Wild Nothing, the project of Los Angeles-based Jack Tatum, announces his fourth album, Indigo, out August 31st, along with new single, “Letting Go,” and North American tour!

Indigo is its own cyborg world, utilizing the artful mechanisms of human touch with the precision of technology to create the classic, pristine sound Tatum has been seeking his entire career. It finds Tatum at his most efficient, calculated, and confident after a decade of making music as Wild Nothing. On one hand, Indigo is a return to the fresh, transcendent sweep of his debut, 2010’s Gemini, and on the other, a culmination of heights reached, paths traveled, and lessons learned while creating the follow-ups, Nocturne and Life of Pause.

To make Indigo, Tatum confronted the Man vs. Machine dichotomy by seizing on the surrounding synergy. In his studio, he would write pieces of songs on guitars, with keyboards, “in the box” with plug-ins and programs—whatever held his interest on any given day. He built a series of highly detailed demos, intending to record the final package swiftly with a live band in a studio and—bucking against the trend of the rougher sound of Wild Nothing’s peers—in a clear, bright, 1980’s-inspired fidelity. “I wanted it to sound like a classic studio record, as close as I could get it there. It just boils down to me wanting to fit into some larger narrative, musically, in terms of these artists I love,” says Tatum. “I think about how my music will age. Ideas of ‘timeless’ are going to be different—so if Indigo is not timeless then it’s at least ‘out of time.’”

Tatum booked four days at Sunset Sound’s Studio and hired drummer Cam Allen and guitarist Benji Lysaght to track the record live while Tatum played bass. Afterwards, producer Jorge Elbrecht (Ariel Pink, Gang Gang Dance, Japanese Breakfast) and Tatum built out the rest of the album’s sound by adding new parts and repurposing sounds from Tatum’s demos. The pair mixed the album in Denver in ten days, and Tatum brought it back to his Glassell Park studio in Los Angeles for polishing.

From the opening drum beat, chiming guitar, and sweeping synth of “Letting Go” to the driving, wide-open skies and epic beat of album closer “Bend,” it’s clear Indigo is at once vintage Wild Nothing and a bold, new leap into a bigger arena.

Stream “Letting Go” – https://WildNothing.lnk.to/LettingGo

Pre-order Indigo – https://WildNothing.lnk.to/Indigo

Wild Nothing Tour Dates:

10/16 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle

10/17 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West

10/18 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn

10/19 – New Orleans, LA – Gasa Gasa

10/20 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall

10/21 – Austin, TX – Mohawk

10/23 – Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf

10/24 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom

10/25 – Santa Ana, CA – Observatory

10/26 – Los Angeles, CA – The Regent Theater

10/27 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent

10/28 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent

10/30 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall

10/31 – Vancouver, BC – Imperial Vancouver

11/01 – Seattle, WA – Neumo’s

11/02 – Boise, ID – Neurolux

11/03 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge

11/04 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater

11/06 – Omaha, NE – The Slowdown

11/07 – Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center

11/08 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre

11/09 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall

11/10 – Detroit, MI – El Club

11/12 – Toronto, ON – Opera House

11/13 – Montreal, QC – Corona Theatre

11/14 – Boston, MA – Royale Nightclub

11/16 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel

11/17 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts

11/18 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club