The Bygones Unveil “Whatever That Is” Single Ahead of US Tour

The Bygones share new single “Whatever That Is” ahead of their debut album—to be announced—and an extensive spring tour. The song is an ode to an outing in 2020 and to what the details of those pandemic days revealed about love. Here, The Bygones’ heartening vocals, intricate plucking patterns, and swirling arrangements make for an evocative tonic.

Joshua Lee Turner on “Whatever That Is”:

“Unlike many New Yorkers, my wife Kelly and I never left the city all through the spring and summer of 2020. Since our apartment is so small, we spent a lot of time wandering our deserted neighborhood, going nowhere in particular, seeking but never really finding escape. On one such amble Kelly spotted a small painting someone had discarded and decided to carry it home. An amateur landscape evocative of a Miyazaki film or, to her, a sort of panacea away from all the pain of pandemic times. This song is literally about that story, but more so about what it reveals in Kelly – a will to find beauty in the mundane, even in the hardest times, even in something that I might have dismissed as trash. It’s an embrace of the things we discover in the people we love over time, and finding space for newness as a relationship grows over the years.”

2024 Tour Dates:

March 28 – Brooklyn, NY – The Sultan Room [OFFICIAL ALBUM RELEASE SHOW]
April 4 – Indianapolis, IN – Irving Theater
April 5 – Kalamazoo, MI – Bell’s Eccentric Cafe [SOLD OUT]
April 6 – Chicago, IL – Martyrs’
April 9 – Madison, WI – The Bur Oak [SOLD OUT]
April 10 – Minneapolis, MN – Parkway Theater
April 11 – Omaha, NE – Benson Theatre
April 12 – Kansas City, MO – recordBar
April 13 – St. Louis, MO – Blue Strawberry [SOLD OUT]
April 15 – St. Louis, MO – Blue Strawberry [SOLD OUT]
April 17 – Cincinnati, OH – Woodward Theater
April 25 – Boston, MA – Crystal Ballroom [SOLD OUT]
April 26 – New York, NY – (Le) Poisson Rouge [SOLD OUT]
April 27 – Philadelphia, PA – Ardmore Music Hall
April 28 – Washington, D.C. – Howard Theatre
May 2 – Raleigh, NC – Kings [SOLD OUT]
May 3 – Asheville, NC – Story Parlor [SOLD OUT]
May 4 – Nashville, TN – The Blue Room @ Third Man Records [SOLD OUT]
May 8 – Jackson, MS – Duling Hall
May 12 – Dallas, TX – Deep Ellum Art Co.
May 15 – Phoenix, AZ – Last Exit Live
May 17 – Los Angeles, CA – The Hotel Cafe [SOLD OUT]
May 19 – San Francisco, CA – Brick & Mortar Music Hall
May 21 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
May 22 – Bakersfield, CA – Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace
May 24 – Eugene, OR – Art House
May 25 – Portland, OR – The Old Church Concert Hall
May 26 – Seattle, WA – Central Saloon
May 30 – Denver, CO – Globe Hall
September 6 – London, UK – Bush Hall
September 10 – Brighton, UK – Komedia
September 11 – Bath, UK – Komedia
September 13 – Cardiff, UK – The Globe
September 14 – Birmingham, UK – Castle & Falcon
September 15 – Liverpool, UK – Leaf on Bold St.
September 17 – Glasgow, UK – Saint Luke’s
September 18 – Aberdeen, UK – The Blue Lamp
September 19 – Newcastle upon Tyne, UK – The Cluny
September 21 – Edinburgh, UK – The Voodoo Rooms
September 22 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
September 23 – Robin Hood’s Bay, UK – The Cove

The Bygones “Whatever That Is” single artwork