Toro y Moi announces new album

Toro y Moi has announced the release of his upcoming album Hole Erth which is set for release this September 6 via Dead Oceans.

The album features sounds of synthesised autotuned pop-punk as well as elements of melancholic rap and also includes collaborations with artists such as Kevin Abstract, Benjamin Gibbard, and Don Toliver. It will be the musician's eighth full-length studio record.

In conjunction with the announcement of the upcoming LP, Toro y Moi has delivered the new single ‘Tuesday’ off the album which was released alongside an India Sleem directed music video which is shot across Berkeley, Oakland and San Francisco, California. The album’s title is an homage to Whole Earth, Stewart Brand’s DIY periodical from the late ‘60s and early ‘70s.

Speaking of the record Toro y Moi said, "Growing up, the often-controversial-line between mainstream and underground artists was so defined but now that line has become so blurred I can't even tell what I like anymore...sometimes."

Often recognised as a spearhead of the chillwave genre in the 2010 with tracks such as ‘The Difference’ and ‘Ordinary Pleasure’ his upcoming album will focus heavily on electronic music and sees the musician orbit around that genre.

“To me, my folk records and psych rock records are the side quests. What I fell in love with with the Toro project were the electronic productions – the samples. There’s always more to be done in the electronic world” he said.

In addition to the album, Toro y Moi has announced a headline performance at Los Angeles' Hollywood Forever Cemetery including a supporting DJ set from Zack Fox in September as well as The Knockdown Center in New York the following month.

Find the album tracks album as well as new single ‘Tuesday’ below:
01 Walking In The Rain
02 CD-R
03 HOV
04 Tuesday
05 Hollywood (feat. Benjamin Gibbard)
06 Reseda (feat. Duckwrth & Elijah Kessler)
07 Babydaddy
08 Madonna (feat. Don Toliver)
09 Undercurrent (feat. Don Toliver & Porches)
10 Off Road
11 Smoke (feat. Kenny Mason)
12 Heaven (feat. Kevin Abstract and Lev)
13. Starlink (feat. Glaive)