Label: Mom + Pop
Released 8/16/19
"How does brokenness walk? Or move through the world?" says guitarist/vocalist Carrie Brownstein about The Center Won't Hold, Sleater-Kinney's tenth studio album. "We're always mixing the personal and the political but on this record, despite obviously thinking so much about politics, we were really thinking about the person ourselves or versions of ourselves or iterations of depression or loneliness in the middle of the chaos." The Center Won't Hold is Sleater-Kinney's midnight record on the doomsday clock. After twenty-five years of legendary collaboration, rock'n'roll giants Brownstein, Corin Tucker, and Janet Weiss rise to meet the moment by digging deeper and sounding bigger than we've heard them yet. Here are intimate battle cries. Here are shattered songs for the shattered survivors. "The Center Won't Hold drops you into the world of catastrophe that touches on the election," says guitarist/vocalist Tucker of the title track. "We're not taking it easy on the audience. That song is meant to be really heavy and dark. And almost like a mission statement, at the end of that song, it's like we're finding our way out of that space by becoming a rock band."
Deluxe Vinyl LP Includes:
- 12" Gatefold (1 Pocket - 4/0 -350gsm w-w Board - Matte Machine Finish)
- 4 color LP Labels
- 12" Black Heavy Weight Vinyl (180g)
- 12" Paper Inner Euro Sleeve
- -"Hurry On Home" 7" record (Standard Jacket, 1 pocket, Matte Machine Finish, 4c labels)
- Silver Foil Marketing Sticker
Track Listing:
1. The Center Won’t Hold
2. Hurry On Home
3. Reach Out
4. Can I Go On
5. Restless
6. Ruins
7. LOVE
8. Bad Dance
9. The Future Is Here
10. The Dog/The Body
11. Broken
Tour Dates:
SEP 5 THU Downtown Raleigh Raleigh, NC
OCT 9 WED Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox Spokane, WA
OCT 11 FRI Knitting Factory Concert House Boise, ID
OCT 12 SAT The Depot Salt Lake City, UT
OCT 13 SUN Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
OCT 15 TUE Palace Theatre Minneapolis, MN
OCT 16 WED Riverside Theater Milwaukee, WI
OCT 18 FRI Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL
OCT 19 SAT Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL
OCT 20 SUN Old Forester’s Paristown Hall Louisville, KY
OCT 21 MON Ryman Auditorium Nashville, TN
OCT 23 WED Tabernacle Atlanta, GA
OCT 25 FRI The Anthem Washington, DC
OCT 26 SAT Stage AE Pittsburgh, PA
OCT 27 SUN The Fillmore Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA
OCT 29 TUE House Of Blues Boston Boston, MA
OCT 30 WED Kings Theatre Brooklyn, NY
OCT 31 THU Hammerstein Ballroom New York, NY
NOV 1 FRI Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH