{"id":22642,"date":"2016-07-17T15:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-17T19:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=22642"},"modified":"2016-07-16T12:19:49","modified_gmt":"2016-07-16T16:19:49","slug":"preoccupations-release-new-song-degraded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=22642","title":{"rendered":"Preoccupations release new song &#8216;Degraded&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Right as the tumbling, knotted clusters of drum machine rhythms creep into the chilly three-note synth introduction of<em>\u00a0Degraded<\/em>, it becomes clear that one is hearing a song by\u00a0Preoccupations. \u00a0The second single to be released from their excellent upcoming self-titled album, <em>Degraded<\/em> is propelled by\u00a0Michael Wallace&#8217;s crisp drumming and a probing bassline by frontman\u00a0Matthew Flegel\u00a0\u2014 while a shifting, intricately detailed collage of synths, heavily effected guitars, and found sound lurks in the background. Flegel&#8217;s glazed, drawling croon conjures a wearily detached aspect that rubs neatly against the poignant melodic shapes of the song&#8217;s chorus, bundling up a few of the elements that make Preoccupations&#8217; music so compelling. Take a listen to <em>Degraded<\/em> via Soundcloud below.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><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%2F273364001&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=5b5856\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The release of <em>Degraded<\/em> comes hot on the heels of the first single from Preoccupations,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-5Kt\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Anxiety.<\/em><\/a>\u00a0That single was accompanied by\u00a0David Yoonha Park&#8217;s unsettling surrealist music video. &#8216;Preoccupations&#8217;\u00a0is set for release September 16th via\u00a0Flemish Eye\u00a0in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/9483419c321081821c0b1a040\/images\/ca7d60c4-a2e3-48c9-ac0d-7ad9aebb55c8.jpg?resize=311%2C311&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"311\" height=\"311\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>&#8216;Preoccupations&#8217; track listing:<br \/>\n<\/strong>September 16th, \u00a02016 (LP\/CD\/cassette\/digital)<br \/>\n1\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Anxiety<br \/>\n2\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Monotony<br \/>\n3\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Zodiac<br \/>\n4\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Memory<br \/>\n5\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Degraded<br \/>\n6\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Sense<br \/>\n7\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Forbidden<br \/>\n8\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Stimulation<br \/>\n9\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Fever<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pre-order &#8216;Preoccupations&#8217;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flemisheye.com\/albums\/032-preoccupations\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h5 dir=\"ltr\"><\/h5>\n<h5 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Tour dates<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Following their\u00a0Sasquatch Festival\u00a0debut and a blistering performance at the\u00a0Ottawa Blues Festival, Preoccupations is gearing up for an extensive world tour. Dates have been announced and include a US leg with\u00a0Explosions In The Sky, Canadian dates in Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal, and two packed months in the US and Europe. Full dates appear below.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Right as the tumbling, knotted clusters of drum machine rhythms creep into the chilly three-note synth introduction of\u00a0Degraded, it becomes clear that one is hearing <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=22642\" title=\"Preoccupations release new song &#8216;Degraded&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22700,"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":[23,28,30,1907],"tags":[5173,4959,4957],"class_list":["post-22642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","tag-degraded","tag-flemish-eye","tag-preoccupations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/7fdbc8f9-ad34-4238-ac43-0c055421d12d.jpg?fit=624%2C416","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-5Tc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23395,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=23395","url_meta":{"origin":22642,"position":0},"title":"Preoccupations release 11-minute track &#8216;Memory&#8217; featuring Wolf Parade&#8217;s Dan Boeckner","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"September 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Memory\u00a0is perhaps the most important moment on the new self-titled\u00a0Preoccupations album. 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