For what feels like a decade, if not longer, CBS Saturday Morning has chosen to spotlight new and under-the-radar musicians. Some artists who have performed on the show in the last couple years include the likes of: Brandy Clark, Abraham Alexander, Robert Finley, Abby Hamilton, Laufey, Joy Oladokun, SYML, Danielle Ponder, Rachael + Vilray, Madison Cunningham, MUNA, Nikki Lane, Fantastic Cat, The Dip, Kat Edmonson, Villagers, Courtney Barnett, Alvvays, Langhorne Slim, Offa Rex and Noah Gundersen, to name but a few. Americana heavyweights like Nickel Creek, Lyle Lovett and Old Crow Medicine Show have also appeared in the last couple of years.

This Saturday one such band caught my attention and left me transfixed. The quartet is called Slow Pulp and they hail from Milwaukee but are now based in Chicago. The easiest description is something akin to dream pop with ample amounts of alt-rock and indie leanings. The band played their song “Slugs” off their new album Yard, which was released last year on Anti Records. Maybe I’ve been too plugged into country music and Americana but this indie group had not been on my radar. Looking through my inbox it appears two different publicists tried to get me interested in the band in both 2019 and 2020. And stupidly I never bothered to pay attention.

Well, that changed this morning.

This year will prove quite transformative for the band. Slow Pulp is the opener on The Postal Service / Death Cab for Cutie stadium tour which begins next month in Alpharetta, GA. After that tour the band heads to Europe in June, culminating in a rather robust UK tour.

The band’s tour dates can be seen below:

April 23 – Ameris Bank Amphitheater – Alpharetta, GA 
April 24 – Kia Center – Orlando, FL 
April 26 – Credit One Stadium – Charleston, SC 
April 27 – Coastal Credit Union Music Park – Raleigh, NC 
April 29 – Bridgestone Arena – Nashville, TN 
April 30 – Schottenstein Center – Columbus, OH 
May 2 – Petersen Events Center – Pittsburgh, PA 
May 3 – MVP Arena – Albany, NY 
May 4 – ScotiaBank Arena – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 6 – Miller High Life Theater – Milwaukee, WI 
May 7 – Chaifetz Arena – St. Louis, MO 
May 9 – T-Mobile Center – Kansas City, MO 
May 11 – Kilby Block Party – SLC, UT  – not part of Postal Service tour 
May 12 – Idaho Central Arena – Boise, ID 
May 14 – Thunderbird Sports Centre – Vancouver, BC, Canada
May 15 – Moda Center – Portland, OR 

European Tour
June 1 – Primavera Sound – Barcelona, Spain 
June 2 – La Makeda. – Marseille, France 
June 3 – Arci Bellezza – Milan, Italy 
June 5 – Point Ephemere – Paris, France 
June  6 – Bmanni + Sohn – Cologne, Germany 
June 7 – AB Club – Brussels, Belgium 
June 9 – Best Kept Secret – Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands 
June 11 – Concorde 2 – Brighton, UK 
June 12 – Hare + Hounds – Birmingham, UK 
June 14 – The Classic Ground – Glasgow, Scotland 
June 15 – Whelans – Dublin, Ireland 
June 16 – Band on the Wall – Manchester, UK 
June 18 – The Bodega Social Club – Nottingham, UK 
June 19 – Club Ifor Bach – Cardiff, Wales 
June 20 – Yoko – London, UK