In 2018 Drug Church released their third full-length, Cheer, earning the band new fans and acclaim from Stereogum, Noisey, Revolver, and more with its explosive blend of aggressive hardcore and massive, ’90s alternative indebted hooks. Now the punk rock agitators have released their new single “Bliss Out” to mark their upcoming North American tour with Thrice and mewithoutYou.
Recorded during the Cheer sessions, “Bliss Out” offers crushingly catchy guitars and stomping rhythm over which vocalist Patrick Kindlon roars his sardonic and intensely human lyrics.
Drug Church are a glorious contradiction. They are an undeniably aggressive band that writes hooks you can’t stop humming: too poppy for the heavy crowd, too heavy for the poppy crowd. Their frontman is a singer who rarely sings and delivers lyrics that revel in the darkest corners of the human condition, but are just as likely to make you laugh as they are to make you flinch. They loudly shout the uncomfortable truths we prefer to ignore but somehow make us want to shout along with them; they make serious music but don’t take themselves too seriously; they are completely adverse to planning but have accidentally built a loyal cult following.
Drug Church‘s North American tour with Thrice, mewithoutYou, and Holy Fawn starts this week with select headlining dates throughout. See full itinerary below.
Tour Dates:
01/23 San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre *
01/24 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater *
01/25 Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo *
01/26 Boise, ID @ Ramapong
01/27 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union Event Center *
01/28 Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall *
01/29 Lawrence, KS @ The Rino
01/30 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue *
01/31 Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall *
02/01 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall *
02/02 Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck
02/03 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE *
02/04 Rochester, NY @ Anthology *
02/05 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall *
02/07 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium *
02/08 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel *
02/09 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom *
02/11 Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall *
02/12 Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live *
02/13 Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa *
02/14 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle *
02/15 Columbia, SC @ The Senate *
02/16 Orlando, FL @ House of Blues *
02/18 Atlanta, GA @ Heaven at The Masquerade *
02/19 New Orleans, LA @ The Deck Room
02/20 Austin, TX @ Emo’s *
02/21 Houston, TX @ House of Blues *
02/22 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues *
02/24 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre *
02/25 San Diego, CA @ The Observatory *
02/27 Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl *
02/28 Pomona, CA @ The Fox Theater Pomona *
02/29 Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo *
* w/ Thrice, mewithoutYou, Holy Fawn