Wye Oak, the indie rock group from Baltimore, know a thing or two about releasing albums. The duo, composed of Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack have been consistent, releasing one every two years. Despite the gap between their 2011’s Civilian and 2014’s Shriek, then again, we all have faults. Wye Oak’s last album, Tween, graced our lives back in 2016, fans can expect something on the horizon.

Fans won’t have to wait long. Wye Oak have announced today that their fifth album, The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs will come out early April. Along with the news of the release date for the album, the band has shared the title track.

For the album, Wasner and Stack flew to each other’s cities (Durham, North Carolina for Jenn and Marfa, Texas for Andy) for a week at a time in order to combine their song ideas. They bunkered down in their home studios exchanging their sketches for the album. The result? Bigger and bolder music. For a sneak peak of the album, scroll down and listen to the title track.

The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs is set to come out worldwide on April 6th. Fans can pre-order their copy today on both CD and “sand & sky” (opaque beige & translucent blue) Peak Vinyl in the Merge store with the option to buy the exclusive t-shirt bundle. Fans can also be able to pre-order the album through these participating independent record shops or from these digital providers.

To support today’s The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs album announcement, Wye Oak has added a slew of new tour dates. These new dates go on top of their already planned unique orchestral collaboration at NYC’s Symphony Space next month and their appearance at Iowa City’s Mission Creek Festival which begins on the day the album is released. Tickets for these dates will go on sale Friday at noon.

The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs tracklist:

1. “(tuning)”
2. “The Instrument”
3. “The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs”
4. “Lifer”
5. “It Was Not Natural”
6. “Symmetry”
7. “My Signal”
8. “Say Hello”
9. “Over And Over”
10. “You Of All People”
11. “Join”
12. “I Know It’s Real”

Wye Oak on tour:
Feb 16 New York, NY – Symphony Space (Shriek suite with William Brittelle & Metropolis Ensemble)
Apr 06 Iowa City, IA – Mission Creek Festival
Apr 20 Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso Noord
Apr 21 Rotterdam, NL – Motel Mozaique Festival
Apr 22 Luxembourg, LU – De Gudde Wellen
Apr 25 Berlin, DE – BiNuu
Apr 26 Prague, CZ – MeetFactory
Apr 27 Vienna, AT – Fluc
Apr 29 Zurich, CH – Bogen F
May 01 Brussels, BE – Les Nuits Botanique @ Rotonde
May 02 Paris, FR – Le Pop Up
May 03 London, UK – Village Underground
May 04 Manchester, UK – The Deaf Institue
May 05 Liverpool, UK – Liverpool Sound City
May 06 Dublin, IE – Whelan’s
May 09 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle
May 10 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
May 11 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
May 13 Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
May 14 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
May 15 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
May 17 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
May 18 Milwaukee, WI – The Back Room at Colectivo
May 19 St. Paul, MN – Turf Club
May 20 Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
May 21 Kansas City, MO – Record Bar
May 23 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
May 25 St. Louis, MO – Ready Room
May 26 Louisville, KY – Zanzabar
Jul 13 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
Jul 15 Seattle, WA – Neumos
Jul 17 San Francisco, CA – The Independent
Jul 18 Oakland, CA – Starline Social Club
Jul 19 Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room

Photo credit by Sharon Alagna