Puma Blue Tour & New Release
May 1 - June 7
South-London born, Atlanta-based Puma Blue – the alias of Jacob Allen – has today announced further dates extending his intimate run of North American shows. The tour now includes shows in Toronto, Austin, Chicagoand Washington D.C. (full run of dates below) arriving in support of his recent surprise album, antichamber – supported at Stereogum, The FADER, Paste Magazine, Northern Transmissions, The Line of Best Fit, CLASH and more – which is available now via Blue Flowers. The new dates go on sale at 10 AM local time on Friday, February 28.
antichamber marks a sonic shift for Puma Blue with Allen writing away from the full band setup focusing on obscure electronic textures and acoustic instrumentation. Whereas Puma Blue’s previous material has honed in on the centre point between trip-hop, Jazz and electronica, antichamber demonstrates a raw and direct approach to songwriting. It’s vulnerable and crushingly beautiful with vocals and guitar being the sole components, at times delivering dense narratives (“tapestry”, “hotel room”) and at others the simplest sentiment (“in the absence of you”).
Allen made the following statement about the new release:
“At my home in Decatur, by the woods, I find myself in two weeks of cold and lonely solitude.
In an attempt not to be consumed during a dark time, I start to soundtrack my time alone, not intending to share this music with anyone.
The songs spill out, akin to journal entries. Never have I received music from the higher realm so suddenly.
Very quickly there is half an hour of deeply personal, stripped-back music recorded with one microphone, and ambient pieces inspired by my favourite romantic-era classical music, sampling my surroundings using a field recorder I was given by my partner.
What begins as a private reflection grows into a full body of work, capturing the quiet ache of this time. It becomes a companion on long walks and bike rides. I listen to the mixes as I watch birds and rivers. I begin to heal.
When I gather the courage to share it with my partner and a couple friends, they insist this is Puma Blue music.”
Written in the winter of 2024, antichamber carries an isolation with it. There’s a sense of introspection and solitude imbued within the songs, and the ambient pieces, of this release allowing for the record to be a soothing accompaniment for the chaotic start to 2025 that the U.S. – and the world at large – has endured.
antichamber follows Puma Blue’s 2023 release, Holy Waters – an album that achieved widespread acclaim from NPR All Songs Considered, The FADER, Paste Magazine, Office Magazine, Document Journal and more – and 2021’s In Praise of Shadows. The Holy Waters tour found Allen growing internationally, selling out venues in Tokyo, Mexico City and beyond, earning himself fans such as Thom Yorke along the way.
Tour Dates
May 1 – Decatur, GA @ Eddie’s Attic
May 3 – Chicago, IL @ Constellation
May 4 – Toronto, ON @ The Drake
May 6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
May 9 – Austin, TX @ Central Presbyterian Church
May 11 – Washington, D.C. @ The Atlantis
May 12 – Brooklyn, NY @ Public Records
May 31 – Athens, GR @ Gazarte
June 2 – Berlin, DE @ Theater im Delphi
June 3 – Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet
June 4 – Brussels, BE @ AB Club
June 5 – Paris, FR @ Hasard Ludique
June 7 – London, UK @ Lower Third
Album artwork:
1. debris
2. hotel room
3. whilst my heart breaks
4. gone is the grace
5. for montealegre
6. tangent mind
7. in my wildest dreams
8. dying as a note
9. shame
10. in the absence of you
11. tapestry
12. long term parking
13. decatur bells
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