Chaz Bear, professionally known by moniker Tori y Moi, will debut Unerthed: Hole Erth Unplugged, a revamped version of his 2024 album, set to arrive on streaming platforms on Sept. 19 via Dead Oceans.
With this upcoming release, Tori y Moi’s critically acclaimed eighth studio album Hole Erth (2024) will get reimagined sounds. On Unerthed: Hole Erth Unplugged, the tracks will be rearranged for guitar, piano, drums and strings. This new project shifts the original LP into a new direction, influenced by hyperpop, rap, rock and 2000s emo.
“The idea to begin this project came while listening to Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged record. I love how the rearrangement brought out so many intricacies of their songwriting and gave context to the original recordings and the decisions made… Americana has always been a major theme in my music. I asked myself what could be more edgy than Rap-Rock turned Alt-Country? Hole Erth and Unerthed was meant to be a dual album from the beginning, the vision is complete. Enjoy…” – Chaz Bear, Toro y Moi
Inspired by psych-funk and synth-pop, the first single from this upcoming project is the second track, “CD-R (unerthed),”released a month in advance of the “unplugged” album. A throwback to the 2010s, the alternative artist reflects on life at the beginning stages of Toro y Moi, a nod to the technology and themes of his formative days.
“I remember burning CD-Rs / Outside every single dive bar / Every windshield in the parking lot / Kinkos boxes filling up the trunk / We broke down on the 15-501 / Triple A had to come and pull us up out the mud / Overwhelmed, all the merch was still in the trunk / We were wondering if the tour was still fucked.”
Unerthed: Hole Erth Unplugged is available to pre-order and pre-save here!
Unerthed: Hole Erth Unplugged Tracklist:
- Walking In The Rain (unerthed)
- CD-R (unerthed)
- HOV (unerthed)
- Tuesday (unerthed)
- Hollywood (unerthed)
- Reseda (unerthed)
- Babydaddy (unerthed)
- Madonna (unerthed)
- Undercurrent (unerthed)
- Off Road (unerthed)
- Smoke (unerthed)
- Heaven (unerthed)
- Starlink (unerthed)
Toro y Moi will play a few dates in California this September, including two nights at San Francisco’s Bimbo’s 365 Club and 2 Days of Camping and Music at Fernwood Resort in Big Sur, Calif. More information and remaining tickets can be found here.
Toro y Moi Live:
9/12-13 — San Francisco, CA — Bimbo’s 365 Club
9/14 — Bolinas, CA — Smiley’s Saloon
9/19-20 — Big Sur, CA — 2 Days of Camping and Music at Fernwood Resort
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