Baroness will be hitting the road this fall, but they’re playing smaller venues than usual.

Announced today, the intimate tour will kick off on November 6 inside Baltimore’s Ottobar, and it’ll conclude with a two-night stop at Philadelphia’s Kung Fu Necktie on December 11 and December 12. For this tour, fans will be able to vote on the setlist each night. Ticket holders will be allowed to vote up to ten songs via a private link. Voting closes one week before each respective show.

Baroness vocalist/guitarist John Baizley said this about getting back on the road:

“I cannot remember any moment in the history of this band where we’ve been more excited to tour than we are today. In many ways, this upcoming tour feels similar the very first Baroness tour in 2003: we don’t know what to expect, we’re through sitting on the sidelines, and we can’t wait to climb onstage. During the past two years we’ve tried to keep ourselves as busy as possible: writing, recording and rehearsing insofar as the pandemic would allow. Throughout that time, one fact has become increasingly clear… we are built as a live/touring band. The most powerful and important aspects of music reveal themselves only through shared experience. Baroness’ music is designed to be shared; our audience has always been the final and most important member of the band. Quite simply, it doesn’t feel right without YOU! We’ve started counting down the hours in anticipation of that first blissful moment when the lights dim and the room falls silent, when we can once again commune with our audience. We’ve missed you all dearly and we’re really excited to see the setlists you all design for us. There’s never been a better time to put the trust and control of our music in your capable hands. Electric or acoustic, sung or screamed, from the EPs to the LPs: we’re busy preparing for everything from those 6 or 7 hours of recorded music. Furthermore, we thought the pandemic had stolen from us the opportunity to play Gold & Grey in front of American audiences and we look forward to playing those songs for you as well. Finally, we’re really thrilled to have the opportunity to play up close and personal in some venues we haven’t typically played in recent years. It feels so good to share all of this news with you, we’ve missed this more than we can possibly explain. We hope to see you all soon!”

Tickets for this trek go on sale this Friday (October 1) at 10 a.m. local time. The entire tour routing can be seen below.

Baroness have been working on the follow-up to their 2019 studio album Gold & Grey, which topped the Independent Albums chart.

Baroness tour dates

November 6 Baltimore, MD Ottobar

November 7 Richmond, VA Richmond Music Hall

November 9 Columbus, OH Ace of Cups

November 10 Indianapolis, IN The Black Circle

November 12 Minneapolis, MN Barfly @ Skyway Theatre

November 14 Fargo, ND The Hall @ Fargo Brewing

November 17 Spokane, WA Lucky You

November 19 Seattle, WA Funhouse

November 21 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge