Durand Jones is stepping away from The Indications for his debut solo album. Jones – the lead singer of soul outfit Durand Jones and The Indications – will launch new album Wait Til I Get Over on Might 5 by way of Useless Oceans.
The solo debut will see the Southern singer take a break from his extremely collaborative group to create a deeply private assortment of songs. Wait Til I Get Over is a mirrored image on Jones’ relationship to his hometown of Hillaryville, La., a city first established as a type of reparations to beforehand enslaved Black Individuals. The album grapples along with his want to go away the difficult city and his urge to honor his roots.
The gathering options Jones’ hanging vocals bolstered by his background with church music, R&B, rock and people. It’s an eclectic assortment of tracks exploring price and perception by love, longing, odes and prayers.
The album’s first single, “Lord Have Mercy” is out Wednesday (Feb. 22), together with video directed by Will Niava. The video cuts forwards and backwards between footage of the agricultural swamps of Louisiana from current day and from the Twenties, capturing the generational wrestle of the individuals of Hillaryville from Jones’ time and from that of his grandmother’s.
“The interlude ends with my grandmother telling us how she felt about Hillaryville again within the day. Hillaryville is not a sanctuary city or ‘place you’d most need to reside’. Most individuals in my era and youthful dream of escaping a spot like Hillaryville. And for a lot of, the dream by no means turns into one thing extra,” Jones stated in a launch. “Life can discover a technique to hold you there if you’ll let it. I needed to precise this thought by sound in a uncooked, wild and raucous manner. A construct of a groove that appears like it’s driving by a muddy swamp. Trapped.”
Jones will take the solo file on the highway this spring with dates throughout the U.S. The tour will launch on April 27 in Bloomington, Ind., and work its manner by New Orleans, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles earlier than closing out at California’s Mill Valley Music Competition on Might 14.
To see the complete listing of tour dates beneath and head to his web site for album particulars.
- April 27, 2023 – Bloomington, IN – The Bluebird
- Might 4, 2023 – New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Competition
- Might 6, 2023 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
- Tuesday, Might 9, 2023 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Corridor
- Thursday, Might 11, 2023 – Los Angeles, CA – Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Without end
- Sunday, Might 14, 2023 – Mill Valley, CA – Mill Valley Music Competition
