Open Mike Eagle Announces Debut Previous Industries Album and Tour, Shares New Song: Listen

Previous Industries, photo by Robyn Von Swank

In January, Open Mike Eagle and frequent collaborators Video Dave and Still Rift announced their new group Previous Industries. At the time, they shared the tracks “Showbiz” and “Braids,” and they’ve now announced their debut album: Service Merchandise comes out June 28 via Merge. Check out the trio’s new single, “Pliers,” and its animated music video, a shot-for-shot remake of Jaws’ “Show me the way to go home” scene directed by Video Dave, below.

A month after their record comes out, Previous Industries will bring their music to life live on the road. They’re embarking on a U.S. tour this summer, beginning on July 22 in Nashville, Tennessee, and lasting on through until October 5 in Los Angeles, California. Find their full list of tour dates below.

Service Merchandise follows Open Mike Eagle’s 2023 album, Another Triumph of Ghetto Engineering. Video Dave and Still Rift guested on the LP’s “The Grand Prize Game on the Bozo Show” and “WFLD 32.”

Read about Open Mike Eagle’s track “For Doom” in “The 43 Best Rap Songs of 2022.”

Previous Industries: Service Merchandise

$23.00, Amazon

Service Merchandise:

01 Showbiz
02 Pliers
03 Braids
04 Roebuck
05 Montgomery Ward
06 White Hen
07 Babbages
08 Fotomat
09 Dominick’s
10 Zayre
11 Kay Bee

Previous Industries:

07-22 Nashville, TN - The Basement
07-23 Atlanta, GA - 529
07-25 Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle (Merge 35 Festival)
07-26 Washington, DC - Songbyrd
07-27 Philadelphia, PA - Milkboy
07-28 Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere (Zone One)
07-29 Boston, MA - Sinclair
07-30 Hamden, CT - Space Ballroom
08-02 Dallas, TX - Ruins
08-03 Austin, TX - Ballroom (Inside)
09-27 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
09-28 Chicago, IL - Schuba’s
09-29 Columbus, OH - A&R Music Bar
10-01 Seattle, WA - Barboza
10-02 Portland, OR - Hawthorne
10-04 San Francisco, CA - Neck of the Woods
10-05 Los Angeles, CA - Lodge Room

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