Westerman has returned with a new single, ‘Idol; RE-run’, his first new music since the release of his debut album, Your Hero Is Not Dead, in 2020. The London-born, Athens-based aritst co-produced the track with James Krivchenia of Big Thief, and it features Krivchenia, Mikel Patrick Avery and Booker Stardrum on drums, Ben Reed on bass, Luke Temple on synth, Mat Davidson on piano, Robin Eubanks on the trombone. Check it out below, along with Westerman’s upcoming tour dates.
“The lyrics to the song were written around the same time as the storming of the Capitol,” Westerman explained in a press release. “The compulsion towards the pedestal is strong. The need to scapegoat and revere without logic. Our populists actively celebrate there being people who don’t know anything other or better than anyone else, yet these spectres with their failings conduct our anger and resentment as if they were gods. They are nothing more than the shadow of something else, the face fronting a need to be loved or revered present in everyone. And there will always be another face to front.”
Westerman 2022/2023 Tour Dates:
Oct 12 Faenza, Italy – Clandestino Faenza
Oct 13 Milan, Italy – Germi-Luuogo di Contaminazione
Oct 15 Budapest, Hungary – Isolation Budapest
Oct 24 Birmingham, England – Hare & Hounds
Oct 25 Manchester, England – Yes
Oct 26 Glasgow, Scotland – Broadcast
Oct 28 London, England – Union Chapel
May 6 San Diego, CA – Casbah
May 7 San Francisco, CA – The Independent
May 9 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
May 10 Seattle, WA – Madame Lou’s
May 14 Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
May16 Minneapolis, MN – 7th St Entry
May 17 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
May 19 Toronto, Ontario – Horseshoe Tavern
May 20 Montreal, Quebec – Bar Le Ritz PDB
May 21 Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
May 23 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
May 24 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
May 26 Washington, D.C. – Songbyrd
May 27 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle Back Room
May 28 Atlanta, GA – The Earl
May 30 Austin, TX – Antone’s Nightclub
May 31 Dallas, TX – Club Dada
Jun 2 Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar
Jun 3 Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room
