Acoustic innovators Twisted Pine are back with a bold new direction and an exuberant collection of songs that dares you to Love Your Mind. Their new single, “After Midnight (Nothing Good Happens),” captures late-night festival fun with all its tempting choices — campfires!! cold beer! jams! — and entered the Americana Radio singles chart this week. The video, shot on location at bluegrass/roots music festivals in Maine and Vermont, premiered at The Bluegrass Situation.

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “AFTER MIDNIGHT (NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS)” HERE

STREAM/ ORDER LOVE YOUR MIND HERE

The band — Kathleen Parks on fiddle and lead vocals, Dan Bui on mandolin, Chris Sartori on bass, and Anh Phung on flute — will release their joyous third LP, Love Your Mind, on October 18 on Signature Sounds. With two strong front women, Parks and Phung, the lyrics often have a feminist bent. The new album straddles Americana, jazz, funk and bluegrass, all done on acoustic instruments. From the effervescent pop of “Goosebump Feeling” to a Frank Zappa cover (“Peaches En Regalia), Twisted Pine continue to expand their sound. The LP is full of buoyant pop and delicate folk, hootenanny twang and old-school R&B grooves, plus plenty of thoughtful, intense, and playful lyrics.

Co-produced by the band and longtime-collaborator Dan Cardinal (Aoife O’Donovan, Darlingside, Josh Ritter) at his studio Dimension Sound in Boston, the album is the sound of Twisted Pine now — experimental production, fearless songwriting featuring input from each member, finely-crafted collaborative arrangements, playing that is sometimes virtuosic, always visceral. The sound of a band that demands you Love Your Mind.

Look for more news soon and check this space for updates: www.twistedpineband.com

TWISTED PINE ON TOUR:

* with Railroad Earth

% with Damn Tall Buildings

Oct 18 Iron Horse Music Hall – Northampton, MA  w/ Ali McGuirk

Oct 19 Zenbarn – Waterbury Center, VT w/ Queen City Cut-ups

Oct 20 Oct 20 Billsville House Concerts – Manchester VT [sold out]

Oct 24 Oxbow Brewery w/ Cilla Bonnie – Portland, ME

Oct 25 Stage One at Fairfield Theatre – Fairfield CT w/ Goodnight Blue Moon

Nov 13 XL Live- Harrisburg, PA *

Nov 14 Tarrytown Music Hall – Tarrytown NY *

Nov 15 Bearsville Theatre – Woodstock NY *

Nov 16 The Strand – Providence RI *

Nov 30 The Sinclair – Cambridge, MA %  w/ Ali McGuirk, Presented by WBUR

Dec 4 World Cafe Live – Philadelphia, PA %

Dec 5 Drom – New York, NY %

Dec 6 Club Cafe – Pittsburgh, PA w/ Maya de Vitry

Dec 7 The Purple Fiddle – Thomas, WV

Dec 8 The 8×10 – Baltimore, MD – w/ Charm City Junction

Jan 16 Goodwood Gardens & Museum / Florida State University – Tallahassee, FL

Feb 2-9 Fort Lauderdale, FL – Scythian’s String Break Cruise

May 2 Caramoor Center for Music and The Arts – Katonah, NY (in collaboration w/ City Winery)