After a 14 year hiatus, the much-missed Royal Trux reunited for shows in 2015 and now they’ve finally shared two new songs which are their first studio recordings since 2000.
For the “band”, it was a natural, fluid return. Says Jennifer Herrema, “Nothing has changed within the Truxian universe we created for ourselves as teenagers; because Trux is and will always be our way of life whether living it together or separate…This is no hobby rock kick. We are long game lifers with no fear, no regrets and plenty of gratitude for the way the universe has rewarded our singular dynamic.”
Listen to the 2 new songs below.
Royal Trux signed to veritable Mississippi-based indie Fat Possum earlier this year. “It’s funny how the outside world perceives or feels compelled to parse complicated relationships and dynamics… Usually it’s an all or nothing game”, muses Herrema. “This next chapter is just another perfectly aligned bit of kismet. No concerted effort to force anything forward or to create something with an eye on the past. Only an awareness that the present had come calling with a gift to assist the future future of Royal Trux. The true believers that were once strangers found their way into our universe because everybody was ready for it and it simply, as if on cosmic cue, came to be.”
The band have also announced details for a coast-to-coast tour (All dates below).
Feb 13 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
Feb 15 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
Feb 16 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair
Feb 19 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
Feb 20 – Detroit, MI – El Club
Feb 22 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
Feb 23 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Feb 26 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw
Feb 27 – Seattle, WA – Showbox
Mar 02 – San Francisco, CA – August Hall
Mar 08 – Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom