Meg Remy’s intuitive and adventurous U.S. Girls album Scratch It is out this Friday, 20th June.
In anticipation of the record’s arrival she returns today with one final single, and the album’s closing track, No Fruit’; a slinky funk diss track, with co-writer/guitarist Dillon Watson’s wah-wah punctuating Remy’s biting and poetic prophecy, which could be aimed at a lover or the greater modern world: “If you don’t plant with the moon in mind / You will surely suffer shallow roots / When harvest time comes the picker will find / You got no fruit.”
Remy previously introduced Scratch It with the release of an epic 12-minute lead single, ‘Bookends – a sprawling ballad that pays tribute to Remy’s late friend and former Power Trip frontman Riley Gale, through the lens of Remy’s reading of John Carey’s Eyewitness To History, a historical collection of 300+ eyewitness accounts of great world events spanning twenty-four centuries. The single arrived alongside a cinematic short directed by Caity Arthur.
Second single ‘Like James Said’ was released last month – an ELO-styled nugget of AM gold and lyrical response to James Brown’s ‘Get Up Offa That Thing’ about the healing power of dancing alone, written alongside Rich Morel, adding to his and Remy’s long string of hits together (‘Rosebud’ and ‘4 American Dollars’). The track was also presented with a single-shot dance video starring comedian Tom Henry.
In celebration of her new album, Meg Remy will take her Nashville U.S. Girls band on tour throughout the US this Summer, with a new leg of UK/EU tour dates announced today, and additional dates in Canada alongside a special Canadian band — the routing (which kicks off in Asheville, NC this Saturday 21st June) is listed below, and ticket information can be found here.
June
21st – Grey Eagle, Asheville NC, US
22nd – The Atlantis, Washington DC, US
23rd – Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia PA, US
25th – Bowery Ballroom, New York NY, US
26th – The Rockwell, Somerville MA, US
28th – Grog Shop, Cleveland OH, US
29th – Lincoln Hall, Chicago IL, US
September
9th – Lodge Room, Los Angeles CA, US
11th – Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco CA, US
26th – The Mod Club, Toronto ON, Canada – The Mod Club
27th – POP Montreal, Montreal, QC – POP Montreal
October
26th – Stereo, Glasgow, UK
27th – The Grand Social, Dublin, Ireland
29th – Band On The Wall, Manchester, UK
30th – EartH Theatre, London, UK
November
1st – London Calling, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2nd – Bedroomdisco, Darmstadt, Germany
3rd – Bumann & Sohn, Cologne, Germany
4th – La Hasard Ludque, Paris, France
6th – L’Usine, Geneva, Switzerland
7th – Bogen F, Zurich, Switzerland
New album Scratch It weaves together country, gospel, garage rock, soul, disco, folk balladry, and more, with Remy’s masterful songwriting threaded throughout. Her choice to discard the computer-based production of previous albums in favor of two-inch tape serves the songs well, introducing an element of sonic shapeshifting expected from an artist nearly twenty years into making records. If instinct was an instrument, Remy would be a virtuoso. Scratch It and see.
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