Following the announcement of his new album What’s For Breakfast?, out 29th March On Carpark, Dent May is returning with another single, a track called “Time Flies When We’re Having Fun,” featuring Pearl & The Oysters.
“Juliette and Joachim from Pearl & The Oysters are two of my best friends in Los Angeles, and we’ve casually collaborated on a few of their tunes over the years. I felt it was long overdue to have an official track together, and we wrote and recorded most of it from scratch in a single day at my studio Honeymoon Suite, finishing it up in a second session months later. The song originated from something Juliette wrote, which became the first verse. While we were working on an instrumental idea for the chorus, I started singing the chorus from a completely different song called ‘Time Flies When You’re Having Fun,’ which I had partially demoed a while back. It was a beautiful serendipity that our two ideas lined up perfectly,” Dent May says of the new single.
Last month Dent May, the Mississippi-raised, Los Angeles-based musician and pop auteur, announced his new LP What’s For Breakfast (due out March 29th on Carpark Records). The veteran has made a career of impeccably crafted pop songs starting with his 2009 debut The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele, which came out on Animal Collective’s label Paw Tracks. His follow-ups in 2012’s Do Things and 2013’s Warm Blanket solidified him as a bedroom pop pioneer whose songs felt equally timeless and ahead-of-the-curve. The last couple of years have seen May crop up on collaborative singles with several artists, most notably a collaboration with Eyedress called “Something About You” which was certified platinum in October of last year.
In support of the new LP, Dent will be heading over to the UK & Europe with a run of shows later this year.
Tour Dates:
Sept 30 – Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
Oct 02 – Trix, Antwerpen (BE)
Oct 03 – Le Pop Up, Paris (FR)
Oct 05 – Lexington, London (UK)
Oct 07 – Rough Trade, Bristol (UK)
Oct 08 – District, Liverpool (UK)*
Oct 09 – Sneaky Pete’s Edinburgh (UK)
Oct 10 – Rum Shack, Glasgow (UK)
Oct 11 – YES, Manchester (UK)
Oct 13 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (UK)
* w/ Twen
Is your excitement building for the new album?
