“Remember, remember, the twenty-third of September.” Why? Well, because it’s my fucking BIRTHDAY, that’s why. Yes, hello: I AM A PERSON, READER, not just some specific (and often hilarious) coagulation of letters congregating on your shitty computer screen from time to time when you see it fit to conjure me up! Pleased to meet you, you ingrate! Goddamn you. Smarmy internet generation kids and your everything-on-demand attitude… I’ll be fucking 31 years-old this year. Don’t you forget!
Wait a minute… nope, my birthday’s in October. Sorry! September 23 is just when gothic-tinged So-Cal psych band The Growlers’ fifth album comes out on the Everloving Records label! Honest mistake. Let’s just carry on, shall we? Allons-y?
So… fifth album, huh? What’s that like? Glad you asked, because I feel totally awkward right now! Let’s see: “The band played better than they’ve ever played,” says singer Brooks Nielsen. “There’s less screwing around to get the songs laid out and we weren’t waiting around for take after take. We knew it and we played without much time to spare.” Which is to say that, according to their press release, they spent “about three weeks writing the tracks, and about half that time in the studio recording them.” Which is, in turn, to say that stuff probably sounds like spooky beach-psych is meant to (peep the first single down below as proof) and they didn’t overthink their shit this time around. Hmm. Sounds like they’d be great TMT news writers, huh?
Chinese Fountain tracklisting:
01. Big Toe
02. Black Memories
03. Chinese Fountain
04. Dull Boy
05. Good Advice 03:24
06. Going Gets Tuff
07. Magnificent Sadness
08. Love Test
09. Not The Man
10. Rare Hearts
11. Purgatory Drive
The Growlers on tour:
09.05.14 - Denver, CO - Hi Dive
09.06.14 - Denver, CO - Hi Dive
09.08.14 - Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck
09.09.14 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
09.10.14 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
09.11.14 - Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig
09.12.14 - Toronto, ON - Lee’s Palace
09.13.14 - Montreal, QC - Il Motore
09.14.14 - Allston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
09.17.14 - Columbus Theatre - Providence, RI
09.18.14 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
09.19.14 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s
09.20.14 - Washington, DC - Black Cat Mainstage
09.22.14 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
09.23.14 - Nashville, TN - Exit In
09.24.14 - Memphis, TN - Hi Tone Cafe
09.25.14 - Dallas, TX - Dada
09.26.14 - Houston, TX - Fitzgerald’s Upstairs
09.27.14 - Austin, TX - Scoot Inn
10.10.14 - Victoria, BC - Upstairs Cabaret
10.11.14 - Vancouver, BC - Electric Owl
10.15.14 - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
10.16.14 - Spokane, WA - The Bartlett
10.17.14 - Portland, OR - Alhambra Theatre *
10.18-19.14 - San Francisco, CA - Treasure Island Festival
* actually my birthday
• The Growlers: http://www.thegrowlers.com
• Everloving: http://everloving.com
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