A magnificent write-up in the hilariously profane journal "Lowbrow Reader" from Jay Ruttenberg encouraging you to BUY TICKETS NOW for the upcoming performances of Souled American, described herein as "one of those genre-of-one entities... 33 1/3 creatures in a world set at 45."

"The beloved American alternative country band return after three decades with a new record mixing slowcore with Americana." -The Hotlist, Spring 2026, Bandcamp Daily

In case you missed it: last week on NPR!

Chicago pals! BUY TICKETS. Do not miss this! Souled American record release show 4/26. This will be a VERY special show and I'm gutted I can't get out there to see it myself.

This morning on KMRD!

Two long-awaited returns and a spin off the axis: I talk about the first albums in quite some time by Neurosis (10 years) and Souled American (30!), plus the hypnotic Tara Clerkin Trio, on All Songs Considered @npr.org www.npr.org/2026/03/24/n...

this morning! thank you

29 years ago this month, I told my best friend Mark Lerner that my last postering project would be called "Fifty Posters About Souled American." He was unimpressed. "I feel like I could write fifty posters about them easy," he replied (as John Jay told Alexander Hamilton). (1/5)

youtu.be/3OCMkhfk18o?... Today marks the release of "Freeing Wheels," Souled American's second single from their long-awaited seventh record, SANCTIONS, accompanied by another spellbinding music video from Jeff Economy. (1/4)

Thanks WKPN and Alec Cumming!

Souled American US Tour 2026 (not to scale) Tickets: www.souledamerican.net/home/#Tour

“Spectral and slow-burning.” — Parade Out now on Jealous Butcher Records: Souled American’s “Boom Boom,” the first glimpse of their long-awaited new album SANCTIONS, arriving April 17. Stream the single now and pre-order the record jealousbutcher.com

"...'Sanctions' arrives as both continuation and reckoning..." parade.com/news/souled-...

thanks KSPC!

an ancient antidote

Tickets now on sale for Souled American's first US tour since 1991, with stops in Seattle, Portland, Arcata CA, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Claremont CA, Minneapolis, Madison, Cudahy WI, Burlington VT, Medford MA, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland. Tickets: www.souledamerican.net/home/#Tour

Souled American Announce First New Album In 30 Years <em>Sanctions</em>: Hear “Boom Boom” - stereogum.com/2485402/soul...

"lingering passion and unwavering vulnerability..." www.jimlaczkowski.net/catchup/

The first single and video off the new Souled American album "Sanctions" - I know I'm biased but I'll say it anyway - is heart stoppingly stunning www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJJ4...

Pre-ordered on sight just now. It's incredible that @souledamerican.bsky.social are back with a new album. Cannot wait to hear it! Thank you to @tobiascarroll.bsky.social and @sarahhennies.bsky.social for the tip.

Join me in getting excited for the first new Souled American @souledamerican.bsky.social album in 30 years. The return of their skeletal, darkly minimalist country sound after this long is very welcome: souledamerican.bandcamp.com/album/sancti...

Reposting for the @souledamerican.bsky.social hive that may have missed it this morning. Saw Souled American at the Make Out Room in SF about a billion years ago and sometimes can't believe it was real. New video is the absolute maximum in "very much my shit." www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJJ4...

*** AVAILABLE FOR PRE_ORDER TODAY *** ALSO--Tickets for their opening dates in Catskill NY (www.viewcy.com/event/playti...), Brooklyn NY (www.eventim.us/wafform.aspx...), and Evanston IL (www.ticketweb.com/event/souled...) (Code: FROZEN) on sale. Rest of dates will be announced next week.

And now: Rosy Overdrive's favorite reissues and compilations of 2025!

“There’s just something very unusual about the chemistry that these musicians had in the songs that they wrote…”

Thank you KSPC for 2.5 minutes of especially miraculous music this morning!

"Indeed, Souled American’s career arc mirrored Herman Melville’s. Almost popular, an adventurous debut, then diminishing commercial returns and decreasing visibility with each succeeding release. Then, silence.” --from Souled American's Slow Resurrection/Tracy Santa 27 February 2025, POP MATTERS.

Yesterday I received and read Camden Joy's "Unforgetting Flubber" which is a great read about my favorite @souledamerican.bsky.social LP. I remember seeing the video below for "All Good Things" super late either as the last shown on "120 Minutes" or the first video after 2 AM: youtu.be/WaEeSL_gZiw

Today’s mail! Camden Joy’s deep dive into the making of a great record by @souledamerican.bsky.social

Chris Grigoroff formed Souled American in 1986 with bassist Joe Adducci, drummer Jamey Barnard, and guitarist Scott Tuma. "To me it was a very simple concept," says Grigoroff. "I wanted to have a rock and roll band that used roots music to create something that had never been created."

Souled American’s seventh album—said since December 1997 to be nearing completion—is at last sequenced, mastered, and done. The band is in talks with several labels. Expect details soon.

In late-July 1989, a few months after the release of Flubber, the band arrives in California and the LA Weekly celebrates them thus: "funky hillbilly-rock that captures the dark, charred heart and speed-addled brain of the American truckstop spirit..."

Best novel ever is being reissued Tuesday

Souled American playing outdoors at Phyllis’s North in 1988.

A review of Souled American’s Rise Above It in Poland’s Lizard magazine…!

Chris Grigoroff, age twenty-four, in cut-offs and Charleston Girls softball shirt, pictured with the rest of the Uptown Rulers in 1980, the band of cut-offs that preceded Souled American.

“We dub thee… Flubber!” Souled American’s second release was named for the anti-grav product created by Ned Brainard in Disney’s “The Absent-Minded Professor” (1961)

This from the excellent Skylar Keffer—a photo from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a flyer mentioning Souled American, raising hopes that they will dominate next year’s voting.

Super articulate.

Tomorrow : Bandcamp Friday. Cost of 35 DAYS OF FE: momentarily low.

“Souled American are a conundrum.”

Hey, JD, wanted to thank you for shouting out this show last week. I had not heard of SA before and I went solely due to the recs from you and @cardiganenthusiast.bsky.social and it was a really fantastic and special gig. @souledamerican.bsky.social

I have an album coming out May 9. Here's a video for one tune from it, a cover of a song by the incomparable @robynhitchcock.bsky.social. Please feel encouraged to share widely! youtu.be/IP_qEFULFoM?...

New interview with the band open.spotify.com/episode/3iAX...

In Boomer films, men bond at the batting cages. In Gen X films, men play paintball. In Millennial films, men sit on sofas and shoot aliens/terrorists on TV. What do Gen Z men do?

Consider buying tickets app.promotix.com/events/detai...

just got mine in the mail -- something to really cherish.