American folk-pop singer-songwriter Yoke Lore ('Beige', 'Goodpain') will make his debut live appearance in Australia this spring.
Probably best known to Australian audiences for his 2017 cover of 'Truly Madly Deeper' (that has 100M streams on Spotify), Lore will headline shows in Brisbane, Sydney (two shows) and Melbourne (two shows) in October. "Australia. I've always wanted to meet you. I think we're gunna be really good friends. See you in October."
The run of shows will be in support of Yoke's forthcoming debut album 'Toward A Never Ending New Beginning' (that's due 22 September). So far, Lore has teased the new LP with the singles 'Winona', 'Shake' and most recent release 'Hallucinate'.
"'Hallucinate' is about the disorienting nature of being in love. Being in love is a way of seeing the world, not the self," shares Yoke.
"There are no individuals in love, just symphonious singularity. Beauty reverberates out of union. Effervescent blooms of bliss and body gently guide our minds to the very surface of contentment.
"The heart crosses the blood-brain barrier and casts away the flimsy limits of space and time and logic. Dionysus laughs and trips into a twirled cartwheel and keeps on spinning as Apollo doubles over and cries out in the darkness of confusion, or maybe he just goes on holiday.
"But life is a balance of forces, a tension of opposites that have to be continually reconciled. You can lose yourself out there in the passion.
"We gotta be diligent in the seductive face of our own sensual destruction. Otherwise we start to see things that aren't there. We start denying the dark it's due. But then again, hearts move in figure eights and a little hallucination never killed anyone did it?"
Tickets are on sale.
Yoke Lore 2023 Tour Dates
Wed 4 Oct - The Brightside (Brisbane)Thu 5 Oct - The Great Club (Sydney)
Fri 6 Oct - The Lansdowne (Sydney)
Sat 7 Oct - Gasometer Hotel (Melbourne)
Sun 8 Oct - Shotkickers (Melbourne)
