For the past decade, the New Orleans band Lawn has thrived on the palpable chemistry between co-lead singers and songwriters Mac Folger and Rui De Magalhaes. Though each boasts distinct sensibilities—Folger’s songs are breezy, jangly, and personal while De Magalhaes’ are biting and propulsive post-punk—they’ve seamlessly blended their idiosyncratic styles over three unassailable indie rock full-lengths, while becoming a fixture in a thriving New Orleans scene, and sharing stages with artists like Momma, Hovvdy and Omni.

In May, the band announced its new label signing and today shared a single entitled “Sports Gun.” Today, the band is returning to share the announcement of its 4th LP God Made The Highway (Exploding In Sound), which will be released on September 19th. To mark the announcement, the band shares the a new single “Davie.” 

Folger says of the track:

Davie is the name of our landlord back in 2016-2017, after college. The song is about that time in our lives. The house was in Hollygrove, New Orleans. It was big and beautiful and falling apart. You could see the dirt through the floorboards in some places, and anything that could break did. The landlord was the type of guy who acted cool and was always high, but in the end, he totally sucked and took all our deposit money. We started Lawn in that house, recording most of the first EP and LP in the living room with our friend Ross (Video Age). We made barely any money working at restaurants, and frequently had bands stay with us for multiple days at a time (this is how we met Mark Edlin, who plays drums on the record and live). Substance use and trying to rock and roll were at an all-time high. The first few weeks in the house, we would regularly spend what little money we had on beers, sit in lawn chairs in an unfurnished living room, and jam while we just sort of shot the shit and played music. Every day held the pursuit of cool, every night we all came back to the same historically preserved shithole. In retrospect, it’s hard to say if they were the worst or the best times, but they were very meaningful.

Tour Dates

9/13 – Atlanta, GA @ Star Bar
9/14 – Nashville, TN @ The East Room
9/15 – Indianapolis, IN @ HI-FI*
9/16 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave/Eagles Club*
9/17 – Chicago, IL @ Sub T Basement
9/18 – Urbana, IL @ Pygmalion Fest*
9/19 – Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck*
9/20 -St Louis, MO @ Old Rock House*
10/17 – NYC, NY @ Night Club 101

*= w/ Momma