Letters To Cleo Reveal Select Midwest Tour Dates

’90s alt-rock heroes Letters to Cleo will be headed out on the road in June, playing select shows in the midwest. (Tickets on Sale Friday at 10 AM ET.) This short tour includes a stop at Summerfest and comes on the heels of the 30th anniversary of their seminal album Aurora Gory Alice’s release and the release of the band’s first new music in 5 years. Last year, Letters to Cleo released a split 7-inch featuring the new songs “Bad Man” on the A-Side and “It’s Sunny Outside,” released digitally and on tri-colour splatter vinyl sold exclusively on their annual fall tour.

This 7-inch is the first new music offering from the band since the 2019 release of their holiday EP Ok Christmas. The music started to come together during writing sessions that Kay Hanley (vocals) and Michael Eisenstein (guitar) were having at Eisenstein’s studio in Los Angeles before the pandemic. “We would get together and make these super quick demos that we always loved and in fact performed at last year’s Cleo shows,” says Michael.

“Bad Man” is about a woman in an abusive relationship who takes matters into her own hands to end the abuse by murdering her partner. “It’s Sunny Outside” is an upbeat, fun, yet slyly dark song about how the unwavering good weather of Southern California can actually be oppressive. Both songs were produced by Billy Lefler at The Deathstar studio in Los Angeles.

Tour Dates:

June 27 Summerfest Milwaukee, WI
June 28 Bottom Lounge Chicago, IL
June 29 Gorg Shop Cleveland Heights, OH
June 30 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI