LIVE AT THE RYMAN
Thee Sacred Souls – ‘Live For You’ Tour
Thee Sacred Souls have announced that their sophomore album - Got A StoryTo Tell - will be released October 4 on Daptone Records. The highly anticipated follow-up to their breakout 2022 self-titled debut, Got A Story To Tell features 12 all original new songs, a soaring statement of exquisite craftsmanship from this young band from San Diego whose story grows bigger by the day. Thee Sacred Souls have also announced their biggest headline tour yet, to take place this fall. The tour includes New York’s new 2700-capacity Brooklyn Paramount (Nov. 8) and Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium (Oct. 16). Full routing is available below. Tickets go on sale this Friday and more information on various pre-sales this week can be found
here. They will also perform at the Fool In Love festival in Los Angeles on August 31, a festival
featuring soul music legends at Hollywood Park / SoFi Stadium, Bumbershoot, Montreal Jazz
Festival, and will headline Celebrate Brooklyn this Saturday, June 22.
Today they’ve shared “Lucid Girl,” watch / listen here: https://daptone.ffm.to/gastt.OPR
The “Lucid Girl” video was filmed in Compton, LA at the Compton Cowboys ranch, and features
equestrian Zoie Brogdon - Directed by CAKE (aka Emma Kolb)
Like their debut, Got A Story To Tell was recorded and produced by Gabriel Roth at Penrose
Recorders, Daptone’s studio in Riverside, CA. Written in the throes of supporting their 2022
album - which was met with tremendous excitement and major touring that brought them across
the world - it represents a crucible for the band. It led to a demanding and intense period, but
they came out stronger and more together on the other side. They tapped into the explosion of
creativity that came with it to make their best songs yet.
Got A Story To Tell was written by founding members Alejandro Garcia, Salvador Samano and
Josh Lane. Garcia (drums, guitar), Samano (bass, drums) and Lane (vocals) recorded the
album, with additional horn, string, percussion, organ players and background vocalists.
Special guests include Larry Rendon on saxophone, an original member of Thee Midniters, the
East LA band from the ‘60s that made history as one of the first Chicano bands to have a major
hit in the U.S. (and in part what inspired Thee Sacred Souls’ band name). The live band
features Garcia, Samano and Lane, as well as Riley Dunn on keys, Shay Stulz on guitar, and
Astyn Turrentine and Viane Escobar on background vocals.
What swirls together on Got A Story To Tell is an appreciation of decades of soul music, and
beyond - a sound and feel that is timeless, lived in, and very much in the now. Songs that take
their time and relish in the moment. Album opener “Lucid Girl” champions independent women,
set to some of the toughest sounding drums and bass the band has yet to put to tape. The
song started with an idea from Garcia; it came to him on a Christmas morning of quiet solitude
and heartache. “She chose herself and then she grew,” Lane sings in his pure tenor before the
drums and Samano’s bass hit a stutter-step and the chorus kicks in. The album is full of
characters and stories, and “Lucid Girl” sets the stage.
“Waiting On The Right Time” slinks with a touch of slow-burning psychedelia. A plea for
empathy punctuates “One and the Same,” with Lane singing: “We’re one and the same, I feel
one day / We learn to live with each other / In love, not fear / Just for a moment, why can’t we be
together.” “On My Mind” is a sweeping orchestration, with Lane navigating the complexities of
finding happiness while balancing the good with the bad. The album is punctuated with strings
and squelching guitar, trundling piano, pops of conga, horns - it makes for a thrilling, layered
listen that rewards with multiple spins.
Thee Sacred Souls began when Garcia and Samano, just 23 at the time, started the framework
of the band by writing songs together. Lane joined as the vocalist and songwriter, moving to
SoCal from Sacramento, and they were offered a record deal by Daptone after their soon-to-be
producer Gabriel Roth saw one of their early gigs. Their debut - described by Uncut as “music
of terrifyingly high quality” - earned them performances on NPR’s Tiny Desk, which debuted in
February of this year, as well as several TV show appearances: Jimmy Kimmel Live!, CBS
Saturday, Kelly Clarkson, Jools Holland, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. They have
six million monthly listeners on Spotify, over 250 million streams on the platform so far, and “Can
I Call You Rose” has been the soundtrack to nearly a million posts between TikTok and
Instagram, a virality that took off in January of this year. An ever-growing list of fans includes
SZA, Alicia Keys, Leon Bridges, and Kylie Jenner. For a band that just began significant touring
in 2022, they’ve already made their festival debuts at Bonnaroo, Newport Folk, Austin City
Limits and Lollapalooza, and sold out Brooklyn Steel in January of 2023 - just their third proper
NYC headlining show ever.