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Very excited for this one! Djo announces details of the new album, The Crux to be released on April 4th.

Djo– the musical project of actor / producer / and BRIT Award-nominated songwriter Joe Keery, known for his work in blockbuster projects as Stranger Things and Fargo – announces his highly anticipated new album The Crux. The follow-up to Djo‘s 2022 album DECIDE, which featured the blockbuster hit ‘End of Beginning,’ The Crux will be released on April 4th on AWAL. Today, he has released the first single ‘Basic Being Basic.’ With its Oberheim OB-X8 synths and falsetto refrain, its final verses shrewdly skewer the (often online) tropes of modern day posturing. “It’s kind of a shot fired to anyone who’s trying to be of the moment,” says Keery. Listen to the song HERE. Djo will debut ‘Basic Being Basic’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he’ll also be a couch guest on January 28th.

PRE-ORDER The Crux now HERE.

Check out the first single off the album, Basic Being Basic

Album News

The Crux was co-produced by Keery and his long-time collaborator Adam Thein. It’s an album of impeccable craftsmanship. Unlike Keery’s previous albums – bedroom recordings centred around synths – The Crux spotlights lush guitars and instrumentation reminiscent of late 60’s and 70’s pop. It’s an album full of loss and yearning, but also one full of wit and gratitude. The album was written all over the world in a particularly fertile period for Keery – where he was grappling with the transience of his other job, being untethered and away from his friends and family. But to make the album he settled into the legendary Electric Lady Studios in his adopted home of New York City. The Crux not only showcases his ambitious scope, but also his skills as a deft multi-instrumentalist and songwriter (all songs were written by Keery or in collaboration with Adam Thein).

What begins as a meditation on the dissolution of a relationship winds its way back to self-resilience, and a celebration and recognition of the importance of nurturing community. These themes are reflected in both his lyrics and in the collaborative spirit of the music, with contributions from his family and lifelong friends lending the album a warm energy mirroring the bonds at the record’s core. Although the songs are rich with specificity, the album plays like a movie soundtrack, where the listener can easily align with a character, situation, or emotion. And this is, in part, how Keery frames the album’s concept through its art – a collaboration with Neil Krug – as a hotel where all of its guests are transient, and at a spiritual or emotional crossroads.

. Lonesome Is A State of Mind
2. Basic Being Basic
3. Link
4. Potion
5. Delete Ya
6. Egg
7. Fly
8. Charlie’s Garden
9. Gap Tooth Smile
10. Golden Line
11. Back On You
12. Crux

Tour News

Back On You world tour 2025

February 06 – Auckland, New Zealand – Laneway Festival
February 08 – Brisbane, Australia – Laneway Festival
February 09 – Sydney, Australia – Laneway Festival
February 12 – Sydney, Australia – Enmore Theatre
February 14 – Melbourne, Australia – Laneway Festival
February 15 – Adelaide, Australia – Laneway Festival
February 16 – Perth, Australia – Laneway Festival
April 04 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
April 05 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
April 07 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
April 08 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
April 10 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
April 11 – Indio, CA – Coachella
April 18 – Indio, CA – Coachella
April 19 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
April 21 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rockwell at the Complex
April 23 – Denver, CO – The Mission Ballroom
April 25 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee
April 26 – Saint Paul, MN – Palace Theatre
April 28 – Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
April 29 – Toronto, ON – History
May 01 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
May 02 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
May 03 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
May 05 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
May 06 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
June 01 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Olympia
June 02 – Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy
June 03 – Manchester, UK – Academy
June 06 – London, UK – O2 Forum Kentish Town
June 10 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Poolen
June 11 – Oslo, Norway – Sentrum Scene
June 13 – Stockholm, Sweden – Fallan
June 15 – Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands – Best Kept Secret Festival
June 16 – Cologne, Germany – E-Werk
June 17 – Berlin, Germany – Huxleys
June 18 – Warsaw, Poland – Progresja
June 20 – Scheebel, Germany – Hurricane Festival
June 21 – Tuttlingen, Germany – Southside Festival
June 23 – Paris, France – ELYSEE MONTMARTRE
June 24 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso

*All North American, UK and EU tour dates w/ Post Animal

We are excited for the new album and can’t wait to catch Djo perform in Oakland! Make sure to visit the social media sites and stay up to date on the latest news.

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