After the band’s less than lackluster Our Brand Could Be Yr Life earlier this year, there might be redemption once again as the NYC’s cultural commentators return today with “N.A.S.S.”, the latest single from their upcoming digital deluxe edition Brand On The Run, due out  November 1. Not quite certain why the band is rehashing it but it’s the expanded edition of Bodega’s Our Brand Could Be Yr Life, and features seven tracks, four previously unreleased, including “Cry When Yr Young,” a cover from the defunct New York band Milk Dick, Ben Hozie and Nikki Belfiglio played regularly in their early days as Bodega Bay. And three limited edition b-sides, including “N.A.S.S.” along with “Adaptation of the Truth about Marie.”

Bodega will head back out on the road, touring across Europe and the UK September 19 – October 24, before hitting the U.S. West Coast, November 1-8. With a celebratory return home to Brooklyn, November 14 @ Brooklyn Made [all dates below].

Discussing the track, Hozie notes, “’N.A.S.S.’ or ‘New Age Spineless Sophists’ is a diss track against the myriad superficial rock and pop groups who employ subversive signifiers yet are wholly without a living aesthetic, intellectual, or emotional point of view (ie. advertisers instead of artists). This song dates way back to 2013 when my musical compatriots and I sometimes rehearsed in the now-defunct Brooklyn rehearsal space ‘The Sweat Shop’ and had gigs at a little bar in East Williamsburg called Legion —> Thus when I speak-sing ‘Legion from the Sweat Shop’ I was referring to my weekly routine as a wannabe Brooklyn boho as much as overpriced ‘alt’ fashion made in real sweatshops.”

Tour Dates:

09/19 – Hamburg, DE @ Reeperbahn Festival

09/20 – Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen

09/21 – Berlin, DE @ Neue Zukunft

09/23 – Cologne, DE @ Bumann & Sohn

09/24 – Münster, DE @ Gleis 22

09/25 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg

09/26 – Utrecht, NL @ Ekko

09/27 – Rotterdam, NL @ Rotown

09/28 – Groningen, NL @ Vera

09/30 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique

10/01 – Lille, FR @ L’Aeronef

10/02 – Angers, FR @ Le Chabada

10/03 – Bordeaux, FR @ Rock School Barbey

10/04 – Donostia-San Sebastian, ES @ Dabadaba

10/05 – Madrid, ES @ Wurlitzer Ballroom

10/07 – Valencia, ES @ 16 Toneladas

10/08 – Barcelona, ES @ Sala Upload

10/10 – Nimes, FR @ La Paloma

10/11 – Lyon, FR @ Marche Gare

10/12 – Fribourg, CH @ Fri-Son

10/15 – Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms

10/16 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club [SOLD OUT]

10/17 – Glasgow, UK @ Room 2

10/18 – Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny [SOLD OUT]

10/19 – Birmingham, UK @ Future Days at The Crossing

10/21 – Cambridge, UK @ Junction 2

10/22 – Sheffield, UK @ Crookes Social Club [SOLD OUT]

10/23 – Bristol, UK @ The Lantern

10/24 – London, UK @ EartH Hall

10/25 – St. Davids, UK @ Boia Festival

11/01 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy

11/02 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar

11/03 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst Atrium

11/05 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill

11/07 – Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall

11/08 – Seattle, WA @ Freak Out Fest

11/14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Made