On June 16, Trevor Sensor will release his debut album, Andy Warhol’s Dream, via Jagjaguwar. The album was recorded at Steve Albini’s Electrical Audio studio in Chicago and was produced by Richard Swift (The Shins, Damien Jurado), Foxygen’s Jonathan Rado, and Brandon Darner (Imagine Dragons, The Envy Corps).
Today, Sensor shared “High Beams,” the first single from the forthcoming album. “The song derives from the desire to be one of those people on the television – a desire instilled in us since childhood in America and the western world at large. A desire that consumes us, especially those few born in middle America who look for supposedly greater things beyond the horizon of corn fields and prairies, or the northern factory towns of England – those places where nobody of any pop cultural significance is suppose to come from – for there is only so much room in the camera lens, the television screen, and we must save it for the pretty, plastic people,” Sensor explains. “It revolves around things lost, things hoped for, and the dreams we tell ourselves to keep us from the possibly horrifying conclusions that forever creep up on us in the back of our minds. To these conclusions and this desire, I curl back my feelers and hiss – for I am twenty-three and tired.”
The album is now available for pre-order and includes instant downloads of “High Beams” and his previous single “The Money Gets Bigger.” Fans who pre-order the Andy Warhol’s Dream Deluxe Bundle will receive the album on a limited edition metallic silver LP, the Starved Nights of Saturday Stars EP on LP, Texas Girls and Jesus Christ EP download, Andy Warhol’s Dream on CD in 6-panel wallet, and a digital download code for the album.
The album’s title refers to Warhol’s prophesy of a world in thrall to twin false idols of fame and celebrity. “His ’15 minutes of fame’ prediction is clearly visible today,” Sensor explains. “I’m only really referencing Warhol as a vehicle for the ultimate representation of celebrity culture because of his repeated Marilyn Monroe or Elvis paintings or whatever. But now we’re in a post-God society that is finding new golden calves to worship, that is moving beyond that.”
Trevor Sensor has just announced a spring and summer tour with The Family Crest and Mt. Joy, respectively. Find a full list of tour dates below, with additional dates to be announced in the coming months.
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Tour Dates:
5/3 – Amsterdam, NL: De Roode Bioscoop
5/4 – London, UK: St Pancras Old Church
5/13 – New York, NY: The Mercury Lounge*
5/14 – Pittsburgh, PA: Cafe Club*
5/16 – Cleveland, OH: Beachland Tavern*
5/17 – Ferndale, MI: The Loving Touch*
5/18 – Chicago, IL: Schubas*
5/19 – Milwaukee, WI: Collectivo Coffee*
5/20 – Minneapolis, MN: Turf Club*
5/22 – Denver, CO: Lost Lake Lounge*
5/23 – Salt Lake City, UT: Kilby Court*
5/25 – Seattle, WA: Barboza*
5/27 – Portland, OR: Doug Fir Lounge*
7/8 – Des Moines, IA: 80/35 Festival
7/14 – Toronto, ON: Drake Underground %
7/19 – St Louis, MO: Duck Room %
7/20 – Nashville, TN: The Basement %
7/25 – Washington, DC: DC9 %
7/27 – Philadelphia, PA: Johnny Brenda’s %
8/2 – Cincinnati, OH: MOTR Pub %
8/3 – Indianapolis, IN: The Hi-Fi %
* – with The Family Crest
% – with Mt. Joy
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