Shotgun Jimmie returns with Field of Trampolines, and it’s a perfect summer album arriving just in time for spring. Recorded at the Eastern end of a cross-Canada tour in August 2015, when Shotgun Jimmie and his band (Winnipeg’s wonderful Human Music) slept under the stars, played rock shows and swam every possible lake. Crowds were surfed. They ate from orchards and cooked by campfire. Field of Trampolines was produced by Joel Plaskett in his Dartmouth, NS studio. Joel is a magician, a musician and a legend. They worked quickly, recording live and mixing fast in a single 4-day session. Joel captured the summer vibes like a glow bug in his bare hands.

Here are 10 songs celebrating life’s joys: life on the road (Join The Band), natural phenomena (Solar Array), and camping (Triple Letter Score). There are a series of tributes to Jimmie’s friends and inspirations: The Constantines are saluted in Constantine Believer, Attack In Black in Love Letter, and the legendary Eric’s Trip in Song For Julie, Chris, Rick + Mark. Jimmie’s current life as a student at art school also gets due airtime: “I’m losing sleep over Georgia O’Keefe” he sings in Georgia OK. And as the batteries run down on the nostalgic and entirely wonderful Walkman Battery Bleed, you’ll be looking to flip back to the A side and play it all over again.

Field Of Trampolines joins an impressive discography: 5 full length albums since 2007 (including the Polaris Prize nominated Transistor Sister), and split releases with Joel Plaskett, Ladyhawk, and Attack in Black. In 2012, Jimmie appeared on John K. Samson’s Provincial (Epitaph/ANTI) and toured across North America and Europe as Samson’s lead guitarist and opening act.

Field Of Trampolines will be released on March 18, 2016. Pre-orders are available now in the mailorder shop.

Listen to the “anthemic guide to life on the road” Join The Band:

Shotgun Jimmie is leaving this week for a whole bunch of shows across Canada. Check out the dates below, come out to a show, and enjoy the sweet Jimmie tunes. Like this one! Here’s the new video for “North!” from Everything, Everything, directed by Colin Medley to get you in the mood for rockin’ out.

Shotgun Jimmie Summer Tour Dates
July 25th The Exchange (Gateway Festival kick off) Regina, SK
July 26th  Gateway Festival,  Bengough, SK
July 27th and 28th Brandon Folk Music and Arts Festival, Brandon, MB
Aug 2nd 3rd & 4th  SappyFest, Sackville, NB
Aug 7th  Playground, London, ON
Aug 8th  The Mansion House, Saint Catherines, ON
Aug 9th  Mudtown Arts Festival, Owen Sound, ON
Aug 10th  ALL CAPS Festival, Toronto Island, ON
Aug 14th  Wednesdays By The Fountain, Brandon, MB
Aug 16th and 17th   Harvest Sun Festival, Kelwood, MB
Sept 7th  Frosh Fest, Lethbridge, AB
Sept 13th  Harvest Moon Festival, Clearwater, MB

Jimmie’s got a whole lot of dates coming up to celebrate the release of Everything, Everything on March 26th. On with the showbiz!

Mar 27th The Apollo, Thunder Bay, ON
Mar 29th Wavelength @ The Monarch, Toronto, ON
Mar 30th The Spill, Peterbrough, ON
April 3rd Murphy’s Pub, Oshawa, ON
April 4th This Ain’t Hollywood, Hamilton, ON
April 6th  KAZOO FEST, Jimmy Jazz, Guelph, ON
April 7th Merchant Ale House, Saint Catherines, ON
April 11th The Capital, Fredericton, NB
April 12th  The Legion, Sackville, NB
April 19-21st Lawya Vawya Festival, St. John’s, NL
April 26th Raw Sugar, Ottawa, ON
April 27th Cosmic Dave’s, Sudbury, ON
May 9th The Artful Dodger, Regina, SK
May 10th Amigo’s, Saskatoon, SK
May 16th Broken City Calgary, AB
May 17th Wunderbar, Edmonton, AB
May 18th The Biltmore, Vancouver, BC
May 25th The Park Theatre, Winnipeg, MB

* there’s a few more shows to announce in some of the gaps here so please check back