Death From Above have announced their third full-length album, Outrage! Is Now to be released September 8, 2017 via Warner Bros. Records/Last Gang Records. The album is available to pre-order as of today here. The duo also shared their new track, “Never Swim Alone” – watch the lo-fi video directed by singer/drummer Sebastien Grainger below!
An extensive North American tour has also been announced, kicking off September 15 at Riot Fest Chicago and picking up again October 20 in Montreal. Tickets go on sale Friday, August 18 at 10:00a.m. local time. For ticket information visit: deathfromabove.com.
The merry merchants of muscular death dance discord – Sebastien Grainger (vocals, drums) and Jesse F. Keeler (bass, keys, synths) – made a collective decision to embrace their own penchant for perpetual motion while gleefully maintaining the car-wreck intensity of their punkified disco rock. Ultimately, Outrage! Is Now confidently kicks off a new chapter for Death From Above.
“We are committed to evolution. This record is the sound of the two us pushing at the walls. We want there to be space, surprises and action!,” says Sebastien.
“We both wanted to see how far we could take our sound as Death From Above. In a way, that has always been our objective,” adds Jesse.
The two began pondering what became Outrage! Is Now while in the midst of finishing their 2014 record, The Physical World. Marking a sweaty and triumphant return after a near 10-year studio hiatus, their sophomore outing would be met with critical acclaim from Rolling Stone, Los Angeles Times, Monster Children, Uncut, Alternative Press, and KERRANG! who awarded it a rare perfect score. The Physical World spawned fan favourites such as “Trainwreck 1979,” which generated an impressive 12 million Spotify streams to date and “Virgins” was another to crack the 5-million mark.
As they retreated to Jesse’s farm two hours east of Toronto to write in 2016, the musicians re-examined the way they’ve written in the past. They found new ways to start ideas, and tried to exorcise their old demons. With a host of demos, Death From Above headed back to Los Angeles to work with producer and engineer Eric Valentine (Queens of the Stone Age, etc.). Making for what Jesse describes as the “fastest recording process,” the vision quickly took shape.
“The myth of what we should be didn’t exist anymore,” Sebastien agrees. “There was never a moment where we took a conventional path—either writing or recording. Eric has been making records for decades and we managed to make him say: ‘Well, that’s a first’ during every song! There was always some strange element thrown in. In a way it’s a very serious record, but dressed in a really fun outfit.”
Outrage! Is Now Tracklist:
01. Nomad
02. Freeze Me
03. Caught Up
04. Outrage! Is Now
05. Never Swim Alone
06. Moonlight
07. Statues
08. All I C Is U & Me
09. NVR 4EVR
10. Holy Books
Tour dates:
Sep 15 Chicago, IL Riot Fest
Oct 20 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre
Oct 21 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
Oct 23 Clifton Park, NY Upstate Concert Hall
Oct 25 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel
Oct 27 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
Oct 28 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore
Oct 30 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
Oct 31 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom
Nov 02 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
Nov 03 Detroit, MI St. Andrew’s Hall
Nov 07 St. Louis, MO Delmar Hall
Nov 08 Kansas City, MO Arvest Bank Theatre
Nov 10 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
Nov 11 Salt Lake City, UT Metro Music Hall
Nov 13 San Diego, CA House of Blues
Nov 15 Los Angeles, CA The Novo
Nov 17 Berkeley, CA The UC Theatre
Nov 18 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
Nov 20 Seattle, WA The Showbox
Nov 21 Vancouver, BC Commodore
Nov 23 Edmonton, AB Union Hall
Nov 24 Calgary, AB Grey Eagle Event Centre
Nov 25 Saskatoon, SK O’Brian’s Event Centre
Nov 27 Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theatre
Dec 01 Toronto, ON The Phoenix