Djo has announced his new album ‘The Crux’ with early single ‘Basic Being Basic’ and a UK tour

Djo has announced new album ‘The Crux’, set for release on 4th April via AWAL.

The musical project of Joe Keery has shared the first single from the record, ‘Basic Being Basic’. “It’s kind of a shot fired to anyone who’s trying to be of the moment,” Keery explains of the track, which features Oberheim OB-X8 synths and falsetto refrains.

‘The Crux’ was co-produced by Keery and Adam Thein at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, and will be accomapnied by an extensive tour that includes UK dates in summer, with Post Animal supporting all North American, UK and EU dates.

Djo will debut ‘Basic Being Basic’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he’ll also be a couch guest on 28th January.

The dates in full read:

FEBRUARY
6 Laneway Festival, Auckland, New Zealand
8 Laneway Festival, Brisbane, Australia
9 Laneway Festival, Sydney, Australia
12 Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia
14 Laneway Festival, Melbourne, Australia
15 Laneway Festival, Adelaide, Australia
16 Laneway Festival, Perth, Australia

APRIL
4 Revolution Hall, Portland, OR
5 Revolution Hall, Portland, OR
7 Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
8 Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
10 Fox Theater, Oakland, CA
11 Coachella, Indio, CA
18 Coachella, Indio, CA
19 The Van Buren, Phoenix, AZ
21 Rockwell at the Complex, Salt Lake City, UT
23 The Mission Ballroom, Denver, CO
25 The Sylvee, Madison, WI
26 Palace Theatre, Saint Paul, MN
28 Royal Oak Music Theatre, Detroit, MI
29 History, Toronto, ON

MAY
1 The Anthem, Washington, DC
2 Roadrunner, Boston, MA
3 Franklin Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA
5 Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY
6 Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY

JUNE
1 3Olympia, Dublin, Ireland
2 O2 Academy, Glasgow, UK
3 Academy, Manchester, UK
6 O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, UK
10 Poolen, Copenhagen, Denmark
11 Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway
13 Fallan, Stockholm, Sweden
15 Best Kept Secret Festival, Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands
16 E-Werk, Cologne, Germany
17 Huxleys, Berlin, Germany
18 Progresja, Warsaw, Poland
20 Hurricane Festival, Scheebel, Germany
21 Southside Festival, Tuttlingen, Germany
23 ELYSEE MONTMARTRE, Paris, France
24 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands