| South of Reality | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The Claypool Lennon Delirium |
| Cover: | Claypool Lennon Delirium South of Reality Artwork.jpeg |
| Recorded: | 2018 |
| Studio: | Rancho Relaxo, Occidental, California |
| Genre: | |
| Label: | ATO |
| Producer: | |
| Prev Title: | Lime and Limpid Green |
| Prev Year: | 2017 |
South of Reality is the second studio album by The Claypool Lennon Delirium consisting of American multi-instrumentalists Sean Lennon and Primus' Les Claypool, released on February 22, 2019.
The album was preceded by the lead single and music video for "Blood and Rockets," followed by two successive prerelease tracks: "Easily Charmed by Fools" in late 2018, and "Amethyst Realm" in early 2019.[1]
The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, with a rating of 78 based on 7 reviews at Metacritic, surpassing the score of 70 received by their debut LP, Monolith of Phobos. Critics praised the album's unusual sound and improvement from their debut project: Paste magazine awarded the album an 8.5/10, writing "South of Reality is weird. It’s unorthodox... That's what makes the album so damn great." AllMusic noted that "If the duo's satire sometimes seems cheap—the Tinder jibes on 'Easily Charmed by Fools' are a little too easy—they make up for it through sheer good humor, which is why the playfulness of South of Reality charms instead of alienates." Uncut called the album "A meaty maximalist feast, richer and riper than its predecessor."
Credits adapted from AllMusic.[2]
The duo began their headlining tour in support of the album in December 2018. It ended on May 2, 2019, in New Orleans, Louisiana.[3]
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | |||
| December 28, 2018 | San Diego | United States | The Observatory North Park |
| December 29, 2018 | Santa Ana | The Observatory | |
| December 31, 2018 | San Francisco | The Fillmore | |
| April 10, 2019 | Toronto | Canada | Danforth Music Hall |
| April 12, 2019 | Philadelphia | United States | Filmore |
| April 13, 2019 | New Haven | College Street Music Hall | |
| April 14, 2019 | Boston | House of Blues | |
| April 16, 2019 | Brooklyn | Brooklyn Steel | |
| April 17, 2019 | Washington D.C. | 9:30 Club | |
| April 19, 2019 | Asheville | Orange Peel | |
| April 20, 2019 | Nashville | Marathon Music Works | |
| April 21, 2019 | Atlanta | SweetWater 420 Music Festival | |
| April 23, 2019 | St. Louis | Delmar Hall | |
| April 25, 2019 | Minneapolis | Varsity Theater | |
| April 26, 2019 | Chicago | Thalia Hall | |
| April 27, 2019 | Detroit | Majestic Theatre | |
| April 29, 2019 | Bloomington | Castle Theatre | |
| April 30, 2019 | Covington | Madison Theatre | |
| May 2, 2019 | New Orleans | Civic Theatre | |