Olivia Jean Announces New Album ‘Raving Ghost’ & Shares Gritty Garage Rocker ‘Trouble’

Olivia Jean will issue a new album, Raving Ghost, on May 5 via Third Man Records. The Detroit-born singer-songwriter previewed the record with the single, “Trouble.”

Jean produced Raving Ghost, splitting recording time at Los Angeles’ Valentine Recording Studios and Third Man Recording Studio in her home base of Nashville. Olivia tapped a group of top-notch musicians to back her up including My Morning Jacket keyboardist Bo Koster, Jellyfish co-founder Roger Joseph Manning Jr. and drummers Carla Azar (T-Bone Burnett, Nikki Lane) and Patrick Keeler (The Raconteurs, The Afghan Whigs).

Press materials described Raving Ghost as “an album populated by mysterious characters in various states of danger – cursed lovers, doomed souls, women deliriously haunted by unseen forces.” Those characters came from Olivia and her constant companion.

“Ever since I was a kid, writing songs and playing guitar has been an addiction that nothing else can touch,” Jean recalled. “My guitar is an appendage. I could never put my guitar down even if I tried.”

Hear Olivia and her guitar on lead single “Trouble” below:

Olivia Jean is set to hit the road around Raving Ghost beginning with a show at Third Man Records’ Blue Room in Nashville on May 5 ahead of a slot at Atlanta’s Shaky Knees festival on May 6. Following shows in Raleigh, North Carolina and Washington D.C., Olivia makes a run through the Northeast with stops in Boston, New York and Philadelphia on May 12.

May 13 sees the singer-songwriter in Columbus, Ohio followed by a trip to Toronto. Jean returns to Detroit on May 16 ahead of a show in Chicago. Next, a three-night swing through Texas with stops in Dallas, Houston and Austin.

Olivia hits the West Coast via Phoneix on June 6 followed by shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. Jean loops back east through Salt Lake City and Denver before closing the tour in Kansas City on June 16.

After various pre-sales, tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, March 3 at 10 a.m. local venue time. Purchase Olivia Jean tickets via Ticketmaster or click below for more ticketing options.