Alex G Shares New Song "Blessing," Announces Fall North American Tour

Alex Giannascoli, the Philadelphia singer/songwriter and producer best-known as Alex G, has released his first proper single since 2019, “Blessing.” Giannascoli produced the track—out now on Domino, along with a music video—alongside his longtime collaborator Jacob Portrait. The artist has also announced a fall North American headlining tour.

Dark and abrasive, “Blessing” begins with blaring synths that knock you off balance from the get-go. Suddenly, a resolute 4/4 beat replaces them, over which Giannascoli whispers, “Every day is a blessing / As I walk through the mud.” The track’s abrupt gearshifts are jarring by design, as if in an attempt to render its lyrical conceit as instrumentation: They say “every day above ground is a good day,” but there’s never any telling when things will take a turn for the worse. And life, like “Blessing” itself, can end without warning—no good, no bad, just gone.

Following a run of East Coast shows supporting Bright Eyes in June, Alex G’s newly announced tour kicks off in North Carolina on Oct. 6, working its way out west for a show at Los Angeles’ The Wiltern, before circling back around for multiple nights at New York City’s Brooklyn Steel, Chicago’s Thalia Hall and Boston’s Paradise Rock Club, and ending with a hometown two-night stand at Philadelphia’s Union Transfer. Barrie, Hatchie and Sadurn will provide support on select dates.