Long-running beloved Seattle quartet Tacocat are releasing their fourth studio album, This Mess Is a Place, on May 3. Produced by Erik Blood (who helmed their last record, 2016’s Lost Time), the album will be the quartet’s first for Sub Pop after releasing their past two records on sister label Hardly Art.
Our Song of the Day is the record’s joyful lead single, “Grains of Salt,” a bubbly ode to self-love. Frontwoman Emily Nokes says this about the song:
"This song is for roller skating, friendship, self-friendship, yes and no doubt, turning it off, running up and down that hill, leaving gross stuff behind, landing the backflip, imposter syndrome, being your own genie, and remembering who the fuck you are."
This summer the band will embark on a 28-date North American tour behind the new record, with a date in Seattle on Saturday, June 8 at the Showbox. Read KEXP’s recent interview with Nokes about the new album and the band’s songwriting process here.
Below, watch the colorful Claire Buss-directed video for “Grains of Salt,” featuring the band dancing alongside members of Seattle’s drag community including Dion Dior Black, Beau Degas, Umlaut, Connie Merlot, Mermosa, Irene Dubois, Cherdonna, and Cucci Binaca.
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