Tennis unveil new album, plot Phoenix stop on North American tour

Tennis are, technically speaking, a Denver band. But before he started making sweet, sweet indie pop with Alaina Moore, Patrick Riley grew up in Scottsdale. (He is quick to admit that his "family moved away when it started getting rich"). That attitude alone sounds Phoenician enough to us, and so we're happy to call it a homecoming when Tennis visit Phoenix later this autumn.

After embarking on a North American tour throughout May and June, Tennis will play Phoenix's The Van Buren on Aug. 23. Singer Alice Phoebe Lou opens for that date, with the rest of the tour supported by Billie Marten and Husbands. Tickets are on sale today (Feb. 14) starting at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.

This ain't no regular trip back home, of course, as Tennis are touring in support of their seventh studio album, "Face Down In The Garden." Due out April 25, the nine-track effort sees the band "evolving beyond their girl-group roots into what is unquestionably their most fully realized effort to date." Based on lead single "Weight of Desire," Tennis are clearly on a new level of profound pop musings.

"The inspiration for new work came while we were still on the road touring [2023's] 'Pollen,'" says Moore in a statement. "We felt a clear pull to write new music, but ran up against a series of bizarre setbacks. We blew tires and lost an engine. I developed a chronic illness. We took a doomed voyage that culminated in an attempted robbery at sea. Fragments of songs that first arrived like gifts from the universe later refused to be completed. Our days were awash in major and minor crises that dragged the album out endlessly."
The full list of North American tour dates is below. And for more local concert information, visit the Phoenix New Times concert calendar.

May 16, Las Vegas, Nev., Swan Dive
May 17, Salt Lake City, Utah, Metro Music Hall
May 18, Salt Lake City, Utah, Kilby Block Party
May 21, Minneapolis, Minn., First Avenue
May 23, Chicago, Ill., The Salt Shed
May 24, Indianapolis, Ind., HI-FI Annex
May 25, Cleveland, Ohio, Globe Iron
May 27, Toronto, The Concert Hall
May 30, Boston, Mass., Roadrunner
May 31, Philadelphia, Franklin Music Hall
June 1, New York, N.Y.,The Rooftop at Pier 17
June 3, Washington, D.C., The Anthem
June 5, Raleigh, N.C., The Ritz
June 6, Atlanta, Ga., The Eastern
June 7, Nashville, Tenn., Brooklyn Bowl Nashville
June 9, Dallas, Texas, The Factory in Deep Ellum
June 10, Houston, Texas, White Oak Music Hall (Downstairs)
June 11, Austin, Texas, Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
Aug. 18, San Diego, Calif., Humphreys Concerts by the Bay
Aug. 20, Los Angeles, Calif., Greek Theatre
Aug. 22, Pioneertown, Calif., Pappy + Harriet’s
Aug. 23, Phoenix, The Van Buren
Aug. 24, Santa Fe, N.M., The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Co.
Aug. 26, Denver, Colo., The Mission Ballroom
Aug. 28, Boise, Idaho, Treefort Music Hall
Aug. 29, Portland, Ore.,McMenamins Grand Lodge
Aug. 30, Vancouver, Malkin Bowl
Sept. 2, Sacramento, Calif., TBA
Sept. 4, Saratoga, Calif., The Mountain Winery