While on the idobi Radio Summer School Tour, Chase Petra has revealed A Terrible Ennui, a vital trio of songs that discuss the plight of being a human…the good, bad, and ugly.
Chase Petra shared on Instagram, “Growing up – back when depression first got its grubby hands on me – I used to lament about all of the terrible feelings I felt, mostly to my dad. I asked him how I could possibly feel so bad even in the absence of any ‘real’ hardship (whatever that means). He would reply, ‘You’re suffering a terrible ennui,’ and then he’d laugh. I’d laugh every time he said it, too.”
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The artist added, “When I was younger – before I knew what ‘ennui’ even meant – I laughed because when my dad found something funny, so did I. As I got older, I laughed, in spite of myself, equally annoyed to be reminded of my own melodrama as I was humored. Now, as something like a full-grown adult, I laugh because how in the world had I forgotten again? How human it is to feel hopeless. How unbelievably small and silly and worth it a life is. How misery is just as valuable and unpredictable as joy, rage, jealousy, hope, contentedness. How fucking funny and strange everything becomes when you look closely enough.”
Chase Petra concludes, “A Terrible Ennui is a collection of three tracks, each exploring a different facet of pain/discomfort/maladjustment. The conflicts I reference are internal, external, societal, interpersonal, insular, and occasionally insufferable. They are largely commonplace and somewhat unimportant snapshots of my normal life that have left me in despair – the way people are often left.”
Chase Petra is currently on the idobi Radio Summer School Tour with Games We Play, Winona Fighter, South Arcade, and Honey Revenge. Check out the full run below and grab tickets here.
Tour Dates:
- June 26—Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
- June 27—Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
- June 28—Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
- June 30—Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
- July 1—New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
- July 4—Toronto, ON @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre
- July 5—New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place
- July 7—Boston, MA @ Citizens House of Blues
- July 8—Allentown, PA @ Archer Music Hall
- July 10—McKees Rocks, PA @ The Roxian Theatre
- July 11—Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
- July 12—Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
- July 14—Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
- July 16—Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
- July 17—Minneapolis, MN @ Uptown Theater
- July 19—Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
- July 20—Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
- July 22—Seattle, WA @ Showbox SODO
- July 23—Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
- July 25-26—Long Beach, CA @ Vans Warped Tour
