Chastity Belt is a tried-and-true legend of the Seattle scene. For more than a decade, the band has created scrappy, clever noise pop, frequently laced with homages to the Pacific Northwest. The act’s latest single, “I-90 Bridge,” presents reflective lyrics about growing older amidst local change rest atop a nostalgic, dreamy instrumental. The song is outwardly breezy but underlined by pensive sincerity—the quintessential Chastity Belt. It’s accompanied by a hazy video shot on drummer Gretchen Grimm’s camcorder, captured as they biked around Seattle at dusk. “I-90 Bridge” arrives ahead of the album Live Laugh Love (Suicide Squeeze Records), which is out March 29, 2024.
On the video, band member Lydia Lund offers: “‘I-90 Bridge’ is the fictionalized account of real times in Seattle. When I wrote the chords and melody, the song felt like a classic chastity belt song which deserved classic Chastity Belt lyrics addressing growing pains and self-reflection in Seattle. Gretch took an old camcorder out on her bike one recent winter evening to document the summer night ride referred to in the song – capturing flashing headlights and reflective waves.”
See below for Chastity Belt’s upcoming US, EU + UK 2024 tour dates this spring & summer.
Live Dates:
April 4 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
April 5 – Dallas, TX @ Deep Ellum Arts
April 6 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
April 8 – Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
April 9 – Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole
April 10 – San Diego, CA @ Quartyard
April 11 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram
April 13 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
April 16 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
April 17 – Vancouver, BC @ Fox Theater
April 18 – Seattle, WA @ Crocodile
April 19 – Olympia, WA @ Capitol Theater
May 3 – Asheville, NC @ Eulogy
May 4 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
May 5 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
May 7 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
May 8 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
May 9 – Albany, NY @ Lark Hall
May 10 – Toronto, ON @ The Great Hall
May 11 – Detroit, MI @ El Club
May 12 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
May 29 – Vienna, AT @ Arena
May 30 – Leipzig, DE @ Conne Island
May 31 – Berlin, DE @ Frannz
June 3 – Cologne, DE @ Bumann & Sohn
June 4 – Luxembourg, LUX @ Rotondes
June 5 – Paris, FR @ La Fleche D’Or
June 6 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique
June 7 – Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret Festival
June 8 – Brighton, UK @ The Hope & Ruin
June 9 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
June 11 – Glasgow, UK @ Room 2
June 12 – Manchester, UK @ Deaf Institute
June 13 – Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew
June 14 – London, UK @ Village Underground
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