Jul 29, 2024 https://exclaim.ca/music/article/mavi-announces-new-album-shadow-box-2024-world-tour MAVI Announces New Album 'Shadow Box,' 2024 World Tour The rapper will perform in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver this fall BY MEGAN LAPIERRE PUBLISHED JUN 20, 2024 Charlotte, NC-hailing lo-fi rapper MAVI has announced his third studio album, previewed by new single "Drunk Prayer." He's shared the news alongside plans for a sprawling world tour, which will bring him to Canada for shows in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver this fall. Shadow Box will be released independently on August 9, following his 2022 sophomore release Laughing so Hard, it Hurts. "I was really sad about the last album. I didn't really know how to get back into making stuff into the way I like," MAVI admitted in a release. "I felt really hopeless about it, started getting really drunk, dealt with love and heartbreak, having to be there for my family. I had to come back and really learn how to make art all over again." He explained, "My path back was centred around visual art, fashion, interior design, and design as an artistic framework and as an organizational force in society. A lot of the backbone of the album came from my time with this design book, The Black Experience in Design. The idea I gained from that is design is power. The ability to determine the order of things, the way things are supposed to be… that's power. The orderliness in the lives of the devoutly religious became an attractive subtext during the creation of this album." Listen to the weighty lead single "Drunk Prayer" below, where you'll also find MAVI's full tour itinerary — including gigs at Montreal's Fairmont Theatre (September 18), Toronto's Axis Club (September 19) and Vancouver's Pearl Theatre (October 5). Tickets go on sale to the general public tomorrow (June 20) at 10 a.m. local time. MAVI 2024 Tour Dates: 09/07 Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Music Festival 09/12 New York City, NY- Webster Hall 09/13 Washington, D.C. - Howard Theatre 09/14 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer 09/17 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club 09/18 Montreal, QC - Fairmont Theatre 09/19 Toronto, CA - Axis Club 09/20 Detroit, MI - El Club 09/22 Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre 09/25 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line 09/26 Omaha, NE - Reverb 09/28 Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck 09/30 Denver, CO - Summit 10/02 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court 10/04 Seattle, WA - Neumos 10/05 Vancouver, CA - Pearl Theatre 10/07 Portland, OR - The Aladdin 10/09 Sacramento, CA - Harlows 10/10 Oakland, CA - The New Parish 10/11 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey/Goldenvoice 10/19 Phoenix, AZ - Viva PHX Festival 11/08 Orlando, FL - The Abbey 11/09 Charlotte, NC - The Underground 11/10 Charleston, SC - Music Farm 11/13 London, UK - Scala 11/15 Dublin, Ireland - The Workman's Club 11/17 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Bitterzoet 11/18 Paris, Framce - La Bellivouise 11/19 Lisbon, Portugal - B.Leza 11/22 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade 11/23 Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall 12/03 Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall 12/04 San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger 12/05 Austin, TX - Parish 12/06 Dallas, TX - Tulips 12/08 Nashville, TN - The Cannery
