Caveman Announces US Fall Tour, NPR All Songs Considered, 'Smash' LP Out August 13th

Caveman Announces US Fall Tour Tickets On Sale Now NPR All Songs Considered Feature Smash LP Out August 13th Via Fortune Tellers

LISTEN/WATCH & SHARE: Caveman - "River" Stream / YouTube WATCH & SHARE: Caveman - "Like Me" Music Video YouTube LISTEN/WATCH & SHARE: Caveman - "Like Me" Stream   WATCH & SHARE: Caveman - "Helpless" Music Video Youtube   LISTEN & SHARE: Caveman - "Helpless" Stream / Soundcloud   "A dramatic new effort from the band, showing both their contemplative and anthemic sides as it explores grief, loss, and perseverance." - Under The Radar "The song builds into a magnificent discordance before closing out with a distorted guitar that should make any rock fan’s soul smile. There’s danger and panic and laughter and confusion and glee, all woven into this song’s tapestry." - Hollywood Life "A dreamy guitar band so up my alley." - NPR All Songs Considered (Bob Boilen) "Starting with a simple piano figure, the song grows and grows into a crashing widescreen anthem" - Brooklyn Vegan "A prism refraction of echoey synths and gentle vocals." - FLOOD Today, Caveman announces nine brand new tour dates in September. The tour will be kicking off in Buffalo, NY at Ninth Ward on September 9th. Tickets are available now! Caveman previously shared "River", alongside a visualizer, the latest single off their upcoming LP, Smash, out August 13th via Fortune Tellers. Under The Radar premiered the track, praising it as "a dramatic new effort from the band, showing both their contemplative and anthemic sides as it explores grief, loss, and perseverance."  On the track, Matt Iwanusa of Caveman says “'River' is mostly about how you survive when you have suffered a big loss; how to look at yourself and your actions moving forward. This song is about my cousin Ashley “smash” who we lost about 4 years ago. She was one of my best friends and sidekick in trouble-making all around NYC. She was one of the only people in the world who never judged me. Since she was my youngest cousin I felt like I had to protect her, but in the end, we protected each other. I miss her every day and this song coming out makes me think about the process it’s been to continue life without her and have the good memories continue to help me when I get down.” Smash is the first new Caveman record since 2016’s “Otero War.” Much of it was composed just after the death of Iwanusa’s cousin - her nickname Smash becoming the album title and much of the music inspired by her.  Their previous album was released on hip-hop label Cinematic Recordings (best known for Joey Badass) after a run with Mississippi label Fat Possum. On a whim early last year, they connected with old friend Peter Matthew Bauer of the Walkmen and his label Fortune Tellers to quickly release “New Sides” a series of recordings they had freed up the rights too while waiting for what would become “Smash” to return to their control. Basically dropping the EP five days after it was mastered, it was an early step to just get out into the world again a little with the song “You Got A Feeling” getting picked up on several major playlists and radio stations.  “It was just great for people to hear something from us,” says Iwanusa. “It feels like it’s been forever and now we’re sitting on so much new music that’s finally able to get out into the world.” CAVEMAN LINKS Facebook | Twitter | Soundcloud | Website | Instagram | YouTube | Apple Music | Spotify New Sides - TRACKLISTING 01. Like Me 02. Helpless 03. River 04. Work This Hard 05. You Got A Feeling 06. Will It Take Me 07. Hammer 08. Awake For the Week 09. Bellocell 10. Don't Call Me   Caveman Bio Since Caveman began in 2010, they’ve released 3 full length records, toured endlessly (sharing stages with The War on Drugs, Jeff Tweedy, and Weezer, and playing festivals including Coachella, Bonnaroo and Austin City Limits) and received accolades from everyone from Pitchfork to the New York Times.  Now in 2021, they have become one of the mainstays of the New York music world. More than anything, Caveman are the band that everyone seems to know, who always seemed to be out on the town for many years if you needed someone to meet up with late into the night, the throughline to a dozen disparate crowds of artists.  Led by Matthew Iwanusa, lifelong city resident, they are a quintessential New York band, a long time presence, and one of the few remaining centerpieces of the city’s fleeting indie music scene. Matthew was the child of two jazz musicians who grew up a member of the Metropolitan Opera’s Children’s Chorus. When he was 13, he met guitarist Jimmy Carbonetti (who grew up on Roosevelt Island) and quickly started their first band in high school, going on tour with bands such as the Walkmen alongside two of their teachers. At age 18, they met Jeff Berrall (bass) while he was bartending at Bar Sine’ in the East Village. It was there they also met Nick Stumpf (French Kicks) who would go on to produce their first two records.  Nowadays, they’ve grown from young punk kids into statesmen of sorts for New York indie music. Jimmy’s Brooklyn shop The Guitar Shop NYC is a city institution as well as a clubhouse for the band. Practicing and working out of Williamsburg nightclub Baby’s Alright during it’s down hours, the band are just beginning to recreate the momentum of their early career after a period of false starts, legal issues and frustrating delays that slowed the release of their new record for several years.