Nashville-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist corook has released serious person (part 2), the eagerly anticipated second installment of their serious person project. The EP includes recent single, “emergency contact,” along with the brand new “alien,” plus “I FORGOT,” “party party party!” and “haircut”, and follows serious person (part 1), released earlier this summer.
“part 2 is the fun and funky second child of the serious person era,” says corook. “This batch of songs is fronted with more silliness and spastic energy while still tackling serious subjects like emergency contacts, self-discovery and depression. I fell in love with the imperfections of recording while making these tracks with my friend Dan Fernandez. We spent most days in his garage studio in Nashville pressing record while I screamed and banged on something until the songs felt alive.”
“‘alien’ is my commitment to prioritize finding myself over fitting in,” says corook. “It was a heart breaking realization to find out that I can’t do both, but ultimately a very freeing song to create and now share with people. The song sounds like getting lost and finding myself all at the same time. We layered a ton of acoustic guitars played with a paint brush to give a spacey and endless environment to the track. I hope people find themselves committing to their own self-discovery through the song.”
corook is celebrating the serious person project and much more with their first-ever North American headline run. The serious person tour – which began earlier this month with a sold-out show at Atlanta, GA’s Vinyl – travels through mid-October. Highlights include sold-out shows at Nashville, TN’s The Blue Room at Third Man Records (September 23) and Los Angeles, CA’s The Roxy in LA (October 7), as well as festival performances at Kerrville, TX’s Welcome Home Festival (October 14), and Austin, TX’s Austin City Limits Music Festival (October 15). corook will also be hosting a special meet and greet at Shop of Things, where their beloved frog hat is from, on Saturday 9/23 from 11 AM – 1 PM ahead of their show in Nashville at The Blue Room. The first 50 people in the store will receive a special gift bag. For complete touring details and remaining ticket availability, please visit www.corook.com/tour.
corook’s serious person tour
SEPTEMBER
23 – Nashville, TN – The Blue Room at Third Man (SOLD OUT)
26 – Denver, CO – Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
27 – Salt Lake City, UT – Soundwell
28 – Boise ID – Shrine Basement
30 – Olympia, WA – ALMA
OCTOBER
1 – Seattle, WA – Barboza (SOLD OUT)
2 – Portland, OR – Polaris (SOLD OUT)
5 – San Francisco, CA – Café du Norde (SOLD OUT)
7 – Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy
9 – San Diego, CA – The Casbah
11 – Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
12 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
14 – Kerville, TX – Welcome Home Festival *
15 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Music Festival *
NOVEMBER
13 – Madrid, Spain – La Riviera †
14 – Barcelona, Spain – Sala Apolo †
16 – Milan, Italy – Alcatraz †
17 – Munich, Germany – Tonhalle †
18 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Les Docks †
19 – Hamburg, Germany – Docks †
21 – Paris, France – La Trabendo †
22 – Berlin, Germany – Columbiahalle †
23 – Warsaw, Poland – Progresja †
25 – Borgerhout, Belgium – De Roma †
26 – Cologne, Germany – Live Music Hall †
27 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg †
28 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg †
DECEMBER
1 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy 3
2 – Birmingham, UK – O2 Institute3 Birmingham (SOLD OUT)
3 – Glasgow, UK – The Garage
5 – Bristol, UK – Exchange (SOLD OUT)
6 – London, UK – XOYO
7 – Brighton, UK – Chalk
9 – Dublin, Ireland – The Workman’s Club
* Festival Performance
† w/ Bombay Bicycle Club