Today, Chelsea Wolfe has announced the release of her new album Birth of Violence, which will be released on September 13 on Sargent House. In addition to the album announcement, she’s shared a song from the record called “The Mother Road.” For this latest album, Wolfe has taken her songwriting in a more stripped-down direction, exuding the folk influences that highlight her incredible songwriting ability. In that spirit, she’s announced a fall 2019 acoustic North American tour.

“The Mother Road” features rich instrumentation that fills the speakers but allows Wolfe’s angelic singing to float atop the mix. While it starts slow and mellow, it gradually builds in sound and intensity until the finale of pounding tom drums and cascading stringed instruments. Ben Chisholm worked with Wolfe on the album, which lyrically uses familiar themes of Americana from the country and folk traditions. While “The Mother Road” doesn’t suggest a fully acoustic sound that the artist hinted at on social media earlier this year, it does show a different side of Wolfe than her previous album, 2017’s excellent Hiss Spun.

Birth of Violence Track Listing

1. “The Mother Road”
2. “American Darkness”
3. “Birth of Violence”
4. “Deranged for Rock & Roll”
5. “Be All Things”
6. “Erde”
7. “When Anger Turns to Honey”
8. “Dirt Universe”
9. “Little Grave”
10. “Preface to a Dream Play”
11. “Highway”

Chelsea Wolfe Fall 2019 Acoustic Tour Dates

08/31 – Pasadena, CA – Pasadena Daydream Festival (Non Acoustic Set)
10/18 – San Diego, CA – Observatory North Park
10/19 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
10/21 – Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall
10/22 – Estes Park, CO – Stanley Hotel
10/24 – Chicago, IL – Metro
10/25 – Detroit, MI – Senate Theater
10/26 – Toronto, ONT – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
10/27 – Montreal, QC – Le National
10/29 – Boston, MA – Royale
10/31 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
11/01 – New York, NY – Brooklyn Steel
11/03 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
11/04 – Charlotte, NC – McGlohon Theater
11/05 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
11/06 – Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge
11/08 – Dallas, TX – Texas Theatre
11/09 – Austin, TX – Levitation
11/10 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
11/12 – Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf
11/13 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
11/15 – Los Angeles, CA – The Palace Theatre
11/16 – San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom
11/18 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
11/20 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox
11/21 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre

Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat