Chuck Prophet’s Night Surfer Arrives September 23rd

CHUCK PROPHET’S NIGHT SURFER OUT SEPTEMBER 23 ON YEP ROC RECORDS

FIRST SINGLE “WISH ME LUCK” PREMIERES AT WSJ’S SPEAKEASY

TOUR DATES CONFIRMED
“…no one can turn tales from the outer limits into catchy songs quite like Prophet does. He’s as original as the characters he brings to life, in all their tawdry, tattered glory.”—NPR Music

“…a minor god in the roots-rock pantheon—a sharp, prolific singer-songwriter who
always seems to have a new batch of tunes ready to go.”—The Washington Post

“…with Prophet, grimness, humor, fact and fiction mingle freely.”—NPR Fresh Air

Night Surfer, the thirteenth studio album for acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Chuck Prophet, will be released September 23 on Yep Roc Records. In advance of the release, the first single, “Wish Me Luck,” premiered today at WSJ’s Speakeasy. The single is also now available as an instant download with all album pre-orders. Several summer tour dates are confirmed with a full fall tour to be announced shortly. See below for complete details.

Night Surfer was recorded in Prophet’s hometown of San Francisco at Decibelle Recording Studio and in Nashville at Alex the Great with noted producer Brad Jones and was mixed in upstate New York by Paul Q Kolderie. Of the album, Prophet comments, “This record is loosely conceptual but universal all the same. It’s all about a path forward, about looking around and imagining where we’ll be in 20 years if we just follow that path. And of course, you’ll find a persistent anxiety throughout; we live, after all, in anxious times. As John Murry told me after a first listen, ‘It brings a tear to the eye and blood to the johnson.’ So yeah, a new record, new sound. It’s got it’s own groove with in your face guitars that snake and harmonize. They jangle too, thanks in no small part to special guest Peter Buck.”

The new record follows Prophet’s widely praised 2012 release, Temple Beautiful, of which Paste Magazine asserted, “Not since Lou Reed paid homage to the city and era that forged him with New York has there been a song cycle dedicated to a place and reality that offers the core immediacy with the thump, churn and ferocity of Chuck Prophet’s Temple Beautiful.”

Since emerging onto the music scene at age 18 as a member of the seminal rock band Green on Red, Prophet has collaborated with everyone from Warren Zevon and Kelly Willis to Jim Dickinson and Lucinda Williams among many others. In recent years, Prophet’s music has been featured in several hit television series including HBO’s “True Blood,” Showtime’s “Californication,” and FX’s “Sons of Anarchy.” He also co-wrote all the songs on Alejandro Escovedo’s 2008 critically acclaimed album Real Animal.

CHUCK PROPHET, NIGHT SURFER

1. Countrified Inner City Technological Man
2. Wish Me Luck
3. Guilty As A Saint
4. They Don’t Know About Me and You
5. Lonely Desolation
6. Laughing On The Inside
7. If I Was A Baby
8. Ford Econoline
9. Felony Glamour
10. Tell Me Anything (Turn To Gold)
11. Truth Will Out (Ballad of Melissa and Remy)
12. Love Is The Only Thing

CHUCK PROPHET CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
*with Stephanie Finch

July 18 Gateshead, UK Summertyne Americana Festival
July 20 Portsmouth, UK The Cellars*
July 24 San Sebastian, Spain Jazzaldia Festival*
July 26 Kotor, Montenegro Searock Festival*
July 27 Pusiano, Italy Buscadero Festival*
July 28 Forli, Italy Strade Blu Festival*
August 1 Louisville, CO Louisville Street Faire
August 2 Denver, CO Soiled Dove
August 3 Salt Lake City, UT Garrick’s Concerts
August 6 Seattle, WA Two Union Square
August 6 Bellingham, WA Green Frog Café Acoustic Tavern
August 7 Portland, OR White Eagle
August 8 Bainbridge, WA The Treehouse Café
August 9 Seattle, WA Slim’s Last Chance
August 31 Nicasio, CA Rancho Nicasio BBQ
October 3 & 4 San Francisco, CA Make Out Room