Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory Add Tour Dates, Share Video for New Song: Watch

Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory have shared a new song. “Southern Life (What It Must Be Like)” is the second preview of the self-titled album from the new band, following lead single “Afterlife.” Watch the new track’s video below.

“Southern Life (What It Must Be Like)” is about “trying to understand people with very different perspectives and backgrounds, while also trying to be compassionate towards our past, present, and future selves,” Van Etten said in a press statement.

Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory are also extending their previously announced European tour with a run of North American shows, supported by Love Spells. Find all of the tour dates below.

Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory is out February 7 via Jagjaguwar. Revisit the review of Sharon Van Etten’s last album, 2022’s We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong.

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Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory:

02-01 Westerly, RI - The United #
02-03 Woodstock, NY - Bearsville Theater #
02-04 Asbury Park, NJ - The Stone Pony #
02-28 Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller *
03-01 Stockholm, Sweden - Fållan *
03-02 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega *
03-04 Berlin, Germany - Astra Kulturhaus *
03-06 Paris, France - Le Trianon *
03-07 Antwerp, Belgium - De Roma *
03-08 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso *
03-10 London, England - Royal Albert Hall *
03-11 Manchester, England - Albert Hall *
03-12 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowland Ballroom *
04-24 Atlanta, GA - The Eastern ^
04-25 Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl ^
04-26 Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel ^
04-28 Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club ^
04-30 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer ^
05-01 Boston, MA - Roadrunner ^
05-02 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel ^
05-05 Detroit, MI - Saint Andrew’s Hall ^
05-06 Toronto, Ontario - History ^
05-08 Madison, WI - The Sylvee ^
05-09 Chicago, IL - The Salt Shed ^
05-10 Saint Paul, MN - Palace Theatre ^
05-12 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre ^
05-13 Salt Lake City, UT - Metro Music Hall ^
05-15 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile ^
05-16 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile ^
05-17 Vancouver, British Columbia - Vogue Theatre ^
05-18 Portland, OR - Revolution Hall ^
05-21 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern ^