Today marks the official release of the fourth studio album from Leopold and His Fiction. Frontman Daniel Leopold co-produced Darling Destroyer along with Chris “Frenchie” Smith (…And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Ringo Deathstarr). Once again, the group draws on an expansive palette of blues, garage rock, blues, punk and soul for this record, which reflects Leopold’s sentiments during a period of time awaiting the birth of his daughter (who is now five): “It was my first time ever dealing face-to-face with the severity of that type of emotion and translating it into words. Harnessing its power in the studio pushed me in a way I’ve never been pushed before.”

Today we premiere the official video for “Saturday” from Darling Destroyer (which is available via iTunes and the group’s own store). Leopold tells Relix that the song “hit us like a ton of bricks. Heavy and slow. Scraped up by dredging the past with a clean net. Highly vacant in the servitude I owe to wiping my thoughts clear of abuse. I’m Finally human enough to keep an articulate mind and be willingly in public. The more I think about the past 5 years, I know I should have seen it coming. Darling Destroyer.” Leopold and His Fiction are supporting the new record with an extensive tour and the upcoming dates appear below the video.

Leopold and His Fiction Tour Dates
1/27 – San Angelo, TX – Deadhorse
1/28 – El Paso, TX – Low Brow Palace
1/29 – Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
1/30 – Las Vegas, NV – Bunkhouse
1/31 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
2/1 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
2/3 – Portland, OR – Analog Lounge
2/4 – Seattle, WA – The Central Saloon
2/7 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
2/9 – Denver, CO – Cervantes’ Other Side
2/10 – Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck
2/11 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown
2/12 – St. Paul, MN – Amsterdam Hall
2/14 – Maquoketa, IA – Codfish Hollow Barnstormers (Indoors)
2/15 – St. Louis, MO – The Bootleg @Atomic Cowboy
2/16 – Milwaukee, WI – Shank Hall
2/17 – Madison, WI – Mickey’s Tavern
2/18 – Chicago, IL – Dunn Dunn Festival @ Beat Kitchen Supporting Steepwater
2/19 – Ferndale, MI – Loving Touch
2/21 – Pittsburgh, PA – Spirit
2/22 – Philadelphia, PA – Milkboy
2/23 – New York, NY – Bowery Electric
2/24 – Boston, MA – PA’s Lounge
2/25 – Asbury Park, NJ – Wonder Bar
2/26 – Washington, DC – Black Cat
2/28 – Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506
3/1 – Raleigh, NC – Pour House Music Hall
3/2 – Charlotte, NC – Petra’s
3/3 – Knoxville, TN – Scruffy City Hall
3/4 – Nashville, TN – The End
3/5 – Atlanta, GA – Vinyl
3/7 – New Orleans, LA – Siberian
3/9 – Little Rock, AR – Stickeyz Rock n Roll Chicken Shack
3/10 – Memphis, TN – Young Ave Deli
3/11 – Dallas, TX – The Foundry
3/14 – 3/19 – Austin, TX – SXSW