FELLY Announces 'For The Crows' North American Fall Tour
FELLY
ANNOUNCES ‘FOR THE CROWS’ FALL TOUR
STRIKING NEW ALBUM AMBROXYDE (LP) OUT JUNE 13TH
Last week Felly announced his striking new full-length Ambroxyde (LP) and shared the lead single “High on You.” The Connecticut-born, Los Angeles-based artist now returns with news of his North American Headline Tour set for this fall! The ‘For The Crows’ tour kicks off September 23rd in Louisville, KY, and will see stops in New York, Boston, Chicago, Nashville, Austin, Los Angeles, Seattle, and more! Artist pre-sale is now available with password ‘CROWS’, and local presale will go live tomorrow, April 24th, at 10AM Local Time. Tickets will officially go on sale Friday, April 25 at 10AM Local. Find tickets HERE.
See below for the full list of tour dates to find a show near you!
Felly - For The Crows Tour Dates
9/23 - Louisville, KY - Headliners
9/24 - Indianapolis, IN - Hi Fi
9/26 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
9/27 - Boston, MA - Sinclair
9/28 - Philadelphia, PA - Thunderbird
9/30 - Pittsburgh, PA - Foundry
10/1 - Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups
10/3 - Detroit, MI - Loving Touch
10/4 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
10/7 - Nashville, TN - Basement East
10/9 - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
10/10 - Birmingham, AL - Saturn
10/14 - Dallas, TX - Deep Ellum
10/15 - Austin, TX - Antones
10/17 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
10/23 - Los Angeles, CA - Echo
10/25 - San Diego, CA - Music Box
10/29 - Santa Barbara, CA - SoHo
10/30 - Santa Cruz, CA - Moes
11/1 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
11/2 - Reno, NV - Cypress
11/4 - Portland, OR - Holocene
11/5 - Seattle, WA - Madame Lous
11/7 - Vancouver, BC - The Pearl
11/8 - Bellingham, WA - Wild Buffalo
11/11 - Boise, ID - Shrine Social Club
11/12 - Salt Lake City, UT - Soundwell
11/13 - Fort Collins, CO - Aggie
11/14 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
Felly’s new record Ambroxyde (LP) was produced alongside Grammy-nominated and Mercury Prize-winning producer Gianluca Buccellati (Lana Del Rey, Arlo Parks, The Marias) and crafted across an array of remote and inspiring locations—from the northernmost tip of Iceland to the sun-drenched Greek island of Hydra to Tornillo, Texas. Across 12 tracks, Ambroxyde (LP) marks a bold new chapter for the ever-evolving artist.
Felly recently previewed the project with a double single release—“Black Shoes” and the title track “Ambroxyde”—and the newest track “High on You,” a hazy, road-worn narrative set to jangly guitars and driving percussion. Paste premiered the track, calling it “an elevation of FELLY’s jangle-pop directive, refining his already dream-seeped atmospheres with a buoyant rhythm section and a bed of delicate vocal melodies.” The track plays like an audible diary, distilling full days and feelings into the tiniest of details. Inspired by countless drives through the Midwest, “High on You” is an ode to the many traps of life that keep us from reaching our full potential.
Felly first emerged in 2014 with his mixtape Waking Up To Sirens, which garnered critical acclaim and earned him an opening slot for Madlib. Since then, he’s released several projects—from Milk & Sugar (featuring Ari Lennox) to his 2023 EP i had a beautiful time, now i have to leave—amassing over a billion streams throughout his career, headlining nationwide tours, and collaborating with artists like Carlos Santana and Jack Harlow.
With Ambroxyde (LP), Felly dives deeper than he ever has. He made his name as a rapper and producer, but on the album, Felly taps into the indie and alternative music that has always soundtracked his life. This isn’t Felly 2.0 – it’s Felly as he has always been, removed from all expectation. “This is the album I’ve always wanted to make,” he says.
LISTEN / SHARE “AMBROXYDE” + “BLACK SHOES”
Flóki Studios sits at the northernmost point of Iceland on a sliver of land abetted on both sides by water. On lucky nights, that water reflects the enchanting Aurora Borealis. Those lights drew Christian Robert Felner, BKA Felly, to Flóki, where he recorded part of his striking new album, Ambroxyde (LP). The title refers to a synthetic molecule found in perfume and the scent memories that carry us from one stage of life into the next.“ Ambroxyde (LP) is the start of something new being born,” Felly says.
To make Ambroxyde (LP), Felly chased inspiration outside of his familiar Los Angeles. Accompanied by producer Gianluca Buccellati, he traveled to remote parts of California and far-flung parts of the world. “Luca approaches production holistically. He’ll pick up a project and work with the artist for a long time,” Felly says. In this case, the duo spent over a year on the road together between Felly’s tour dates. “We went to Iceland first where we were really far from the rest of the world and could really tune out any type of influence.” They wrote “Wildfire” inspired in part by the remote, natural beauty of their surroundings. Its chorus blows in like an unanticipated gale-force wind as Felly sings: “Come around like a wildfire/ When my wells run dry/ You fill my desire/ And make it all feel alright.”
Beyond Iceland, they wrote and recorded on the Greek island of Hydra, where cars have been banned since the 1950s and Felly could record at all hours of the night surrounded by crystalline Mediterranean water. There’s a hazy road narrative to be found on Ambroxyde (LP), heard especially on songs like “High on You” and “Route 44,” wherein whole passing days are distilled into a single detail. Felly wrapped the Ambroxyde (LP) at the storied Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, TX, alongside a group of eleven musicians, ten of whom he’s worked with on past tours and records. This tightknit group of longtime collaborators weaved the disparate threads of Ambroxyde (LP) together over the course of two weeks. “I pieced this record together over a year or so writing almost entirely just me and the guitar. It’s my first proper ‘studio’ album which is crazy to think about - First time you can hear all my friends actually playing with me.” Though the pieces of Ambroxyde (LP) were recorded across long distances, they converged in post-production. Each song on the album combines takes from the various studios Felly and Buccellati frequented over a transformative year. “As we pieced these songs together, we tried to catch the soul of different places we’d been. On a single song we might take the Greece drums, the Iceland vocals, and the guitars from Sonic Ranch,” Felly says.
That patchwork process contributes to the textural, sensory experience of the album. When Felly talks about Ambroxyde (LP), he tends to speak visually, using words like “dark indigo purple, northern sky at night, sunset” to describe it.
While Ambroxyde (LP) might mark a departure for Felly, he is still operating on a continuum. “This album might put people off who maybe hold me to a certain version of myself. “I’ve got to be honest with where I am, and who I am,” he reflects. That message of preserving authenticity resounds on “Black Shoes,” which has been sitting in Felly’s audio notes for years “just waiting for some context.” That context took time and experience to reveal itself. “I wrote that song when I was feeling wrapped up in a situation that didn’t feel right to me anymore,” he says. “It’s always nice when something you think is dead pokes its head up and takes in the light.” Like that song, this album didn’t emerge from the ether; it is in conversation with past iterations of an artist in a constant state of becoming. “It’s about coming into your being,” Felly says. With Ambroxyde (LP), Felly is closer to his truest self than he’s ever been as he continues to create authentically over vast physical and emotional distances.
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