Yukon Blonde Announce East Coast Leg of Canadian Tour
Canadian indie-pop powerhouse Yukon Blonde has just announced East Coast tour dates in support of their new album Shuggie which will be released on October 12 via Dine Alone Records. The newly announced dates kick off in Kingston on October 2 and wrap up in Toronto on October 11. Tickets are on sale now via the band’s website. See below for a full routing. More dates including Western Canada will be announced when available.
Shuggie is the band’s first full-length album since the 2020 critically acclaimed LP Vindicator. Hypnotic and hyper-compelling, the upcoming LP takes Yukon Blonde’s mastery of pop music in its many forms and anchors it in psychedelic synths, wiry guitar licks and bass lines, and of course, a chorus of inviting voices. 2020’s Vindicator found Yukon Blonde embracing a new workflow – one that found them taking full ownership of the record-making process from writing to recording, from production to mixing.
With Shuggie, they’re bountifully building atop that foundation, further distilling Vindicator’s fruitful approach with a sharper focus on their compositional prowess. Innes maintains his title of “primary songwriter,” but notes, “Everyone really upped their contributions this time out, it’s like the more we go through, the more we’re driven to get together and create things.”
Indeed in their now-signature form, Shuggie marks the next stage in Yukon Blonde’s evolution. While their sonic aesthetic is ever-changing, some things stay the same, namely the achievements and accolades that follow each new release and the notoriously vivacious live shows that support them.
Upcoming Shows:
October 1- Cicada Music & Arts Festival – St. Catharines, ON
October 2- Broom Factory- Kingston, ON
October 4- Marquee Ballroom – Halifax, NS
October 5- Trailside Music Hall – Charlottetown, PE
October 6 – Xeroz Arcade Bar – Moncton, NB
October 7- The Cap – Fredericton, NB
October 9- Casa del Popolo – Montreal, QC
October 10- Club SAW – Ottawa, ON
October 11- Lee’s Palace – Toronto, ON