The Toadies have introduced a brand new album, The Charmer, which they did with the legendary Steve Albini. The band’s newest providing is certain to convey extra of the excessive octane sound they’re cherished for. The band can be asserting 2026 nationwide tour dates.
A press launch from The Toadies’ administration revealed that The Charmer shall be launched on Might 1st, through Spaceflight Information.
The Charmer is among the many few initiatives The Toadies recorded with Steve Albin earlier than his unlucky passing that haven’t but been launched.
An intensive nationwide tour will assist The Charmer by the autumn with some choose competition stops. Tickets on sale Friday Feb. 20. For more information: https://thetoadies.com/tour-dates/.
Working with Albini is one thing the band needed to do for a really very long time explains bassist Doni Blair: “Working with Steve was, fairly actually, a dream come true. It was all the things I needed and extra. For my part it was the perfect recording session I’ve had in 35 years of constructing albums. The 5 of us had been a staff centered on making a fantastic Toadies album, which we did.” Frontman Vaden Lewis provides: “This album has been a very long time within the works, and it’s such a pleasure to see it come collectively,
we went again to fundamentals for this session: all analogue, reside takes, excessive vitality.” Drummer Mark Reznicek provides: “I’ve been a fan of Steve Albini’s since I first heard the albums he recorded with the Pixies and PJ Harvey, so having the ability to file with him can be a dream come true. Actually, once we first signed with a serious label, they requested us who we want to work with and all of us mentioned “Albini!” Properly, for no matter cause, the label didn’t go for it. And now 30 years later, it lastly occurred!”
Albini’s strategy of capturing bands uncooked and reside was the right match the for band’s vitality ensuing within the basic Toadies sound, Lewis says: “No computer systems had been used for monitoring or mixing, simply old-fashioned tape and razor blade.”
One other first for the Toadies is signing with the Austin-based label Spaceflight Information, a considered one of a form non-profit file label. Based by long-time entrance of home engineer and producer Brett Orrison, documentary filmmaker Sam Douglas, and drummer/ founding father of Interstellar Audio Machines Eric Bice. The corporate is staffed with creatives, together with Texas musician Bryan Richie of The Sword and Rick Pierik of 9 Mile Information and the advisory board consists of producers, musicians and business together with Paul Leary (Butthole Surfers) Dave Colleges (Widespread Panic), Adrian Quesada (Black Pumas) and music business veteran Matt Pinfield.
Orrison talks in regards to the partnership: “This felt like a pure match. Working with Toadies displays how we method issues at Spaceflight, supporting artists who worth possession, independence, and a sustainable strategy to make data.” He continues: “The Toadies have by no means wanted context or rationalization. Their music holds up by itself, and the way in which they function feels intentional quite than reactive. They’re engaged with their viewers, nonetheless placing weight behind bodily data and reside reveals, and approaching releases with care. It’s about presence and function…They’re a band that is aware of what issues.”
Toadies guitarist Clark Vogeler talks in regards to the band’s new label dwelling: “We respect that they’re musicians and crew staff themselves,” Vogeler continued. “In addition they have guys which have lengthy histories in reside music, so we simply really feel prefer it’s a fantastic partnership for us. It’s completely different than the foremost label system, which has been tremendous irritating for us over time.” And, as for The Charmer, “Musically, there’s a form of new basic rock taste constructed into Toadies. There’s all the time been some ZZ Prime, however now there’s some Boston, Bob Seger, and Rolling Stones … and Vaden is utilizing loads of seventh chords, which to me can sound panicked. It’s bought this additional observe in there that makes you’re feeling like one thing’s not proper.”
Made on their very own phrases, fulfilling a long-held dream of recording with Albini and launched by a label that places artists first, The Charmer is essentially the most defiantly “Toadies” Toadies album but.
The Charmer TrackList:
- Ash’s Theme
- Come To Life
- The Charmer
- I Wished To Be All over the place
- Lengthy Time
- I Stroll A Line
- Get Out Of Your Head
- Harm
- Nearer To You
- Regular
- I Name Your Title
- Gasoline Jane
- In Bandages
Toadies 2026 U.S. Dwell Dates
Toadies will hit the highway this spring with a rotating lineup of assist from Native H+, Vandoliers* and Sparta^. The Black Angels will seem on the Dallas date solely.
- Apr. 16 – Buda, TX – The Yard *
- Apr. 17 – Cypress, TX – Fio Hill Nation Grill *
- Apr. 18 – Biloxi, MS – Crawfish Boil – Miss. Coast Coliseum
- Apr. 19 – New Orleans, LA – Tipitinas *
- Apr. 30 – Abilene, TX – Potosi Dwell +*
- Might 1 – Christoval, TX – Cooper’s BBQ/LIVE!+*
- Might 2 – Dallas, TX – Longhorn Yard =+*
- Might 3 – Oklahoma Metropolis, OK – Tower Theatre +
- Might 5 – Fayetteville, AR – Ozark Music Corridor *
- Might 7 – Memphis, TN – Graceland Soundstage
- Might 8 – Nashville, TN – Eastside Bowl +*
- Might 9 – Birmingham, AL – Iron Metropolis +*
- Might 12 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade – Heaven +*
- Might 13 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel +*
- Might 15 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground +*
- Might 16 – Raleigh, NC- The Ritz +*
- Might 17 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore +*
- Might 19 – Norwalk, CT – District Music Corridor +*
- Might 20 – Boston, MA – Home of Blues +*
- Might 21 – New York, NY – Webster Corridor +*
- Might 22 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Switch +*
- Might 23 – Asbury Park, NJ – The Stone Pony +*
- Might 27 – Pittsburgh, PA – Roxian Theatre +*
- Might 28 – Cleveland, OH – Home of Blues *
- Might 29 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s *
- Might 30 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection +*
- Might 31 – Chicago, IL – The Vic +*
- Jun. 2 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue +*
- Jun. 3 – Omaha, NE – The Astro +*
- Jun. 5 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theater ^
- Jun. 6 – Salt Lake Metropolis, UT – The Grand at The Advanced +^
- Jun. 7 – Boise, ID – Knitting Manufacturing unit +^
- Jun. 9 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox +^
- Jun. 10 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater +^
- Jun. 12 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore +^
- Jun. 13 – Los Angeles, The Belasco +^
- Jun. 14 – Santa Ana, CA – Observatory +^
- Jun. 16 – San Diego, CA – Observatory North Park +^
- Jun. 17 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren +^
About The Toadies
With greater than 30 years behind them, Toadies have constructed considered one of various rock’s most enduring legacies, releasing seven studio albums and enjoying main festivals together with Lollapalooza and Austin Metropolis Limits. Their hometown of Fort Price has even declared an official “Toadies Day.”
Their platinum-selling 1994 debut Rubberneck spawned the enduring singles ‘Tyler’ and ‘Possum Kingdom,’ hit #1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart, and spent 49 weeks on the Billboard 200. After reuniting in 2006, the band’s fanbase has continued to develop yr after yr.
Rubberneck stays a defining file of the period, incomes recognition from NME, Final Guitar, and Rolling Stone as some of the influential grunge albums of the ’90s.
Spaceflight Information is an Austin-based nonprofit file label supporting those that make music by bodily releases, distribution, and hands-on launch administration. Its work focuses on creating sustainability by restoring file gross sales as a significant supply of revenue for working musicians.
