On Feb. 27 Lake Street Dive announced May 4 as both the drop-date for their new self-produced album Free Yourself Up and the start of their new world tour. The band also dropped a live in-studio performance video of new single "Good Kisser," which revealed that their established line-up has now been augmented by keyboard player Akie Bermiss.
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Guitarist Mike "McDuck" Olson first organized the group after they met as classmates at New England Conservatory of Music, bringing together drummer Mike Calabrese, bass player Bridget Kearney and singer Rachael Price as the band's founding lineup. Their 2016 album Side Pony was produced by two-time GRAMMY winner Dave Cobb.
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Taking to Twitter to share their new video, the band said, "Not everyone knows what it is like to be supremely, devastatingly good at kissing, but if you are a #goodkisser, this one's for you!" The song is about remembering the good things and Lake Street Dive can be counted on to give us lots of good music worth remembering.
Lake Street Dive's new tour will kick off in Cambridge, Mass., on May 4, and run through Sept. 6 at Red Rocks Amphitheater before hopscotching across the pond to play London's O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire concert hall on Oct. 11. Tickets and detailed information are available from the band's website.
