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

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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