Photo Credit: Cheryl Dunn

This morning, indie-rock unit Yo La Tengo announced its first full-length studio album in five years. The follow-up to 2018’s There’s a Riot Going On, the forthcoming collection has been dubbed This Stupid World and is slated to be released on Feb. 10 via Matador Records. As a preview of what’s to come, the ensemble delivered the first listen by sharing the single,  “Fallout,.”

The group’s self-produced sixteenth album is a set of reflective songs which embrace a collective feel through the tracking and instrumentation of the new material. In a press release describing the impending LP, author and journalist Marc Master wrote: “At the base of nearly every track is a trio playing all at once, giving everything a right-now feel.” 

Honing in on a live sound captured in a studio setting, Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew deliver an indistinguishable intimacy that permeates the tracking list and comes through on their single, “Fallout.” Listen now. 

Apart from new music, Yo La Tengo will partake in their annual Hanukkah run beginning on Dec. 18 at New York’s Bowery Bowl. Then, after a month off the stage, the band will return to the road for an extensive U.S. and European tour that kicks off on Feb. 15 at Seattle’s Neptune Theatre. For tickets and to learn more, visit yolatengo.com.   

Watch the official music video for “Fallout” below. Pre-order This Stupid World now.