Titus Andronicus Announce 5th Studio LP and "Acoustic" Tour

Patrick Stickles

A Productive Cough

Early this morning, before the bomb cyclone bombed, Titus Andronicus announced that they'd be releasing their fifth studio album (and second for Merge Records), A Productive Cough, on March 2nd. The band also announced that, to support the album, Patrick Stickles and pianist Alex Molini would set out on the first-ever Titus Andronicus "acoustic" tour. This set-up will mirror -- I'm assuming -- what Stickles and Molini did for a few songs during the Titus Andronicus set at Market Hotel back in December; so Stickles will, most likely, be going electric for most of it. The tour kicks off in Kingston, NY and winds up in our neck of the woods with April shows in Philly and Brooklyn.

Titus Andronicus at Market Hotel in December 2017

Titus Andronicus have also provided a taste of the new record in the form of the Ray Concepcion-directed video for the first single, "Number One (In New York)." The song is an eight-plus-minute ballad featuring horns, drums, bells, strings, and backing vocals in addition to the guitar and piano. The song isn't stylistically unprecedented in the Titus Andronicus catalog by any stretch, but a whole album of ballads would present a significant departure. A Productive Cough comes in at a relatively short-looking seven tracks, which is another shift when compared to the 29-song punk rock opera that was The Most Lamentable Tragedy.

For your convenience, here are both the video and all of the announced tour dates so far.



Titus Andronicus on tour ("acoustic")

Mar 07 Kingston, NY – BSP Kingston
Mar 08 Boston, MA – The Sinclair
Mar 09 Providence, RI – AS220
Mar 10 Burlington, VT – Arts Riot
Mar 11 Montreal, QC – Bar Le Ritz
Mar 13 Toronto, ON – Great Hall
Mar 14 Detroit, MI – El Club
Mar 15 Chicago, IL – Subterranean
Mar 16 Madison, WI – The Frequency
Mar 17 St. Paul, MN – Turf Club
Mar 18 Omaha, NE – Slowdown
Mar 19 Denver, CO – Globe Hall
Mar 20 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
Mar 22 Boise, ID – Treefort Festival
Mar 23 Seattle, WA – Crocodile
Mar 24 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
Mar 27 Sonoma, CA – Gundlach Bundschu Winery
Mar 28 San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
Mar 29 Santa Cruz, CA – Crepe Place
Mar 31 Los Angeles, CA – Bootleg Theater
Apr 02 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
Apr 03 Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar
Apr 06 Ft. Worth, TX – Ridglea Room
Apr 07 Austin, TX – Barracuda
Apr 08 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
Apr 10 Birmingham, AL – Saturn
Apr 11 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
Apr 12 Durham, NC – The Pinhook
Apr 13 Washington, DC – Rock and Roll Hotel
Apr 14 Philadelphia, PA – UArts Black Box
Apr 15 Brooklyn, NY – Murmrr Theatre