Illuminati Hotties has announced a new EP and a headlining tour of the United States. Nickel on the Fountain Floor is out May 30 via Hopeless. Sarah Tudzin has also unveiled a new single, “Wreck My Life,” which features PUP singer-guitarist Stefan Babcock on vocals. Give it a listen below.
According to Tudzin, Nickel on the Fountain was born from material left on the floor during the songwriting sessions for her 2024 album, Power. “There are a handful songs that I couldn’t quite figure out how to squeeze onto Power—they live in a nearby neighborhood to Power or perhaps weren’t fully formed in time, and ‘Wreck My Life’ was a tune that lay crying on the cutting room floor for a rework,” she explained in a statement.
In May, Illuminati Hotties joins PUP for a month-long tour of Europe. Once that wraps, Tudzin returns to the United States for her own headlining tour, beginning with both a Do Division Festival set and longer Beat Kitchen show in Chicago on June 1. From there, Illuminati Hotties stays on the road, bringing openers Georgia Maq and Allie along for the ride, until that leg ends on June 21 in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Find her full list of tour dates below.
“Wreck My Life” isn’t the first collaboration between Illuminati Hotties and PUP. The Toronto pop-punk band tapped Tudzin to sing backup vocals on 2022’s The Unraveling of PupTheBand, too. Now, they’re gearing up to release their own new album, Who Will Look After the Dogs?, out May 2, and head on tour with Jeff Rosenstock this summer.
Read about Illuminati Hotties’ Let Me Do One More in “The 50 Best Albums of 2021.”
Nickel on the Fountain Floor EP:
01 777
02 Wreck My Life [ft. PUP]
03 Bright Sun
04 Hollow
05 Skateboard Tattoo
Illuminati Hotties:
05-07 Birmingham, England – XOYO Birmingham &
05-08 Leeds, England – Project House &
05-10 Manchester, England – 02 Ritz &
05-11 Glasgow, Scotland – SWG3 &
05-12 Newcastle upon Tyne, England – Newcastle University &
05-13 Bristol, England – Marble Factory &
05-15 Southampton, England – Engine Rooms &
05-16 London, England – O2 Forum Kentish Town &
05-18 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg &
05-20 Cologne, Germany – Club Volta &
05-21 Hamburg, Germany – Logo &
05-22 Berlin, Germany – Hole44 &
05-23 Munich, Germany – Strom &
05-25 Paris, France – La Maroquinerie &
06-01 Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen
06-02 Ferndale, MI – The Loving Touch #^
06-03 Indianapolis, IN – Hoosier Dome #^
06-05 Louisville, KY – The Whirling Tiger #^
06-06 Madison, TN – Jorts Fest
06-07 Birmingham, AL – Woodlawn Theatre #^
06-09 Winter Park, FL – Conduit #^
06-10 Tampa, FL – Crowbar #^
06-12 Charlotte, NC – Snug Harbor #^
06-13 Columbus, OH – A&R Music Bar #^
06-14 Pittsburgh, PA – Spirit Lodge #^
06-15 Cleveland Heights, OH – Grog Shop #^
06-17 Buffalo, NY – Rec Room #^
06-18 Syracuse, NY – The Song & Dance #^
06-19 Hartford, CT – The Webster Underground #^
06-20 Providence, RI – Alchemy #^
06-21 Greenfield, MA – Green River Festival
& with PUP
# with Georgia Maq
^ with Allie
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