LARKIN POE announce new album ‘Self Made Man’ out 1st May

LARKIN POE announce new album 'Self Made Man' out 1st May 1

GRAMMY® Award-nominated sister duo Larkin Poe have released the new single ‘She’s A Self Made Man’, which is the first track from their eagerly awaited new album, SELF MADE MAN, due out Friday, May 1st via their own Tricki-Woo Records. The track is available now at all DSPs and streaming services and available now with all album pre-orders.

With its playfully pointed gender twist, ‘She’s A Self Made Man’ both gives the album its title and serves as an anthem for the multi-instrumentalist sister duo, comprised of the Atlanta-bred, Nashville-based Rebecca and Megan Lovell, kicking off the proceedings with a big-riffed assertion of their current intent and amplified artistic power.

“Life is all about balance,” says Rebecca. “Sometimes it’s sweet, sometimes it’s sour. With ‘She’s A Self Made Man,’ I wanted to write a song about the up-and-down ride that Megan and I have been on for the past 10 years of building Larkin Poe. It’s hard to know who you are and it can take time to figure out what your purpose is, but I feel thankful that in recent years, my own feelings have started to click and make sense. Knowing and accepting yourself: that is empowerment.”

SELF MADE MAN – which follows 2018’s chart-topping, GRAMMY® Award-nominated fourth studio album, VENOM & FAITH – sees Rebecca and Megan pushing their music and message towards unexplored terrain, inspired by their world travels yet still powerfully rooted in the creative heritage of their beloved American South. SELF MADE MAN is ambitious in both its eclectic, energetic sound and its resolutely welcoming mission; a universal lyrical approach fueled by tradition and invention, as well as Larkin Poe’s remarkable ability to touch the hearts and souls of their fellow humans worldwide.

“This is, in a lot of ways, is the first lyrically uplifting record we’ve made,” Megan says. “People can go through terrible things. People can weather immeasurable sorrow and hard times, and yet we can still come out on the other side, pull ourselves together, and thrive. This record reflects some of the joy and positivity that we ourselves feel and appreciate.”

Like its predecessor, SELF MADE MAN is self-produced by Larkin Poe with “our good buddy and engineer” Roger Alan Nichols at his studio, Bell Tone Recording, in Nashville. Working in an industry with too few female producers, the Lovells chose to implement their independent spirit throughout their whole operation, further showcasing their grit, moxie, and determination.

“Taking the creative reins and producing the last three records ourselves has been a formative experience for us, as sisters and as artists; it has been essential in the development of our own artistic voice,” says Rebecca. “It has brought us even closer together as a team and has done wonders in crystallizing and distilling the vision that my sister and I share.”

“Being authentic is very important to us,” Megan continues. “Rebecca and I are heavily involved with every decision that is made. We’re independent artists and it filters into everything that we do.”

Larkin Poe will celebrate SELF MADE MAN with an epic live schedule, with wide-ranging tour dates around the globe-spanning headline shows, festival appearances, and much more.

The band’s eagerly-anticipated world tour begins tonight, March 13th at Memphis, TN’s Minglewood Hall and then continues across the US, Australasia and Japan throughout April, culminating in a return to their home state of Tennessee for a show at Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl.

Larkin Poe then heads to Europe starting with six shows in the UK and Ireland, including their biggest UK headline show to date at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire on May 7th. They follow the European tour with festivals appearances on both sides of the Atlantic including Bonnaroo in Tennessee.

LARKIN POE UK TOUR 2020

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1 – Birmingham, United Kingdom – O2 Institute

2 – Dublin, Ireland – Button Factory

3 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – SWG3 Studio Warehouse

5 – Manchester, United Kingdom – O2 Ritz Manchester

6 – Bristol, United Kingdom – SWX

7 – London, United Kingdom – O2 Empire Shepherds Bush

LARKIN POE

Tracklisting:

Self Made Man

Holy Ghost Fire

Keep Diggin’

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant)

Tears of Blue to Gold

God Moves on the Water

Every Bird That Flies

Scorpion

Ex-Con

Easy Street

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