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Margaret Glaspy – Echo The Diamond

Margaret Glaspy has announced the August 18 release of her new album, Echo The Diamond, via ATO. 

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Today she shares the first taste of the album via the LP’s exultant opening track “Act Natural.”

The song captures the strange thrill of infatuation, channeling wonder and wide-eyed bewilderment into her lyrics from the first verse (“Are you a paradise bird?/’Cause violet shines bright in both your eyes/That can’t be natural”). “‘Act Natural’ is about trying to play it cool when you meet someone remarkable,” shares Glaspy.  “I wrote it in the afternoon in the back of a tour bus and the riff came separately when I got home. It is one of my favorite songs on the record to play live.”  The video for the track, directed by Phineas Alexander, is a deep dive into Glaspy’s artistic New York City community and a showcase of her love for the guitar.

She has confirmed her first North American tour in support of the album. She and her band will hit the road on September 28 for a show at Washington, DC’s Union Stage. The tour concludes at the Lodge Room in Los Angeles on November 14. Along the way she will make stops in, among other markets, Toronto, ON on October 2, Chicago on October 7 and Seattle, on November 9. Margaret will play a hometown show at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom on October 20. Ahead of the tour she will head to the UK for a run of dates supporting Half Moon Run as well as a headline show at London’s Omeara on September 20.

Margaret Glaspy tour dates

9/12 – Chalk – Brighton, UK *

9/13 – O2 Forum Kentish Town – London, UK *

9/14 – SWX – Bristol, UK *

9/16 – Albert Hall – Manchester, UK *

9/17 – SWG3 – Glasgow, UK *

9/18 – Brudenell Social Club – Leeds, UK *

9/20 – Omeara – London, UK

9/28 – Union Stage – Washington, DC

9/29 – Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA

9/30 – The Sinclair – Boston, MA

10/2 – Horseshoe – Toronto, ON

10/3 – Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH

10/4 – El Club – Detroit, MI

10/6 – Fine Line – Minneapolis, MN

10/7 – Sleeping Village – Chicago, IL

10/8 – The Back Room @ Colectivo – Milwaukee, WI

10/10 – Blue Room @ Third Man Records – Nashville, TN

10/11 – Center Stage – Vinyl – Atlanta, GA

10/12 – Motorco Music Hall – Durham, NC

10/13 – Grey Eagle – Asheville, NC

10/14 – Richmond Music Hall – Richmond, VA

10/20 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY

11/1 – Antone’s – Austin, TX

11/2 – Deep Ellum Art Co – Dallas, TX

11/4 – Ophelia’s – Denver, CO

11/6 – Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT

11/7 – The Olympic – Boise, ID

11/9 – Madame Lou’s – Seattle, WA

11/10 – Biltmore Cabaret – Vancouver, BC

11/11 – Mississippi Studios – Portland, OR

11/13 – The Independent – San Francisco, CA

11/14 – Lodge Room – Los Angeles, CA

*opening for Half Moon Run

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