Global Groove Band City of the Sun Shares “Hotel Alma” + West Coast Tour Dates Start Jan. 13 in Vancouver

Today, Brooklyn-based global groove band City of the Sun is excited to share “Hotel Alma,” another taste from their upcoming new record Under the Moon, due out on April 24th via Nettwerk. Produced with the legendary Phil Ek (Fleet Foxes, Father John Misty, Built to Spill), the record navigates through moods and geographies, from rolling surf and spaghetti-western styles to desert rock pulses and Mediterranean sways, as heard in “Hotel Alma.”

Written about Athens, Greece, June 2024, during a heatwave with temperatures reaching up to 100 degrees, John Pita, guitarist from City of the Sun, reflects, “I got stuck in a hotel in the heart of the city with no way out. I sat there for hours before finally walking through the streets with all my gear. I named this one in honor of that day — the place was called Alma Hotel.”

“Hotel Alma” ushers in a new era for City of the Sun, following the soaring “Vuela,” ft. Gizmo Varillas, the Surf Rock “London,” and the melancholic “Cinderella Man,” which will appear on their upcoming album, Under the Moon.

LISTEN & SHARE “HOTEL ALMA” HERE:
https://cityofthesun.ffm.to/hotelalma

Last month, City of the Sun supported Thievery Corporation on an exciting U.S. tour with stops that included Chicago, Washington D.C., Nashville, and more. Looking ahead, the band will make their way to the West Coast for a run of headline tour dates this month, including stops at Fox Cabaret in Vancouver, Mississippi Studios in Portland, the Lodge Room in Los Angeles, Mohawk in Austin, and Aisle 5 in Atlanta. Find the complete list of dates below. For more information and ticketing, visit: https://www.wearecityofthesun.com.

ABOUT:

City of the Sun may live in Brooklyn, New York, but their genre-defying music drifts like a tide across borders. They weave together a mosaic that pulls from a global array of sounds and cultures. Shades of indie rock, Latin folk, blues, and Spanish flamenco carry the weight of their stories and memories, revealing entire landscapes.

Formed by guitarist John Pita and drummer Zach Para, and now joined by guitarist Marco Bolfelli and bassist Matt Fasano, City of the Sun creates music that feels at once intimate and cinematic—like a film you can step inside. Since their debut in 2016 with To The Sun and All the Cities in Between, to their 2020 self-titled, and 2022’s Segunda Alma, the band has built a cult-following around the globe. As their profile rose, City of the Sun began touring alongside Peter Bjorn and John and Thievery Corporation, as their songs started to connect with fans on a profoundly universal level. Their lush and visceral compositions carry echoes of desert winds, city nights, Mediterranean summers, and the quiet glow of loss and transformation. It is no wonder that audiences from London to Paris to Athens, and beyond, have embraced them with sold-out rooms – crowds raised in reverence – listening as if each note were a lyric.

What City of the Sun creates is more than instrumental music. It is a language of its own—one that listeners across continents understand instinctively. Their stories shine through in the rhythmic fire of Pita’s Ecuadorian roots, in the pulse of Para’s percussion, and in the global sensibilities Marco and Matt bring to the band’s evolving sound.

CITY OF THE SUN 2026 TOUR DATES:

Jan 13 – Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret

Jan 14 – Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou’s

Jan 15 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios

Jan 16 – San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall

Jan 18 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room

Jan 19 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah

Jan 20 – Phoenix, AZ @ Thunderbird Lounge

Jan 22 – Dallas, TX @ Deep Ellum Art Company

Jan 23 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk

Jan 24 – Houston, TX @ Bronze Peacock Room, House of Blues

Jan 27 – Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5