Alex Cameron Announces Late To Set, Shares New Single "Red Hook Rain"

Four years on from Oxy Music, Alex Cameron is back with Late To Set, a new album that arrives after what a press release describes only as a period of personal upheaval. The Australian singer-songwriter has spent the last year easing back into view with a pair of singles, first the knowingly ridiculous and hooky “Short King” and then “Statue Down”, which now turns out to be part of the new record. The first one, notably, does not.

That kind of sequencing feels telling for Cameron, whose whole appeal has long rested in the friction between sharp writing and deliberate oddness. Late To Set keeps that balance intact, at least on paper. Cameron worked on the album with producers Mark Perkins, Zach Dawes, and Maxim Ludwig, but he is credited as the sole producer on the new single “Red Hook Rain”, a widescreen synth-rock cut that leans hard into an ’80s sheen without sounding like it is merely reaching for nostalgia. It is the sort of song that suggests movement, even if the destination is unclear.

The album also lands at a moment when Cameron is re-entering the live circuit in a fairly busy way. He already has a summer run with the Strokes in Europe, and he has lined up North American dates before and after that stretch. For an artist who has often worked by overstating persona only to reveal something more brittle underneath, the return to the road matters as much as the release itself. It suggests a reset, or at least a renewed push.

Below is the tracklist for Late To Set, alongside Cameron’s upcoming tour dates and the new song, “Red Hook Rain.”

TRACKLIST:
01 “No Soldier”
02 “Statue Down”
03 “Stand-In Man”
04 “Testosterone In Blue”
05 “Jesus Never Had No Porno”
06 “Ricochet”
07 “No Guns Come Alone”
08 “Red Hook Rain”
09 “Violent Man”

TOUR DATES:
9/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
9/11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
9/12 – Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong
9/13 – Durham, NC @ Pinhook
9/14 – Richmond, VA @ The Camel
9/16 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
9/17 – Kingston, NY @ Tubby’s
9/18 – Somerville, MA @ Warehouse XI
9/19 – Portland, ME @ SPACE
9/20 – South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
9/21 – Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
10/6 – London, UK @ The O2 *
10/7 – London, UK @ The O2 *
10/11 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome *
10/13 – Düsseldorf, Germany @ PSD Bank Dome *
10/15 – Berlin, Germany @ Uber Arena *
10/17 – Bologna, Italy @ Unipol Arena *
10/20 – Barcelona, Spain @ Palau Sant Jordi *
10/22 – Paris, France @ Accor Arena *
10/25 – Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK @ Utilita Arena Newcastle *
10/26 – Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live *
10/28 – Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena*
11/03 – Ojai, CA @ Deer Lodge
11/05 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
11/06 – Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon
11/07 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
11/09 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place
11/11 – Seattle, WA @ The Sunset Tavern
11/12 – Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
11/13 – Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown
11/14 – Vancouver, BC @ The Cobalt Cabaret
11/16 – Boise, ID @ Shrine Social Club
11/17 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge