{"id":19696,"date":"2016-02-08T10:45:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T15:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=19696"},"modified":"2016-02-06T07:56:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T12:56:29","slug":"solids-announce-else-ep-tour-dates-w-dirty-nil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=19696","title":{"rendered":"Solids announce &#8216;Else EP&#8217;\u00a0+ tour dates w\/ The Dirty Nil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Solids have announced their first release since their debut LP, 2014&#8217;s &#8216;Blame Confusion,&#8217; titled the &#8216;Else EP,&#8217; which will be released via\u00a0Dine Alone (Canada) and Topshelf Records (Rest of the World) on April 15th, 2016. &#8216;Blame Confusion&#8217; was lauded for its revved-up take on early 90s alt-rock. You can listen to Traces. which is lifted from &#8216;Blame Confusion&#8217; via Soundcloud below.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F107484870&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=bdb5b1\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19709\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artworks-000138287849-hbdt6n-t500x500.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"Solids Else EP cover\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artworks-000138287849-hbdt6n-t500x500.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artworks-000138287849-hbdt6n-t500x500.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artworks-000138287849-hbdt6n-t500x500.jpg?resize=144%2C144 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artworks-000138287849-hbdt6n-t500x500.jpg?w=500 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The &#8216;Else EP&#8217; sees the band checking in after a year of near-constant touring. Having played more than 200 shows in 2014-2015 with the likes of Pity Sex, Makthaverskan, Nothing, PUP, Single Mothers and Metz. The EP reflects that road weariness with a group of songs that vibrate at a lower frequency, documenting the waiting, the bleary-eyed confusion and the blur of days that come with life on the road.<\/p>\n<p>The EP serves as a melancholic deconstruction of the &#8217;90s slacker ethos explored on their first LP, but it also charts Solids&#8217; transition into a wider and more experimental sound, borrowing strands from Dinosaur Jr., Hum and Unwound and coiling them into an anxious, alienated sound that&#8217;s all their own. The final product is a snapshot of a band that&#8217;s travelled 5000 miles in 19 minutes; a band that&#8217;s chained itself to the road in search of inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>Upcoming dates:<br \/>\nFeb 27 &#8211; Hamilton, ON @ This Aint Hollywood*<br \/>\nFeb 28 &#8211; Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern*<br \/>\nMar 03 &#8211; Peterborough, ON @ The Oxford*<br \/>\nMar 04 &#8211; London, ON @ Rum Runners*<br \/>\nMar 05 &#8211; St. Catharines, ON @ Detour Music Hall*<br \/>\nMar 19 &#8211; Rimouski, QC @ Mont Comi<\/p>\n<p>*w\/ The Dirty Nil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Solids have announced their first release since their debut LP, 2014&#8217;s &#8216;Blame Confusion,&#8217; titled the &#8216;Else EP,&#8217; which will be released via\u00a0Dine Alone (Canada) and <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=19696\" title=\"Solids announce &#8216;Else EP&#8217;\u00a0+ tour dates w\/ The Dirty Nil\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,25,28,30,1907,4165],"tags":[2334,4224,4223,4225,1245,4226],"class_list":["post-19696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","category-punk","tag-dine-alone-records","tag-else-ep","tag-solids","tag-topshelf-records","tag-tour-dates","tag-traces"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/5bd2fc2b-6cfe-4d1c-a67e-6c76b6717b15.jpg?fit=700%2C464","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-57G","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20021,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=20021","url_meta":{"origin":19696,"position":0},"title":"Solids reveal new track &#8216;Blank Stare&#8217; + announce tour dates","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"February 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Montreal's\u00a0Solids' have revealed the\u00a0first single from their forthcoming 'Else\u00a0EP'. 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