Black Joe Lewis & Honeybears Announce New Album The Difference Between Me & You for September 2018 Release and Share New Single “Culture Vulture”

Texas blues-rock band, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears have announced the release of a new album due out September 7th. Along with the announcement they are premiering the video for “Culture Vulture” their first single. The video shows Lewis & The Honeybears performing in a cramped studio space while down the hall an obnoxious, preppy boy band plays to a crowd. Watch the video below.

The band recorded The Difference Between Me & You, their fifth studio album, in their hometown of Austin. Still keeping the southern soul, gritty blues and rock n’ roll sound, Lewis opted for a different more socially conscious and political direction with his lyrics this time.

“ ‘Culture Vulture’ is a song about those who consume everything from the masses to create their identity while thinking it’s their won culture and influence that is under attack from others they perceive as different,” Joe Lewis told Afro Punk. “They think some kind of urban revolution is needed to preserve what’s theirs, which allows the Powers that be to play off their fear mongering and watch the world burn.”

“Online you stay all night/What they want they already have/Tiki torches & haircuts blaming somebody you never meet/ That’s porno for the agency,” Lewis sings on the track.

The latest album follows the critically acclaimed album Backlash, released in 2017. Lewis formed the band in 2007 and according to previous article, Esquire magazine named them one of the “Ten Best Bands to Break Out at 2009s SXSW Festival.”

The band will embark on a North American tour this fall in celebration of their new release. Scroll down for tour dates.

The Difference Between Me & You track list:

1. Nothing But A Cliché
2. Face In the Scene
3. No Rhyme or Reason
4. Some Conversations You Just Don’t Need to Have
5. Culture Vulture
6. Suit or Soul?
7. Handshake Drugs
8. She Came onto Me
9. Do Yourself In
10. Hemmin & Hawlin’
11. Girls on Bikes
12. Gut Feeling
13. Blue Leather

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears 2018 North American Tour Dates:

9/7 – Austin, Tx @ Continental Club
9/11 – Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
9/13 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
9/14 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
9/15 – Los Angeles, CA @ Vintage Vibe Festival
9/17 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
9/18 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
9/20 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
9/21 – Seattle, WA. @ Tractor Tavern
9/23 – Victoria, BC @ Capitol Ballroom
9/24 – Vancouver, BC @ Venue
9/26 – Kamloops, BC @ The Blue Grotto
9/27 – Calgary, AB @ Commonwealth Bar and Stage
9/28 – Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room
9/29 – Saskatoon, SK @ Amigos
9/30 – Winnipeg, MB @ The Good Will Social Club
10/2 – Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
10/3 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
10/4 – Chicago, Il @ The Empty Bottle
10/5 – Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop
10/6 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
10/8 – Detroit, MI @ Deluxx Fluxx
10/10 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
10/12 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Lounge
10/15 – Allston, MA @ Great Scott
10/16 – Ardmore, PA @ Ardmore Music Hall
10/17 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
10/18 – Charlotte, NC @ Visulite Theatre
10/19 – Charleston, SC @ Charleston Pourhouse
10/20 – Milledgeville, GA @ Deep Roots Festival
10/22 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon