Singer-songwriter M. Ward has announced his latest album, Migration Stories for April 2020 release. The LP will be out on April 3rd via Anti- Records and will include the song “Migration of Souls,” which is the album opener and first track to be shared from the new album.

Migration Stories was recorded in Quebec with Tim Kingsbury, Richard Reed Parry and producer/mixer Craig Silvey and tells the stories of human migration through song. “Some time went by, the stories wove together and I remember them now closer to characters in a dream of how people could treat each other than any kind of front-page news realism,” said Ward. “I think music subconsciously – whether writing or listening – is a filter for me. Helping to process all the bad news into something new to build from. Some records to me are like self-fulfilling prophecies – visualizing change to wish something into being. Those records inspired this one.”

Migration Stories track list

1. “Migration Of Souls”
2. “Heaven’s Nail and Hammer”
3. “Coyote Mary’s Traveling Show”
4. “Independent Man”
5. “Stevens’ Snow Man”
6. “Unreal City”
7. “Real Silence”
8. “Along the Santa Fe Trail”
9. “Chamber Music”
10. “Torch”
11. “Rio Drone”

M. Ward will also be embarking on tour in April and May of 2020. The tour kicks off in Philadelphia, PA at Union Transfer and will hit venues like Bowery Ballroom in New York City, The Chapel in San Francisco and The Regent Theater in Los Angeles, CA.

M. Ward Spring 2020 Tour Dates

04/17 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
04/18 – Washington, DC – U Street Music Hall
04/19 – Jersey City, NJ – White Eagle Hall
04/22 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
04/24 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair
04/26 – Woodstock, NY – Levon Helm Studios
04/28 – Ithaca, NY – The Haunt
04/29 – Toronto, ON – The Great Hall
05/01 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
05/02 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
05/03 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
05/14 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
05/16 – Seattle, WA – The Neptune Theatre
05/17 – Tacoma, WA – Elks Temple
05/19 – Sonoma, CA – Gundlach Bundschu Winery – Redwood Barn
05/20 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
05/22 – Los Angeles, CA – The Regent Theater