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Atmosphere from A to Z

Posted by Loren on July 25, 2025

Atmosphere from A to Z
photo by Samantha Martucci

Minneapolis, MN based hip-hop duo Atmosphere just shared two new singles today, "Really" (video below) and "Velour," both coming from the group's newest album, the just-announced Jestures. Jestures will release on Sept. 19 on the pair's long-time label Rhymesayers and has 26 new tracks, arranged in alphabetical order from "Asshole" to "Zorro."

 

They also have an active tour schedule lined up this summer.

Jestures Tracklist:

1. Asshole

2. Baby

3. Caddy

4. Daley

5. Effortless (feat. Evidence)

6. Furthermore

7. Grateful

8. Heavy Lifting (feat. Haphduzn)

9. Instrument

10. Jester

11. Kilowatts (feat. Kurious)

12. Locusts

13. Mash (feat. Mike the Martyr, Musab, Muja Messiah)

14. Neptune 

15. Ophidiophobia

16. Past

17. Quicksand

18. Really

19. Sean

20. Trying

21. Used To

22. Velour

23. Westbound

24. XXX

25. Yearning (feat. Yoni Wolf (of WHY?))

26. Zorro (feat. ZooDeVille)

2025 TOUR DATES 

July 26th to July 27 - Long Beach, CA @ Warped Tour *

August 8th - St. Augustine, FL @ The Saint Augustine Amphitheatre +

August 9th - North Charleston, SC @ Firefly Distillery +

August 10th - Wilmington, NC @ Live Oak Bank Pavillion +

August 12th - Charlotte, NC @ The Amp Ballantyne +

August 13th - Virginia Beach, VA @ The Dome +

August 15th - Baltimore, MD @ Pier Six Pavillion + 

August 16th - New Haven, CT @ Westville Music Bowl +

August 17th - Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony Summer Stage +

August 19th - Lewiston, NY @ Artpark Amphitheatre +

August 20th - Cincinnati, OH @ Andrew J Brady Music Center +

August 22nd - Milwaukee, WI @ The Eagles Ballroom +

August 23rd - St. Paul, MN @ Minnesota State Fair Grandstand w/ Cypress Hill, Lupe Fiasco, The Pharcyde, DJ Abilities

August 24th - Council Bluffs, IA @ Harrah’s Stir Cove +

August 26th - Dillon, CO @ Dillon Amphitheater +

August 27th - Salt Lake City, UT @ Granary Live +

August 29th - Boise, ID @ Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden +

August 30th - Redmond, OR @ Reggae Rise Up Oregon *

September 19th - Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre w/ Hieroglyphics, Dilated Peoples, Living Legends, Immortal Technique, Cunninlynguists, DeeJayBird (SOLD OUT)

*Atmosphere Festival Performance 

+ Dank Daze Of Summer Tour w/ Cypress Hill, Lupe Fiasco, The Pharcyde

Atmosphere from A to Z
photo by Samantha Martucci

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