HOW TO QUIT SMOKING TRACKLIST
“WALLFLOWER”
“SMALL TOWN (feat. Emma Ogier & Gabriel Jacoby)”
“PANGEA”
“CASTING CALL”
“DOOMSDAY (feat. reggie)”
“HONEYLOVE (feat. Grace Ives)”
“WHITE KEYS”
“SQUEEZE”
“RENO (feat. Hether)”
“LILY WAS A CAVALIER”
“CABBY (feat. Emma Ogier & Love Spells)”
“CITY OF STEEL (feat. Jorjiana)”
“NOT THE SPIRIT (feat. Danny Brown)”
“WAR MACHINE”
“SPOTLIGHT / INNER CHILD (feat. Tay-K)”
Dominic Fike released his third studio album, HOW TO QUIT SMOKING. Listen to HOW TO QUIT SMOKING HERE and order on vinyl HERE.
In August, Fike put up a 15-track album on DSP’s with a release date in just two months. He announced he would be making his third album on the road in real time. In an age where technology is moving closer and closer to showing us what “perfection” could look or sound like, Fike decided to head in the opposite direction. Dubbing the project “HOW TO QUIT SMOKING”, he challenged himself to leave behind the parts of himself that would interfere with this process.
For eight weeks, Dominic made the album while traveling across North America on his Comedy Tragedy Parody tour. He wrote and recorded these songs on the road, working wherever he could. The album and accompanying visuals took place in a hotel room in Virginia Beach, a tour bus driving from Albuquerque to Las Vegas, a seaplane flying over Vancouver, and the diner from Twin Peaks outside Seattle. These places, and countless others around the country, served as postcards for songs like “Wallflower,” “Small Town,” and “Pangea,” all encapsulating the journey of finding art in the moments along the way.
Perhaps more important than where the music was made were the people who joined Fike along the way to make it. From jumping on last-minute flights to leave their mark as the hours counted down, to spending hours, days, and for some weeks on the road to help create the album’s sound. The sprawling list of artists includes Love Spells, Emma Ogier, Grace Ives, Gabriel Jacoby, Kevin Abstract, Reggie, Jorjiana, Danny Brown, Hether and a phone call with Tay-K.
Originally set to be released in early October, Fike pushed the release by 3 weeks, telling the audience at his LA show that the album had become “bigger than I had ever imagined.” He then bunkered down at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, to narrow down the songs. The ranch served as a creative hub for the final days of the project before heading to New York City to complete the recording, mixing and mastering process. The record was completed at Electric Lady Studios earlier this week and now, only a few days later, is being released into the world.
Watch “CASTING CALL” here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5L5k_n44jY
Coming full circle, John Cunningham who unknowingly brought the first song of this album, “WHITE KEYS”, to life five years ago, joined Fike in the Sonic Ranch studio during the final hours of recording in Texas. He helped round out the album’s overall sound and brought collaborators from his world, including artists Jorjiana and Tay-K.
The album concludes with a phone call to John Cunningham from Prison, that came in during the camp’s last days in Texas. On this call, Fike met the rapper Tay-K and explained the complications of the reality he has designed for himself. “Stay connected to your inner child,” Tay-K reminds him. “Everything is a learning experience. Everything is wonderful.”
Last week, Fike launched the Separate Street Network, a 24/7 streaming channel from his website. Through his time on the road, he has captured the disorienting and fast-paced journey of touring and found fun in the multitude of stories happening all at once. Through this experience, Fike and company have found and developed TV shows, concert films, and organic versions of their favorite junk, introducing viewers to new characters and all the places and the spaces in between.
There’s only more to come from Fike, as he’s set to hit the road once again with Comedy Tragedy Parody – Dominic Fike in Europe, a series of intentionally intimate headline shows taking place in February and March of next year. Kicking off on February 9th in Düsseldorf, the tour will take Fike across Europe & the UK, performing to his fans at packed venues in Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands and more before wrapping up in Manchester, UK at CO-Op Live on March 6th. Buy tickets HERE.
Watch “WALLFLOWER” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1jjURWPLy4
Watch “SMALL TOWN” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CHgKR1OzlU
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DOMINIC FIKE EU/UK TOUR DATES:
09/02 – Mitsubishi Electric Halle – Düsseldorf,DE
10/02 – Forest National – Brussels, BE
12/02 – L’Olympia – Paris, FR
13/02 – Halle 622 – Zurich, CH
15/02 – Alcatraz – Milan, IT
16/02 – Tonhalle – Munich, DE
18/02 – Raiffeisenhalle im Gasometer – Vienna, AT
20/02 – Columbiahalle – Berlin, DE
23/02 – Royal Arena – Copenhagen, DK
25/02 – Sporthalle – Hamburg, DE
27/02 – Stadthalle – Offenbach, DE
28/02 – AFAS Live – Amsterdam, NL
02/03 – 02 Academy – Birmingham, UK
03/03 – Alexandra Palace – London, UK
06/03 – Co-Op Live – Manchester, UK
Watch “WHITE KEYS”- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz200209hOs
Watch “PANGEA” – https://youtu.be/q6bZfFQH-OI?si=zvdk_ss3V1AIRo_3
Dominic Fike Press Photo, credit: Nathan Nguyen