Photo by Will Matsuda.
Flasher have shared a new single titled “I’m Better,” the third pre-release offering from their sophomore studio album, Love Is Yours, due out June 17 via Domino. It follows the record’s lead cut — March’s “Sideways” — and its April title track. Like these previous drops, it arrives alongside a music video — this time a vintage short directed by Jolie Maya-Altshuler. It also comes with new tour dates: a Gulf South and west coast late-summer leg to follow their previously announced June run.
The new song and video are somewhat less ambitious than their predecessors. In place of the lush arrangements and high-concept visuals of “Sideways” and “Love Is Yours,” we’re presented with a familiar Flasher — enthusiastic and raw, thinking less and picking up the tempo. It’s not a bad thing: guitarist Taylor Mulitz and drummer Emma Baker both have an edge to their playing that was somewhat obscured beneath the complexity of their last two tracks.
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“‘I’m Better’ is about leaving a toxic relationship and finding joy, freedom, and self assurance on the other side,” the duo write. “We filmed the video in central Oregon during a brief escape from pandemic isolation in 2021. The footage captures the expansive feeling that comes with exploring a new place or path forward.”
Watch it below and view all of Flasher’s upcoming tour dates below.
Flasher 2022 tour
June 17 - Washington, DC - Comet Ping Pong
June 18 - Brooklyn, NY - Baby’s All Right
June 20 - Richmond, VA - The Camel
June 22 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
June 23 - Nashville, TN - Third Man Records
June 24 - Cincinnati, OH - MOTR Pub
June 25 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
June 27 - Detroit, MI - Magic Bag
June 28 - Toronto, ON - The Baby G
June 29 - Montreal, QC - L’Esco
June 30 - Providence, RI - AS220
July 1 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie
August 29 - New Orleans, LA - Gasa Gasa
August 30 - Denton, TX - Rubber Glives
August 31 - Austin, TX - Empire Control Room
September 2 - Tucson, AZ - HOCO Festival
September 3 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
September 5 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
September 6 - Los Angeles, CA - Echo
September 7 - San Francisco, CA - Starline Social Club
September 9 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore
September 10 - Seattle, WA - Barboza
September 11 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
