Seasick Steve shares new double single 'Funky Music' / 'Let The Music Talk' and details of huge UK / EU tour
Seasick Steve | Photo credit: Andy Willsher
Seasick Steve is today sharing two new tracks 'Funky Music' and 'Let The Music Talk', the latest music to be taken from his upcoming new album A Trip A Stumble A Fall Down On Your Knees, which is due for release on 7th June via SO Recordings. On top of his June run of UK instore and outstore performances, a huge run of UK and EU tour dates has been announced, as well as additions to the main stages at Latitude Festival, Black Deer Festival and Wychwood Festival.
It's been almost 20 years since Seasick Steve's celebrated appearance on Jools Holland's Hootenanny launched the unknown American singer-songwriter to worldwide fame, and his beat-up three-string Japanese guitar and old wooden stompbox made musical history. The overwhelming response surprised nobody more than Steve himself, and was like a lightning strike; the impact of which is still being felt close to two decades later, as he has gone onto play almost every major festival in the World, rack up over 2 million album sales, and release three UK Top 10 albums.
Following on the heels of the album's lead single 'Backbone Slip', Steve had the following to say about new cut 'Funky Music': "This track is super fun to play! It’s just about funking it up, I have always loved funk! Bands like ‘Sly & The Family Stone’, ‘Tower Of Power’ you know, that was the influence here, it’s a soul thang!"
Continuing about the album, he says: “This album was made by mistake, as the title suggests we just tripped and stumbled into it, and it became my favourite album ever and the piece of work I’m most proud of to date. There’s not a week goes by that I don’t thank my lucky stars for that night on the Hootenanny which has brought us here to this record”.
His new record A Trip A Stumble A Fall Down On Your Knees is released on 7th June 2024 via So Recordings and available to pre-order now. It's a record he proudly says is his favourite to date.
Pre-order the album here
Hear each of the newly released songs on streaming services here and share them both via YouTube Funky Music and Let the Music Talk
Seasick Steve UK instore and outstore performances 2024
Buy tickets here
Thursday June 6th | Banquet Records @ Pryzm, Kingston (8:30pm)
Friday June 7th | Rough Trade East, London (7pm)
Saturday June 8th | HMV Oxford Street, London (2pm)
Sunday June 9th | Rough Trade, Bristol (12pm)
Monday June 10th | Rough Trade, Nottingham (7pm) - SOLD OUT
NEW DATE Tuesday 11th June | Rough Trade, Liverpool (7pm)
Wednesday June 12th | Crash Records @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (7pm)
NEW DATE | Thursday June 13th | Resident Records @ Chalk, Brighton (7pm)
Seasick Steve summer festivals and UK / EU headline tour 2024
Pre-sale for November UK headline tour dates opens on Wednesday 13th March at 10am GMT (sign-up here) with general on sale beginning Friday 15th March at 10am GMT.
June 2nd | Wychwood Festival, Cheltenham Racecourse, UK
June 15th | Black Deer Festival, Eridge Park, Kent, UK
July 19th | Beach Festival, Nieuwpoort, Belgium
July 23rd | Podium Victorie, Alkmaar, NL
July 25th | Tivolivredenberg (Ronda), Utrecht, NL
July 27th | Latitude Festival, Henham Park, Suffolk, UK
October 20th | Bierhübeli, Bern, CH
October 22nd | Freiheitshalle, Munich, DE
October 24th | Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, BE
October 25th | Bosuil, Weert, NL
October 27th | Batschkapp, Frankfurt, DE
October 29th | Lucerna Music Bar, Prague, CZ
October 30th | Proxima, Warsaw, Poland
November 1st | Metropol, Berlin, DE
November 3rd | Mojo, Hamburg, DE
November 4th | Paard, Den Haag, NL
November 6th | Alhambra, Geneva, CH
November 7th | Alhambra, Paris, FR
November 9th | O2 Guildhall, Southampton, UK
November 10th | Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, UK
November 12th | Corn Exchange, Cambridge, UK
November 14th | Forum, Bath, UK
November 16th | Albert Hall, Manchester, UK
November 17th | O2 Academy, Glasgow, UK
November 19th | Civic Theatre, Wolverhampton, UK
November 21st | O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK
Seasick Steve - A Trip A Stumble A Fall Down On Your Knees album tracklisting
1. Move To The Country
2. Internet Cowboys
3. San Francisco Sound
4. A Trip And A Stumble
5. This Way
6. Backbone Slip
7. Let The Music Talk
8. You Don't Know **
9. Funky Music
10. Cryin' Out Loud
11. Soul Food **
12. Elisabeth
** Exclusive to digital, CD and cassette formats
