Frankie Lee‘s forthcoming debut full-length American Dreamer will be released on July 8 by Loose/Thirty Tigers. The record by the Minnesota native already was issued in Europe to much acclaim by the London label Loose (Sturgill Simpson, The Felice Brothers, Hurray For The Riff Raff) with The Guardian describing it as “beautifully burnished Americana…a traditional-sounding debut, but wild and radical at heart, and should take him a long way.” American Dreamer is now available for pre-order with instant downloads of 3 songs including “Buffalo,” the video we present today. Lee tells Relix, “‘Buffalo’ was born in the back of a station wagon on my way through the North Dakota Badlands. I had been driving for 14 hours and needed to close my eyes. When I opened them again, the sky was on fire and the oil fields were pumping blood out of the earth and this song was in my head.”

Frankie Lee opens his upcoming tour on June 22 in Phoenix, with the complete dates below the video.

Frankie Lee Tour Dates:

JUNE
22 – Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
23 – Los Angeles, CA – Resident
25 – Davis, CA – Sophia’s Thai Kitchen
27 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw
28 – Bend, OR – Volcanic Theater Pub
29 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
30 – Seattle, WA – Barboza

*All June dates with Esmé Patterson

JULY

08 – Minneapolis, MN – Electric Fetus In-Store
09 – St. Paul, MN – Turf Club
14 – Duluth, MN – Red Herring Lounge

SEPTEMBER

17 – Shakopee, MN – Festival Palomino