{"id":973843,"date":"2019-12-03T10:45:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T17:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=920814"},"modified":"2019-12-03T10:45:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T17:45:35","slug":"m-ward-preps-new-lp-migration-stories-plots-north-american-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/m-ward-preps-new-lp-migration-stories-plots-north-american-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"M. Ward Preps New LP \u2018Migration Stories,\u2019 Plots North American Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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M. Ward<\/a> will release his 10th solo album, Migration Stories<\/em>, on April 3rd, 2020 via Anti Records. The singer-songwriter will promote the record on a North American tour that launches April 17th in Philadelphia and wraps May 22nd in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Ward previewed the LP, which follows 2018\u2019s What a Wonderful Industry<\/em>, with new song \u201cMigration of Souls.\u201d The track follows the singer\u2019s gravely voice as it glides over strummed acoustic guitars, melodic bass, breathy saxophones and reverb-kissed harmonies. \u201cSailing on past space and time,\u201d he sings. \u201cThat\u2019s how I\u2019ll get back to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The She & Him member recorded the 11-track project in Quebec, Canada, collaborating with Arcade Fire members Tim Kingsbury and Richard Reed Parry, along with producer-mixer Craig Silvey (Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Florence and the Machine) and Teddy Impakt. They designed the songs around stories of human migration, including those from friends and Ward\u2019s own family history.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Ward described the album as \u201c11 largely instrumental ballads \u2014 a sci-fi fast forward to a more silent night many generations from here to a maybe-era where movement is free again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Of the tales that inspired the songs, he added, \u201cSome 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. I think music subconsciously \u2014 whether writing or listening \u2014 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 \u2014 visualizing change to wish something into being. Those records inspired this one.\u201d<\/p>\n

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M. Ward \u2013 Migration Stories<\/em> Track List<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. \u201cMigration of Souls\u201d
2. \u201cHeaven\u2019s Nail and Hammer\u201d
3. \u201cCoyote Mary\u2019s Traveling Show\u201d
4. \u201cIndependent Man\u201d
5. \u201cStevens\u2019 Snow Man\u201d
6. \u201cUnreal City\u201d
7. \u201cReal Silence\u201d
8. \u201cAlong the Santa Fe Trail\u201d
9. \u201cChamber Music\u201d
10. \u201cTorch\u201d
11. \u201cRio Drone\u201d<\/p>\n

M. Ward Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n

April 17 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
April 18 \u2013 Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall
April 19 \u2013 Jersey City, NJ @ White Eagle Hall
April 22 \u2013 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
April 24 \u2013 Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
April 26 \u2013 Woodstock, NY @ Levon Helm Studios
April 28 \u2013 Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt
April 29 \u2013 Toronto, ON @ The Great Hall
May 1 \u2013 Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
May 2 \u2013 Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
May 3 \u2013 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
May 14 \u2013 Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
May 16 \u2013 Seattle, WA @ The Neptune Theatre
May 17 \u2013 Tacoma, WA @ Elks Temple
May 19 \u2013 Sonoma, CA @ Gundlach Bundschu Winery \u2013 Redwood Barn
May 20 \u2013 San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
May 22 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater<\/p>\n

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M. Ward will release his 10th solo album, Migration Stories, on April 3rd, 2020 via Anti Records. The singer-songwriter will promote the record on a North American tour that launches April 17th in Philadelphia and wraps May 22nd in Los Angeles. Ward previewed the LP, which follows 2018\u2019s What a Wonderful Industry, with new song […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-973843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 08:08:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KFMU Solar Powered Radio","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=973843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973843\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=973843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=973843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=973843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}