Breakout alt-pop artist, Ricky Montgomery has released his highly-anticipated major label debut album, Rick, today via Warner Records. The album is available for purchase on physical formats, including vinyl, CD, and cassette HERE.
Working alongside GRAMMY-winning vets Dan Wilson and Jeremy Hatcher and GRAMMY-nominated producer Tommy English, the album is a soul-searching mix that balances sadness and doubt with lightness and levity. The 14-track body of work unfolds as a poignant pastiche of personal moments and memories stitched together by his eloquent songcraft, artful beat-work, and delicate instrumentation. Against this backdrop, he urges you to finally meet Rick. Its title alludes to Montgomery’s father, nicknamed Rick, a name he always assumed he’d eventually take on—“it seemed more ‘adult,’” he quips—but never had the nerve to.
“Rick is about my long, awkward path toward remembering myself as an artist. It’s been embarrassing and difficult, but also thrilling—kinda like changing your first name,” he says. “It’s everything I’ve ever wanted to do but was too scared to try.”
Rick features Ricky’s latest hit “Boy Toy” which continues to rise, thanks in part to his 1.7M TikTok followers and a buzzing anime trend on the platform that’s historically become a unique and powerful driving force for his 1+ billion stream catalog. Learn more in his Polygon feature here. The new album also features playful yet multi-layered and emotional singles “Don’t Say That” and “Eraser,” his emotionally charged “Black Fins” which recounts his father’s 2009 suicide in Mexico, plus 10 new tracks such as “Truth or Dare” which debuts today alongside an official visualizer – watch it here.
In support of the record, he will embark on his biggest North America headline tour yet in 2024: “The Rick Tour: Another Rick in the Wall.” The five-week jaunt kicks off on February 13 in Phoenix, AZ at The Van Buren, stops in major markets coast-to-coast, and concludes with a hometown gig on March 23 in Los Angeles, CA at The Wiltern. Tickets are on sale now at rickymontgomery.com/#tour.
2024 TOUR DATES
2/13 Phoenix, AZ The Van Buren
2/15 Austin, TX Emo’s
2/16 Dallas, TX House of Blues
2/17 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall
2/19 Orlando, FL The Plaza Live
2/20 Atlanta, GA Center Stage
2/22 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
2/23 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore Silver Spring
2/24 New York, NY Terminal 5
2/26 Philadelphia, PA TLA (SOLD OUT!)
2/27 Boston, MA Royale
2/28 Montreal, QC Le Studio TD
3/1 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall (SOLD OUT!)
3/2 Detroit, MI Saint Andrew’s Hall (SOLD OUT!)
3/3 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
3/5 Chicago, IL The Riviera Theatre
3/6 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
3/8 Madison, WI The Sylvee
3/9 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
3/12 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre
3/13 Salt Lake City, UT Depot
3/15 Vancouver, BC Vogue
3/16 Seattle, WA Showbox Market
3/17 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
3/19 San Francisco, CA Regency
3/22 San Diego, CA SOMA
3/23 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern