Providence’s Deer Tick have announced the June 5 release of their ninth studio album, Coin-O-Matic, via ATO. The LP casts a bright light on a little-known facet of the American mythos: the hidden histories of the band’s home state of Rhode Island, where the everyday dramas of working-class families long collided with the menace of the mafia underworld. As they tapped into their infinite fascination with that strange duality, singer/guitarist John McCauley, guitarist/singer Ian O’Neil, drummer/singer Dennis Ryan, and bassist Christopher Ryan assembled a batch of songs exploring desperation, grief, redemption, and resilience with both cinematic detail and lived-in emotionality.
Coin-O-Matic is deeply informed by the singular experience of growing up Irish-Catholic. That is exemplified by the album’s lead single, the ramshackle jangle-pop “Mary Singletary,” which Deer Tick share today. It tells a tender yet irreverent tale of interfaith teenage lust. “Most of the stories on the album are from my parents’ generation and the generation before that, when the idea of a Catholic and a Protestant getting together was very scandalous,” says McCauley. “With that song in particular, I liked the idea of writing about Catholic guilt and pre-marital sex and adding in a little bit of Looney Tunes-style violence—sometimes as a young Catholic boy, I did imagine a vengeful God cutting me down in a cartoonish kind of way.” Listen to “Mary Singletary” here and watch the video, directed by Colin Devin Moore, here:
Deer Tick has also announce an extensive North American tour in support of Coin-O-Matic with dates throughout 2026. The first leg kicks off this month and includes a hometown show at Providence’s Uptown Theater on March 13. They head back out on the road in June and again this fall with dates in September, October and November. Deer Tick will play Brookyn’s Warsaw on June 9 and The Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles on October 9. All shows are listed below and tickets are on-sale here on Friday, March 13 at 10am local.
Deer Tick tour dates
– Iron Horse Music Hall – Northampton, MA
3/12 – Iron Horse Music Hall – Northampton, MA
3/13 – Uptown – Providence, RI
6/9 – Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY
6/10 – Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA
6/12 – The Atlantis – Washington, DC
6/13 – Thunderbird Music Hall – Pittsburgh, PA
6/14 – Ludlow Garage – Cincinnati, OH
6/16 – Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL
6/17 – Fine Line – Minneapolis, MN
6/19 – Summerfest – Milwaukee, WI
6/20 – El Club – Detroit, MI
6/21 – The Opera House – Toronto, ON
6/23 – Bearsville Theater – Woodstock, NY
6/25 – State Theatre – Portland, ME
6/26 – Royale – Boston, MA
6/27 – Higher Ground – Burlington, VT
9/24 – The Waiting Room Lounge – Omaha, NE
9/25 – recordBar – Kansas City, MO
9/26 – Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
9/27 – Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT
9/29 – The Elm – Bozeman, MT
9/30 – Shrine Social Club – Boise, ID
10/2 – Aladdin Theater – Portland, OR
10/3 – Neumos – Seattle, WA
10/4 – Hollywood Theatre – Vancouver, BC
10/6 – Harlow’s – Sacramento, CA
10/7 – The Independent – San Francisco, CA
10/9 – Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles, CA
10/10 – Constellation Room – Santa Ana, CA
10/13 – Belly Up Tavern – Solana Beach, CA
10/14 – Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ
10/16 – Scoot Inn – Austin, TX
10/17 – The Heights Theater – Houston, TX
10/18 – The Kessler Theater – Dallas, TX
11/5 – The Basement East – Nashville, TN
11/6 – Eulogy – Asheville, NC
11/7 – Terminal West – Atlanta, GA
11/8 – Motorco Music Hall – Durham, NC
11/9 – Neighborhood Theatre – Charlotte, NC
11/11 – Revolution Live – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
11/13 – Bayboro Brewing Co. – St. Petersburg, FL
11/14 – The Social – Orlando, FL
11/15 – The Pour House – Charleston, SC
11/17 – The Broadberry – Richmond, VA
11/19 – House of Independents – Asbury Park, NJ
11/20 – Arrow at Archer Music Hall – Allentown, PA
11/21 – District Music Hall – Norwalk, CT
