Still Woozy premieres his new single and official video for That’s Life from his debut album, If This Isn’t Nice, I Don’t Know What Is.
One of the most inventive and multifaceted new voices in the alt-pop world, Still Woozy, returns today with his sweetly lovesick new track That’s Life, released via Still Woozy Productions/Interscope Records. It’s the fourth single from Still Woozy’s forthcoming full-length debut, If This Isn’t Nice, I Don’t Know What Is. The album is due out on August 13.
Wrapped in a glistening exterior, That’s Life captures the sensation of riding out life’s highs and lows. In creating the track, the Portland-based singer/songwriter/producer otherwise known as Sven Gamsky merged lush beats, big bass grooves, and heart-on-sleeve lyrics delivered in his tender vocals. The result is a bittersweet song revealing Still Woozy’s gift for spinning painful feelings into bright and sunny melody.
“This song is my attempt to make peace with life’s inconsistencies,” says Still Woozy.
Along with “That’s Life,” If This Isn’t Nice, I Don’t Know What Is will feature several previously released singles, including Kenny (hailed by Wonderland Magazine as “an intimate and imbued soundscape, filled with alt-pop sensibilities and chilled out vocals”), Rocky (a track that inspired This Song Is Sick to proclaim: “When it comes to the momentous lo-fi/indie pop boom that’s happening right now, Still Woozy is at the head of the pack”), and Window (praised by Earmilk as a “promising first step of the new decade that expands on his groovy DIY aesthetic while maintaining a touching intimacy”).
Gamsky grew up in the Bay Area and began playing guitar as a little kid. By middle school, he’d started writing his own songs, and later honed his guitar skills by playing in a math-rock band. After further developing his musicality by studying classical guitar and electronic music at UC Santa Cruz, he released his debut EP Lately in 2019. Featuring collaborations with Omar Apollo, the self-recorded five-song project includes singles like “Habit” (a track that’s now amassed over 113 million streams on Spotify). Over the years, Still Woozy has taken the stage at major festivals like Coachella, Governor’s Ball, Lollapalooza, and Austin City Limits, in addition to completing a sold-out North American headlining tour.
Tracklist for If This Isn’t Nice, I Don’t Know What Is by Still Woozy:
1) Woof
2) Rocky
3) That’s Life
4) Woopie
5) Get By
6) Before You Were Mine
7) Drake
8) Window
9) Kenny
10) Get Down
11) All Along
12) WTF
13) These Days
Still Woozy has also just announced a tour of North America and Europe kicking off this fall, with tickets on sale this Friday, June 25, at 10 a.m. local time.
2021
Sept. 14 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre*
Sept. 15 Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theater*
Sept. 17 Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren*
Sept. 19 Las Vegas, NV @ Life Is Beautiful Festival
Sept. 21 Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo*
Sept. 25 Dover, DE @ Firefly Music Festival
Oct. 22-23 New Orleans, @ LA BUKU: Planet B Fest
2022
Jan. 13 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield Theatre^
Jan. 16 Pomona, CA @ The Fox Theater^
Jan. 17 San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park^
Jan. 20 San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger^
Jan. 21 Austin, TX @ Stubbs^
Jan. 22 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall^
Jan. 23 Dallas, TX @ South Side Music Hall ^
Jan. 26 Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern^
Jan. 28 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel^
Jan. 29 Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works^
Jan. 31 Washington DC @ 9:30 Club^
Feb. 1 Washington DC @ 9:30 Club^
Feb. 2 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel^
Feb. 4 Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall^
Feb. 5 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel^
Feb. 8 Boston, MA @ Royale^
Feb. 9 Boston, MA @ Royale^
Feb. 11 Montreal, QC @ L’Olympia^
Feb. 12 Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre^
Feb. 13 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE^
Feb. 15 Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre^
Feb. 16 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre^
Feb. 18 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall^
Feb. 19 Chicago, IL @ The Riviera Theatre^
Feb. 20 Madison, WI @ The Sylvee^
Feb. 22 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue^
Feb. 24 Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom^
Feb. 25 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex^
Feb. 26 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory^
Feb. 27 Eugene, OR @ The McDonald Theatre^
Mar. 1 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom^
Mar. 2 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom^
Mar. 3 Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo^
Mar. 4 Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo^
Mar. 5 Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre^
Mar. 20 Berlin, Germany @ Hole 44
Mar. 21 Cologne, Germany @ Luxor
Mar. 22 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Noord
Mar. 24 Brussels, Belgium @ AB Club
Mar. 25 Paris, France @ La Bellevilloise
Mar. 27 Brighton, UK @ Chalk
Mar. 28 London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
Mar. 30 Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
Apr. 01 Bristol, UK @ Thekla
Apr. 02 Birmingham, UK 02 @ Institute
Apr. 03 Glasgow, UK SWG3 @ Warehouse
* LoveLeo supports
^ Wallice supports
