Buckle up — Colorado’s most gloriously unhinged lounge-punk outfit Jesus Christ Taxi Driver are hailing a cab to a city near you. The band have officially announced their God Gave Us Wheelz For A Reazon Tour, kicking off with a hometown show at Denver’s Hi-Dive on June 24 and barreling through the heartland into early July.

The run lands in the wake of Taxi The Rich, the quartet’s second full-length, released last month via Midtopia. The record is rapturously irreverent, politically pointed, religiously disoriented, and existentially uncertain — pure rock ‘n’ roll in spirit, but utterly unbound in sound. Garage punk, funk, surf rock, twang, power pop, and yes, even jazz flute, all share the backseat as the band drags an unlikely cast of characters (serial killers, Lana Del Rey, Jeffrey Epstein, take your pick) along for the ride.

“‘Taxi The Rich’ is a worried perspective of our current time,” the band shared. “The album’s subject matter looks at the world from afar and from up close, even looks within and into the past. We wonder how we got here, we recite mantras to ease the fear, and sometimes we play our instruments loud to show our teeth.”

Formed in 2022 on Colorado’s Front Range, Jesus Christ Taxi Driver — Ian Ehrhart (guitar/vocals), Colin Kelly (guitar/vocals), Miles Jenkins (drums), and Will Ehrhart (bass) — have earned a reputation for the kind of unrestrained, mic-swallowing, into-the-bush live shows that draw comparisons to Iggy Pop and The Cramps. They’ve previously opened for Frank Black, The Hold Steady, A Place to Bury Strangers, and The Thing, and stormed festivals like Treefort, Somewhere Fest, and Break Out West. In 2025, NIVA added them to its Live List of best independent bands worth watching, and the Denver Westword has repeatedly crowned them one of the best acts in the local scene.

Get a taste of the chaos with the band’s video for “Too Cold To Golf”:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Jesus+Christ+Taxi+Driver+Too+Cold+To+Golf

GOD GAVE US WHEELZ FOR A REAZON TOUR DATES

June 24 — Denver, CO — Hi-Dive
June 26 — Bloomington, IL — The Tally
June 27 — Chicago, IL — Cobra Lounge
June 28 — Kansas City, MO — Sound Bite Social
June 29 — Tulsa, OK — The Whittier Bar
June 30 — Dallas, TX — Three Links Deep Ellum
July 1 — Austin, TX — Mohawk
July 2 — San Antonio, TX — The Lonesome Rose
July 3 — Wichita, KS — Odd Fallow Hall

Taxi The Rich is available everywhere now via Midtopia. Grab a ticket, find your nearest dive, and let Jesus take the wheel.