Today, GRAMMY-nominated and critically-acclaimed songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews shares a new single from her forthcoming album Loose Future, out 7th October via Fat Possum. Entitled “These Are The Good Old Days”, the track was inspired by a favourite saying of Courtney’s uncle, and is a gently-arranged reminder to live in the moment.
The single is the third to be released from Loose Future, which was announced in June with the breezy and synth-abetted "Satellite” and the album’s arresting title track. Her latest single arrives on the heels of a US tour supporting Wilco, that came about after Jeff Tweedy caught Andrews’ set at the Black Deer Festival in the UK and invited her on stage to perform Wilco’s “California Stars”.
Watch the video for “These Are The Good Old Days” HERE
“‘These are the good old days’ is a saying my uncle always says to try and remind us of the beauty of the now,” she explains. “I tend to always live in a constant state of hindsight being 20/20, and I wanted to write this as a sort of mantra to honor my family's sentiment. I also genuinely wanted to write a feel-good song after such a dark few years. Even in the saddest of times, there are little moments you’ll always look back on with a fondness that don’t seem so sad after all— they seem perfectly placed.”
Courtney has also just announced a UK and European tour. The details of that tour and her upcoming UK instores are below.
Courtney Marie Andrews Tour Dates:
Instores
7th October - Leeds, UK @ Crash
8th October - Otley/Leeds, UK @ Vinyl Whistle
9th October - Nottingham, UK @ Rough Trade Nottingham
10th October - Oxford, UK @ Truck
11th October - Brighton, UK @ Resident
12th October - Bristol, UK @ Rough Trade Bristol
13th October - London, UK @ Rough Trade East, London
UK & European Tour
1st March - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
2nd March - Bristol, UK @ Trinity
3rd March - Manchester, UK @ Band On The Wall
4th March - Glasgow, UK @ Saint Luke's
5th March - Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny
7th March - London, UK @ KOKO
8th March - Birmingham, UK @ Hare & Hounds
9th March - Brighton, UK @ The Old Market
11th March - Paris, FR @ Le Hasard Ludique
12th March - Brussels, DE @ Botanique
13th March - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso | Tolhuistuin
15th March - Berlin, DE @ Privatclub
16th March - Hamburg, DE @ Nochtspeicher
17th March - Copenhagen, DK @ VEGA
18th March - Malmö, SE @ Plan B
20th March - Uppsala, SE @ Reginateatern
21st March - Stockholm, SE @ Debaser Strand
22nd March - Oslo, NO @ Rockefeller
23rd March -Gothenburg, SE @ Pustervik