Dave Matthews Band Drops Poignant Lead Single, 'Samurai Cop,' from Forthcoming New Studio Album

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Dave Matthews Band Drops Poignant Lead Single, 'Samurai Cop,' from Forthcoming New Studio Album

PERRI ORMONT BLUMBERG

 

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As Dave Matthews Band gears up for the release of its new album, Come Tomorrow, and summer tour — 20 million tickets and 28 years later, if you’re counting — they’ve debuted their lead single in the form of an animated video based on album art by Béatrice Coron.

 

“Samurai Cop (Oh Joy Begin),” a freewheeling tune that the band has road-tested since 2016, enjoys a polished studio cut as Matthews’ vocals sweep you into a carpe diem fury.

Accompanied by Carter Beauford’s thrumming snare and Tim Reynolds’ haunting guitar riffs, the front-man reminds us “Let’s not forget these early days / Remember we began the same / We lose our way of fear and pain / Oh joy, begin.”

 

The track, written by Matthews, pierces with equal parts pathos and hope before crescendoing into a stadium-style rocker.

 

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