The Jesus Lizard announce new album and tour dates

Noise-rock legends, the Jesus Lizard, have announced details of their first album since 1998’s Blue.

Rack will be released on September 13 via Ipecac Recordings, and today, the band shares the opening track, Hide & Seek.

Singer, David Yow, describes the song as “a perky ditty about a witch who can’t behave, and it’s got nearly as many hooks as a Mike Tyson fight”.

An accompanying video captures the band, Duane Denison, Mac McNeilly, David Wm. Sims, and Yow as they recorded the song with producer, Paul Allen at Nashville’s Audio Eagle Studio.

Speaking of Rack, Denison says, “There are definitely some references to the past. But it’s more as a point of departure: We don’t stay there.”

The Jesus Lizard reconvened in 2009 for shows that included headline performances at the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in Minehead. Having spent the following years as both friends in close contact with one another, and with another reunion between 2017 and 2019, it seemed inevitable the band would reconvene for new music at some point. 

“We literally only made the record because we thought it would be fun to make the record,” says Sims, per the press release notes. McNeilly also comments, highlighting the strong relationship amongst the band: “We are bonded by the music we make, and also by the respect we have for each other.”

Rack track listing:

1. Hide & Seek
2. Armistice Day
3. Grind
4. What If?
5. Lord Godiva
6. Alexis Feels Sick
7. Falling Down
8. Dunning Kruger
9. Moto(r)
10. Is That Your Hand
11. Swan the Dog

The band has also announced a string of tour dates, starting in the United States for the rest of 2024, with shows in the early part of 2025 confirmed for the United Kingdom and Ireland. The band will return to the States for a West Coast tour midway through next year.

U.S. tour dates:

2024

• Thursday, June 6: Third Man Records, Nashville, TN (SOLD OUT)
• Saturday, June 8: No Values, Pomona, CA
• Sunday, June 9: Garden Amp, Garden Grove, CA
• Saturday, September 7: Hopscotch Music Festival, Raleigh, NC
• Sunday October 13: Best Friends Forever Music Festival, Las Vegas, NV
• Thursday, October 31: Longhorn Ballroom, Dallas, TX
• Friday, November 1: TBA, Austin, TX
• Monday, December 9: Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA
• Wednesday, December 11: Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY
• Thursday, December 12: Roadrunner, Boston, MA
• Friday, December 13: Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
• Saturday, December 14: Black Cat, Washington, DC
• Wednesday, December 18: Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA

2025

• Thursday, May 2: Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach, CA
• Friday, May 3: The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
• Sunday, May 5: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
• Wednesday, May 8: Revolution Hall, Portland, OR
• Friday, May 10: Neptune Theatre, Seattle, WA

2025 U.K. Ireland tour dates:

• Tuesday, January 7: QMU, Glasgow
• Wednesday, January 8: Academy 2, Manchester
• Thursday, January 9: Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
• Friday, January 10: Fleece, Bristol
• Saturday, January 11: Electric Ballroom, London
• Sunday, January 12: Concorde 2, Brighton
• Tuesday, January 14: The Limelight, Belfast
• Wednesday, January 15: Button Factory, Ireland

Tickets for the shows from October 31 onwards are on-sale this Friday at 10 a.m. local time, and can be purchased from the Ipecac website.

Available on several limited-edition vinyl variants, CD, digital, and cassette, pre-order Rack here.