Want to get put onto something super chill with a hot summer on deck? Look no further than what Los Angeles duo Neil Frances are up to with help from hip-hop artist St. Panther courtesy of their ‘Head Straight’ single and music video.

The song just puts you into a trance and you can’t help but want to nod and dance and - well, lots of things. Peep the details and keep scrolling for both the music video and new fall headline tour deets.

Los Angeles duo NEIL FRANCES (Jordan Feller and Marc Gilfry) are excited to share their new single, “Head Straight,” featuring up-and-coming LA hip hop artist St. Panther who blends their flows with the dance-ready daytime disco NEIL FRANCES are known for. The track is the first official offering from their to-be-announced sophomore album, which the duo has been busy in the studio working on, and follows 2022 singles “High” featuring PawPaw Rod and “She’s Just The Type Of Girl” featuring dreamcastmoe.

When asked about the track NEIL FRANCES explains, “We’ve been fans of St. Panther ever since hearing ‘highway’ back in 2020.  I actually reached out to ‘link up’ in 2021, and they left me on read lol. By chance, we went on tour with their bassist, and he helped us make the connection. I’m so grateful we’ve had the opportunity to work with Dani. We wrote 'Head Straight' during our first session together. The song came together faster than any other song we've written. Dani immediately locked in with this flow that danced around the bassline.  Marc wrote the hook, and the mixture of Marc and Dani's vocals during the hook is pure magic! I wanted the song to feel like something you’d hear in a Guy Ritchie or Tarantino heist film. Either the montage scene at the start of the movie or the moment they all pile into the getaway car.”

St. Panther adds, “’Head Straight’ is one of the funnest, natural collaborations I've been a part of to date. Shout out Johnny Luna for introducing Neil Frances and I! Working with Jordan and Marc has been a joy since we've met. It feels special to have been able to come together blindly and come out with as many songs as we've already made together. Hope you all enjoy the first of them!”

Today, they announce a full North American fall headline tour that includes stops at Brooklyn Steel in NYC and The Novo in Los Angeles. They are also confirmed for Lollapalooza (festival + late-night show), Red Rocks (opening for Big Wild in July), several headline Canadian dates, a New Zealand date, and are opening for Odesza later this month outside Montreal. A full list of dates can be found below and tickets go on-sale Friday, June 9th at 10am local. 

2022 was a banner year for the group, releasing their debut album, There Is No Neil Frances, performing at over sixteen major festivals, including Life Is Beautiful and ACL, opening for Jungle, and more. The debut featured collaborations with Grae and Benny Sings and their 2021 EP, Stay Strong Play Long, featured collaborations with Poolside and Raffaella and included their cover of "Music Sounds Better With You," which has amassed over 150 million streams. 

Stay tuned for more to come from Neil Frances in 2023.

SUMMER DATES:

6/10                            Fierce Whiskers Distillery     Austin, TX

6/14                            Place Bell                              Laval, QC In Support of ODESZA

6/15                            Hollywood Theatre                Vancouver, BC (SOLD OUT)

6/16                            Common/UNDRGRD            Calgary, Canada

6/17                            Double Dragon                      Edmonton, Canada

7/8                              The Cape                              Los Cabos, Mexico

7/27                            Red Rocks Amphitheater      Morrison, CO In Support of Big Wild

8/5 & 5/6, 2023           Lollapalooza                         Chicago, IL

9/5 – 9/10                   Snow Machine                      Queenstown, New Zealand

FALL HEADLINE TOUR:

Fri, Oct 06        Denver, CO              Summit

Sat, Oct 07       Santa Fe, NM           Meow Wolf

Mon, Oct 09     Ft. Worth, TX            Tannahill's

Tue, Oct 10      Austin, TX                 Scoot Inn

Fri, Oct 13        Atlanta, GA               The Masquerade

Sat, Oct 14       Nashville, TN            Eastside Bowl

Sun, Oct 15      Carrboro, NC            Cat's Cradle

Tue, Oct 17      Washington, DC       The Atlantis

Thu, Oct 19      Philadelphia, PA       Underground Arts

Fri, Oct 20        Brooklyn, NY             Brooklyn Steel

Sat, Oct 21       Boston, MA               Paradise Rock Club

Tue, Oct 24      Toronto, ON               Axis

Wed, Oct 25     Detroit, MI                 El Club

Sat, Oct 28       Minneapolis, MN       Fine Line

Tue, Oct 31      Portland, OR             Wonder Ballroom

Wed, Nov 01    Seattle, WA               Neptune

Fri, Nov 03       San Francisco, CA    The Regency Ballroom

Sat, Nov 04      Los Angeles, CA       The Novo

Nov 17 – 19     México City, MX        Corona Capital Festival