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Hot on the heels of a bold new album, Lotus have announced a pair of New Year’s Eve shows to send off 2024 with a bang. On December 30 and 32, the innovative and influential jamtronica quartet will take the stage at Union Transfer in Philadelphia, marking the band’s next slated appearance in its hometown and its first since a New Year’s celebration at the very same venue last year. This announcement arrives one day after the release of How to Dream in Color, the group’s genre-bending 11th studio album.
How to Dream in Color represents a sonic revolution for Lotus, steering into new electronic textures for an elaborate and enthralling sound. This move is crystal clear on the album’s preview single “How Do I Come Down,” which stacks a shattered drumbeat, a rubbery bassline and a precise and powerful guitar riff to drive the listener through a musical odyssey. On the song’s significance, guitarist and keyboardist Luke Miller shared, “This track is a manifesto for the entire album – a dream scenario where anything is possible yet flows like water.” Bassist Jesse Miller adds, “The tonality moves between major and minor keys, akin to driving through a mountain highway, transitioning between light, dark, and the exhilarating unknown.”
The band’s latest is also its first studio set since the tragic passing of drummer Chuck Morris in 2023; with this, the album represents not only a tribute to his life and legacy, but also a testament to the strength and endurance of his musical family. Attendees at this year’s New Year’s show will witness a band immersed in a period of tribute and transformation, calling on the depth of its legacy and working through crisis on the way to a new horizon.
Tickets for Lotus’ NYE shows are available now, and expected to sell out quickly. For more information on the event and the band’s current tour, visit lotusvibes.com.
Listen to How to Dream in Color below.
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