clouds); 2) my love for recording on tape despite #1 (thus the red light of the title); and 3) my Mom’s memory loss – almost as though her master tapes are being gradually erased. In the video, the ghosts of all these vanishing things are played by a yellow 1971 Ford Mustang and my daughter in a ghost costume in the passenger seat. Hope you love it. Directed by Yazz alali and edited by Sara Mulford. Shout out to Ethan Gruska and Jenny Owen Youngs for writing the song with me, and Ethan and John Mark Nelson for producing it with me.