Landing online today ”The Common Clod” which closes out the album A Life Diagrammatic, uses sampled noise to hammer home the damaging role of traditions in our present – and how these traditions often prevent positive changes in our future – and builds from distorted, industrial drums and wailing, siren-like guitars into repeated ruminations of “it’s comical, the common cold,” from Newton. Permeated throughout by a tangible sense of unease, it leaves the record on a questioning note, beckoning you back in for a second look at the album’s many enclosed secrets.
Tour Dates: (dates announced today in bold)
Sept 22nd | Southsea, UK – Staggeringly Good Brewery (Out-Store)
Sept 23rd | Brighton, UK – Resident (In-Store)
Sept 24th | Bristol, UK – Rough Trade Bristol (In-Store)
Sept 28th | Kingston, UK – Banquet Records (In-Store)
Sept 29th | Nottingham, UK – Rough Trade Nottingham (In-Store)
Sept 30th | London, UK – Rough Trade East (In-Store)
Oct 3rd | Phoenix, AZ – Linger Longer Lounge
Oct 4th | Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
Oct 5th | Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
Oct 7th | San Francisco, CA – Brick and Mortar
Oct 10th | Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
Oct 11th | Portland, OR – Mission Theater
Oct 13th | Salt Lake City, UT – The DLC
Oct 14th | Denver, CO – Skylark Lounge
Oct 17th | St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway
Oct 18th | Chicago, IL – Schubas
Oct 20th | Toronto, ON – The Baby G
Oct 21st | Columbus, OH – The Basement
Oct 24th | Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie
Oct 25th | Washington, DC – DC9
Oct 26th | Brooklyn, NY – St. Vitus
Nov 24th | Margate, UK – Where Else
Nov 25th | Cardiff, UK – Clwb Ifor Bach
Dec 1st | Glasgow, UK – Broadcast
Dec 2nd | Edinburgh, UK – The Mash House
Dec 8th | Manchester, UK – Deaf Institute
Dec 9th | Bristol, UK – Strange Brew
Dec 10th | Tunbridge Wells, UK – The Forum
Jan 5th-7th | Bognor Regis, UK – Rockaway Beach Festival
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