Laura Jane Grace, who released her second solo album earlier this year, Hole In My Head, has shared a new track in collaboration with new band The Mississippi Medicals.
The band features Grace, Matt Parron (Drive-By Truckers), Mikey Erg, and Paris Campbell Grace. An EP is in the works, with official details to come soon. In the meantime, the group has shared "All Fucked Out."
The deets:
Back in 2021, I sat down in my office to do some songwriting. Not knowing what specifically to write about that day, I challenged myself to write a song similar to whatever the current #1 hit in the world was at the time. I made the challenge to myself without knowing exactly what that song was so I had to look it up, and as it turned out at that moment, the current #1 song in the world was ‘Butter’ by BTS. Now, for those of you not familiar with the song "Butter", it's about how the singer is "smooth like butter".
"Hmmm…" I thought to myself. ‘If they're smooth like Butter, what am I?’ And the answer to that question is "All Fucked Out" -- not to be confused with "All Fucked Up", mind you. "All Fucked Out" as in zero fucks left to give. The song quickly became a staple in my live set and I've taken a couple different previous attempts at recording it, but it wasn't until Me, Matt [Patton], Mikey [Erg] and Paris [Campbell Grace] got together this past December in Water Valley, Mississippi at Matt's Studio, Dial Back Sound, that it all came together and the song was recorded the way it was meant to be heard.
Laura Jane Grace & the Mississippi Medicals will be touring in September, including at Riot Fest 2024 near Chicago, IL.
Tour dates:
SEPTEMBER
03 — Louisville, KY — The Whirling Tiger
04 — Memphis, TN — Growlers
06 — Pensacola, FL — Handlebar
07 — St Petersburg, FL — The Floridian Social
08 — Orlando, FL — The Social
10 — Gainesville, FL — The Wooly
11 — Athens, GA — 40 Watt Club
13 — Charlottesville, VA — Jefferson Theater *
14 — Ft. Monroe, VA — Supernova Ska Festival ^
15 — Atlantic City, NJ — Anchor Rock Club*
17 — New York, NY — The Liberty Belle
18 — Asbury Park, NJ — House of Independents
19 — Syracuse, NY — The Song & Dance
20-22 —Chicago, IL – Riot Fest
* — no Catbite
^ — no Taylor Hollingsworth
