Chaz Bear is back again with a new Toro y Moi album. Hole Erth, the follow-up to 2022’s Mahal, is out September 6 via Dead Oceans. Watch the video for lead single “Tuesday” below.
“I hope you enjoy this suburban anthem,” Bear said of his new music in a press statement, “growing up, the often controversial line between mainstream and underground artists was so defined but now that line has become so blurred I can’t even tell what I like anymore… sometimes.”
Bear recorded Hole Erth in 2023 and 2024. The new album’s title is an homage to Stewart Brand’s magazine Whole Earth Catalog. Bear worked on his album with Death Cab for Cutie and the Postal Service’s Benjamin Gibbard, Brockhampton founder Kevin Abstract, Glaive, Don Toliver, Porches, and more.
Hole Erth:
01 Walking in the Rain
02 CD-R
03 HOV
04 Tuesday
05 Hollywood [ft. Benjamin Gibbard]
06 Reseda [ft. Duckwrth and Elijah Kessler]
07 Babydaddy
08 Madonna [ft. Don Toliver]
09 Undercurrent [ft. Don Toliver and Porches]
10 Off Road
11 Smoke [ft. Kenny Mason]
12 Heaven [ft. Kevin Abstract and Lev]
13 Starlink [ft. Glaive]
Toro y Moi:
08-09 Vancouver, British Columbia – Vogue Theatre
08-10 Seattle, WA – Thing Festival 2024
08-11 Portland, OR – The Best Day Ever
08-13 Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre %
09-20 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Forever Cemetery ^
10-03 Queens, NY – Knockdown Center
10-18-19 Miami, FL – III Points Music Festival
% with Aminé
^ with Zack Fox