CHUCK PROPHET’S NIGHT SURFER OUT NOW
ON YEP ROC RECORDS TO WIDESPREAD ACCLAIM
“WISH ME LUCK” MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERES AT PASTE
TOUR DATES CONFIRMED
“Sass, sarcasm and suck-you-in rock arrangements—think Reed crossed with Petty—make the new Night Surfer album a standout.”—USA Today
“…no one can turn tales from the outer limits into catchy songs quite like Prophet does. He’s as original as the characters he brings to life, in all their tawdry, tattered glory.”—NPR Music
“…a minor god in the roots-rock pantheon—a sharp, prolific singer-songwriter who always seems to have a new batch of tunes ready to go.”—The Washington Post
“…with Prophet, grimness, humor, fact and fiction mingle freely.”—NPR Fresh Air
Night Surfer, the thirteenth studio album for acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Chuck Prophet, is out now on Yep Roc Records to widespread acclaim (iTunes, Amazon). The Boston Globe calls the record, “…category-defying…” while the Chicago Sun-Times asserts, “One of the best songwriters of the last 20 years who could wear Tom Petty’s crown…” and The Washington Times praises, “Chuck Prophet’s music is, once again, magic.” In celebration of the release, the official music video for the first single, “Wish Me Luck,” which was directed by Ryan Browne and stars Robert Longstreet, premiered today at Paste and can now be viewed/embedded here. Additionally, Prophet will embark on a worldwide tour this fall. See below for complete details.
Night Surfer was recorded in Prophet’s hometown of San Francisco at Decibelle Recording Studio and in Nashville at Alex the Great with noted producer Brad Jones and was mixed in upstate New York by Paul Q Kolderie. Of the album, Prophet comments, “This record is loosely conceptual but universal all the same. It’s all about a path forward, about looking around and imagining where we’ll be in 20 years if we just follow that path. And of course, you’ll find a persistent anxiety throughout; we live, after all, in anxious times. As John Murry told me after a first listen, ‘It brings a tear to the eye and blood to the johnson.’ So yeah, a new record, new sound. It’s got it’s own groove with in your face guitars that snake and harmonize. They jangle too, thanks in no small part to special guest Peter Buck.”
The new record follows Prophet’s widely praised 2012 release, Temple Beautiful, of which Paste Magazine asserted, “Not since Lou Reed paid homage to the city and era that forged him with New York has there been a song cycle dedicated to a place and reality that offers the core immediacy with the thump, churn and ferocity of Chuck Prophet’s Temple Beautiful.”
Since emerging onto the music scene at age 18 as a member of the seminal rock band Green on Red, Prophet has collaborated with everyone from Warren Zevon and Kelly Willis to Jim Dickinson and Lucinda Williams among many others. In recent years, Prophet’s music has been featured in several hit television series including HBO’s “True Blood,” Showtime’s “Californication,” and FX’s “Sons of Anarchy.” He also co-wrote all the songs on Alejandro Escovedo’s 2008 critically acclaimed album Real Animal.
CHUCK PROPHET, NIGHT SURFER
1. Countrified Inner-City Technological Man
2. Wish Me Luck
3. Guilty As A Saint
4. They Don’t Know About Me and You
5. Lonely Desolation
6. Laughing On The Inside
7. If I Was A Baby
8. Ford Econoline
9. Felony Glamour
10. Tell Me Anything (Turn To Gold)
11. Truth Will Out (Ballad of Melissa and Remy)
12. Love Is The Only Thing
CHUCK PROPHET CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
October 3 & 4 San Francisco, CA Make Out Room
October 5 San Francisco, CA Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
October 7 Koln, Germany Gebaude 9
October 8 Paris, France La Java
October 9 Brighton, United Kingdom The Haunt
October 10 Oxford, United Kingdom The Arts Bar
October 11 Manchester, United Kingdom The Deaf Institute
October 12 Winchester, United Kingdom The Railway
October 13 Bristol, United Kingdom The Tunnels
October 14 London, United Kingdom Bush Hall
October 15 Hebden Bridge, United Kingdom The Trades Club
October 16 Dublin, Ireland Workmans Club
October 17 Kilkenny, Ireland Cleere’s
October 18 Belfast, United Kingdom Real Music Club
October 19 Glasgow, United Kingdom Oran Mor
October 20 Birmingham, United Kingdom Oobleck
October 22 Nottingham, United Kingdom The Rescue Rooms
October 23 Kortrijk, Belgium Café Den Trap
October 24 Ottersum, Netherlands Roepaen
October 25 Zwolle, Netherlands Let’s Get Lost Festival
October 26 Amsterdam, Netherlands The Paradiso
October 27 Hamburg, Germany Knust
October 28 Berlin, Germany Comet Club
October 29 Karlsurhe, Germany Jubez
October 31 Andoain, Spain Auditorio De Dastero Basque Country
November 1 Madrid, Spain El Sol
November 2 Valencia, Spain 16 Toneladas
November 3 Barcelona, Spain Sidecar
November 6 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall
November 7 Berwyn, IL Fitzgerald’s
November 8 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
November 9 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern
November 10 East Aurora, NY 189 Public House
November 12 Grand Rapids, MI Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill
November 13 Columbus, OH The Grand Valley Dale Ballroom
November 14 Huntington, WV V Club
November 15 Pittsburgh, PA Club Café
November 16 Washington, DC The Hamilton
November 18 Somerville, MA Johnny D’s
November 19 Fall River, MA Narrows Center for the Arts
November 20 Northampton, MA Iron Horse
November 21 Brooklyn, NY The Bell House
November 22 Hudson, NY Club Helsinki
November 23 Philadelphia, PA World Café Live