The Suburbs will celebrate a new album with a gig at 7th Street Entry

'Poets Party' drops on July 2, the day the Burbs play the Entry's first post-pandemic show.

May 20, 2021 at 12:34PM
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The Suburbs in 2018 (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Can you think of a better way to mark the return of live music at First Avenue's 7th Street Entry than the Suburbs celebrating a new album?

One of Minnesota's most treasured bands, the Burbs will drop a new full length, "Poets Party," on July 2, the day they rock the Entry's first post-pandemic show.

Chan Poling and company have teased the new album with the single "Summertime" — a dreamy, horn-punctuated dance-pop whirl — which will be available for streaming on May 28.

Formed in 1977, the Suburbs have long been one of the Twin Cities most popular bands. The "Love Is the Law" hitmakers released four albums (and an EP) in the 1980s, underwent some personnel changes and began recording again with 2013's "Si Sauvage," followed four years later by "Hey Muse!"

Frontman/songwriter/keyboardist Poling and drummer Hugo Klaers remain from the original lineup.

"Poets Party" will be available in CD, streaming and vinyl formats. The project was produced by Poling and Suburbs bassist Steve Price.

No word yet about tickets sales for the 7th Street Entry concert, the Burbs' smallest Twin Cities gig in ages. Meanwhile, the band will perform a more expansive show outdoors on June 19 in Burnsville as part of the Relief Session concert series.

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Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily newspaper. He has attended more than 8,000 concerts and written four books (on Prince, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan). Thus far, he has ignored readers’ suggestions that he take a music-appreciation class.

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