Kiley Lotz, aka Petal explores the nuances of failure, pain and truth in her newest song, “Tightrope,” part of her highly-anticipated upcoming album, Magic Gone.

Although the light guitar riffs of the song bring a memory of summer and warmth, the lyrics weaved into the melodies talk about something much more difficult. Petal sings, “the truth is just a piece of coal dressed as gold,” referring to how searching for the truth may seem like it will make everything right, but in actuality that may not be the case.

“Tightrope” serves as the thesis of the duality of the record,” Lotz says. “Tightrope Walker/Miracle Clinger are the two worlds I was living in: becoming very skilled at a dangerous performance, which has great consequences if you fail and also clinging onto the idea that there is hope in all this pain and maybe there will be some great resolution beyond my control.”

Petal’s last full album, Shame was released back in 2015 with hits like “Heaven” and “Tommy.” Magic Gone is set to release on June 15. Along with this, Petal has announced that she is going on tour in North America with Camp Cope from June 20 to July 22 along with a separate European tour from  October 29 to November 14.

2018 TOUR DATES: 

June 20 – Philadelphia, PA – Philamoca^ (SOLD OUT)

June 21 – Philadelphia, PA – Philamoca* (SOLD OUT)

June 22 – Cleveland, OH – Now That’s Class*

June 23 – Lansing, MI – Three Stacks Festival*

June 24 – Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen*

June 26 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry*

June 27 – Madison, WI – High Noon Entry*

June 29 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre*

June 30 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court*

July 2 – Seattle, WA – The Vera Project*

July 3 – Portland, OR – Holocene*

July 5 – San Francisco, CA – The Rickshaw Shop~

July 6 – Los Angeles, CA – Bootleg Theatre~

July 7- Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room~

July 8 – La Jolla, CA – Che Café~

July 9 – Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge~

July 11 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada~

July 12 – Austin, TX – Barracude~

July 13 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall~

July 15 – Orlando, FL – Soundbar~

July 16 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade~

July 17 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle Back Room~

July 18 – Washington, DC – DC9~

July 19 – Asbury Park, NJ – House of Independents~

July 20 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom~

July 21 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair~

July 22 – Philadelphia, PA – The Other Side^

ADDITIONAL 2018 TOUR DATES

October 29 – Cologne, DE – Studio 672

October 30 – Hamburg, DE – Turmzimmer

October 31 – Berlin, DE – Musik & Frieden

November 2 – Haldern, DE – Haldern Pop Bar

November 3 – Brussels, BE – AB Salon

November 6 – Brighton, UK – Hope & Ruin

November 7 – London, UK – The Islington

November 9 – Bristol, UK – Crofters

November 11 – Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds

November 12 – Manchester, UK – Gullivers

November 13 – Leeds, UK – Oporto

November 14 – Glasgow, UK – Hug & Pint