Madi Diaz has announced a headlining tour and a follow-up LP to her Grammy-nominated album Weird Faith. The new album is called Fatal Optimist, and it arrives October 10 via Anti-. Leading the singer-songwriter’s return is lead single “Feel Something” and its black-and-white Allister Ann–directed music video, which you can watch below.
When explaining the backstory of her new song, Diaz said: “‘Feel Something’ is about the deep yearning and desire to connect. It’s the moment when you’re trying to call in the love that was lost. It’s the first single off the album because it has the sense of urgency and panic that I felt at that first moment I noticed I was alone in my relationship.”
Spanning 11 tracks, Fatal Optimist is about “the innate hope for something magical,” according to Diaz. After originally stepping into a studio to record the album with friends, she opted to revive the solitude of her initial songwriting sessions instead, tapping co-producer Gabe Wax to work alongside her at his Infinite Family studio in California.
Following a few sets at music festivals this summer and show with Caamp at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, Diaz will embark on a headlining North American tour this autumn. The North American leg begins on September 26, in Woodstock, New York, and brings her to cities big and small across the United States, with a stop in British Columbia, too. Diaz will conclude the tour on November 21, in Pioneertown, California. Find her complete list of tour dates down below.
Fatal Optimist:
01 Hope Less
02 Ambivalence
03 Feel Something
04 Good Liar
05 Lone Wolf
06 Heavy Metal
07 If Time Does What It’s Supposed To
08 Flirting
09 Why’d You Have to Bring Me Flowers
10 Time Difference
11 Fatal Optimist
Madi Diaz:
07-03 Portland, ME – Back Cove Festival
07-08 Edmonton, Alberta – Edmonton Folk Festival
07-09 Edmonton, Alberta – Edmonton Folk Festival
09-12 New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall ^
09-26 Woodstock, NY – Bearsville Theater (The September Shows)
09-27 Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre (The September Shows)
10-11 Nashville, TN – The Basement East
10-13 Charlottesville, VA – The Southern Cafe & Music Hall
10-14 Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry at The Fillmore Philadelphia
10-16 Washington, D.C. – Union Stage
10-17 Lancaster, PA – West Art
10-18 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
10-20 Somerville, MA – Arts at the Armory
10-21 Northampton, MA – Iron Horse Music Hall
10-23 Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark
10-25 Evanston, IL – Space
10-26 Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
10-27 Minneapolis, MN – 7th St Entry
11-13 Seattle, WA – Fremont Abbey Arts Center
11-14 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
11-15 Vancouver, British Columbia – Biltmore Cabaret
11-18 San Francisco, CA – The Independent
11-20 Los Angeles, CA – Highland Park Ebell
11-21 Pioneertown, CA – Pappy & Harriet’s
^ with Caamp
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