Columbus, OH’s Saintseneca has shared the album stream for their anticipated upcoming album, Pillar of Na, via NPR First Listen. NPR is saying “the group has a real gift for matching fatalistic, ruminative rambles to arrangements that sparkle and surprise.”
Pillar of Na is available for pre-order now and due out 8/31 via ANTI- Records.
Memory is the common thread running throughout the folk-punk band’s fourth album. Following 2015’s critically lauded Such Things, the new album’s name is rooted in remembrance, referencing the Genesis story of Lot’s wife who looks back at a burning Sodom after God instructs her not to. She looks back, and God turns her into a pillar of salt. “Na,” meanwhile, is the chemical symbol for sodium. “Nah” is a passive refusal and the universal song word. It means nothing and stands for nothing. It is “as it is.”
Additionally, Saintseneca are hitting the road this weekend on their first headlining tour in 3 years in support of Pillar of Na. The tour kicks off with an album release show at Columbus’ Wexner Center.
TOUR DATES (US):
8/25 – Cincinnati, OH @ beWILDerfest
8/31 – Columbus, OH @ Wexner Center for the Arts *
9/4 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit Lodge *
9/5 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall *
9/6 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
9/7 – Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA *
9/8 – Richmond, VA @ The Camel *
9/9 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat (Backstage) *
9/11 – Durham, NC @ The Pinhook *
9/12 – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn *
9/13 – Tampa, FL @ Crowbar *
9/14 – Tallahassee, FL @ The Wilbury *
9/15 – New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa *
9/17 – Austin, TX @ Barracuda *
9/18 – Ft. Worth, TX @ Main at South Side *
9/19 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Opolis *
9/20 – Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck *
9/21 – St. Louis @ Off-Broadway *
9/22 – Davenport, IA @ Village Theatre *
9/23 – Indianapolis, IN @ Hollar on the Hill Festival
9/24 – Lexington, KY @ The Burl *
10/9 – Cleveland, OH @ Mahall’s ^
10/10 – Toronto, ONT @ Drake ^
10/11 – Ferndale, MI @ Loving Touch ^
10/12 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall ^
10/14 – Madison, WI @ High Noon ^
10/15 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry ^
10/18 – Boise, ID @ Funky Taco ^
10/19 – Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern ^
10/20 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge ^
10/22 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop ^
10/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo ^
10/24 – San Diego, CA @ The Casbah ^
10/25 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar ^
10/27 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge ^
^ w/ Trace Mountains