Wilco announce new album Cousin

Wilco have announced their new album Cousin, available worldwide on 29 September via dBpm Records.  Accompanying the announcement is the release of the project’s lead single ‘Evicted’.

“I’m cousin to the world,” said frontman Jeff Tweedy in a press statement. “I don’t feel like I’m a blood relation, but maybe I’m a cousin by marriage.”

Produced by Welsh artist Cate Le Bon, Cousin is the first time Wilco have handed control to a producer outside their immediate circle of collaborators since Sky Blue Sky.

Wilco and Le Bon are longtime admirers of each other’s work. “The amazing thing about Wilco is they can be anything,” Le Bon said. “They're so mercurial, and there’s this thread of authenticity that flows through everything they do, whatever the genre, whatever the feel of the record. There aren’t many bands who are able to, this deep into a successful career, successfully change things up.”

After meeting in 2019, Wilco invited Le Bon to their legendary Loft studio in Chicago to record Cousin. Her influence has led to the inclusion of saxophone, cheap Japanese guitars, and a cinematic, New Wave-style drum machine.

Wilco’s upcoming full-length work from will be released on vinyl, CD as well as digitally. It can be preordered here.

The band will also be touring the UK, Europe and North America in support of the new record.

Their show in Dublin’s 3 Olympia on 8 September has sold out. Remaining tickets for Belfast’s Mandela Hall on 6 September and the Cork Opera House on the 9 September can be purchased at www.wilcoworld.net.