Buck Meek today presents his propulsive new single/video, “Cyclades,” from his forthcoming album, Haunted Mountain, out August 25th on 4AD. The songs of Haunted Mountain were written in the mountains: by cold springs in the Serra de Estrela of Portugal, Valle Onsernone in the Swiss Alps (where its cover photo was taken), on the submerged volcano of Milos in the Cyclades, and the Santa Monica range where Buck now calls home — all where his new love was born. “When you are in love, it inhabits your environment, animates the inanimate, charging everything around you with a sense of meaning,” Meek says, “and not just new love; also love of many years.”
 
The love that colors “Cyclades” is familial, depicting a true story of Meek’s father narrowly avoiding a motorcycle collision with a herd of elk. “These are all true stories, or at least as I was told, or remember them being told,” explains Meek. “There’s a thin line between history and mythology. Our lives are made of an endless myriad of unfinished stories, of every encounter of billions of people at the center of thousands of years in each direction. The telling is secondary.”

In conjunction, Meek announces a 2024 tour, including stops in Los Angeles, Austin, San Francisco, Denver and more, and will include his first shows in Japan and Korea as a solo artist. Full dates are listed below and tickets are on sale Friday at 12pm EDT.

Fri. Aug. 18 – Brecon Beacons, UK @ Green Man Festival

Sat. Aug. 19 – Oslo, NO @ Langs Akerselva

Mon. Aug. 21 – Copenhagen, DK @ Stengade

Tue. Aug. 22 – Berlin, DE @ Kantine am Berghain

Wed. Aug. 23 – Groningen, NL @ Noorderzon Festival

Sat. Aug. 26 – Edinburgh, UK @ Summerhall

Sun. Aug. 27 – Glasgow, UK @ Stereo

Mon. Aug. 28 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club

Tue. Aug. 29 – Manchester, UK @ YES

Wed. Aug. 30 – London, UK @ Lafayette

Fri. Sept. 1 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique

Sun. Sept. 3 – Vlieland, NL @ Into the Great Wide Open Festival

Tue. Sept. 5 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso | Tolhuistuin

Wed. Sept. 6 – Paris, FR @ Le Hasard Ludique

Tue. Sept. 12 – Milan, IT @ Magnolia Segrate *

Wed. Sept. 13 – Turin, IT @ Spazio211 *

Thu. Sept. 14 – Nyon, CH @ La Paranthese*

Sat. Sept. 16 – Bologna, IT @ Locomotiv Club *

Fri. Oct. 27 – New York, NY @ Racket

Tue. Dec. 12 – Seoul, KR @ CJ Azit

Thu. Dec. 14 – Tokyo, JP @ Www

Fri. Dec. 15 – Osaka, JP @ Compass

Wed. Jan. 17, 2024 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah

Thu. Jan. 18, 2024 – Los Angeles, CA @ Highland Park Ebell

Fri. Jan. 19, 2024 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel

Sat. Jan. 20, 2024 – Healdsburg, CA @ Little Saint

Mon. Jan. 22, 2024 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios

Tue. Jan. 23, 2024 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile

Thu. Jan. 25, 2024 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux

Fri. Jan. 26, 2024 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge

Sat. Jan. 27, 2024 – Denver, CO @ Globe Hall

Mon. Jan. 29, 2024 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Resonant Head

Tue. Jan. 30, 2024- Dallas, TX @ Sons of Herman Hall

Wed. Jan. 31, 2024 – Austin, TX @ Sagebrush

Fri. Feb. 2, 2024 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sister

Sat. Feb. 3, 2024 – Flagstaff, AZ @ Yucca North

Sun. Feb. 4, 2024 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy + Harriet’s
 
* solo

Photo Courtesy: Shervin Lainez