{"id":33365,"date":"2020-02-07T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33365"},"modified":"2020-02-01T16:17:33","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T21:17:33","slug":"draag-shares-entrancing-trauma-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33365","title":{"rendered":"Draag shares entrancing \u2018Trauma Kit\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Indie-shoegaze quintet out of Los Angeles\u00a0Draag\u00a0shared a mesmerizing single &amp; video for <em>Trauma Kit<\/em>, which is lifted from their\u00a0\u2018Clara Luz\u2019 EP<strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0The EP was co-produced by Jon Nu\u00f1ez of\u00a0Torche, the project will be released\u00a0on February 21, following 2018\u2019s\u00a0\u2018Nontoxic Process\u2019\u00a0EP praised by the likes of\u00a0Noisey\u00a0for its &#8220;<em>murky grunge-gaze compositions and gut-twisting songwriting.&#8221;<\/em>  Watch the video clip for <em>Trauma Kit<\/em> via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ltClsmM-600?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The band previously shared the dreamy <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ghost Leak (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/draag-share-video-for-ghost-leak\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Ghost Leak<\/em><\/a> and will be celebrating their release with a February residency every\u00a0Monday night\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/girlieaction.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e&amp;id=7d50e906f1&amp;e=3a430a552a\">The Echo and Echoplex<\/a>\u00a0in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Los Angeles Shows<\/strong><br>2\/10\u00a0@ Echoplex w\/ Gold Cage, Orchin, Sprain<br>2\/17\u00a0@ Echoplex w\/ Dustin Wong &amp; Brin, Night Dreamer, Soft Blue Shimmer<br>2\/24\u00a0@ The Echo w\/ Shaki Tavi, Sam Wilkes, Alaska Reid<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With flavours of Sonic Youth, Boards of Canada and My Bloody Valentine blended together, Draag has played shows with the likes of\u00a0Reggie Watts, Part Time, Vinyl Williams, Goon, Young Jesus, Girl Friday\u00a0and beyond. What began as a solo project turned into much more when Adrian Acosta, trained as a mariachi singer by his established norte\u00f1o musician father, recruited other members (Jessica Huang, Nick Kelley, Ray Montes and Shane Graham) from disparate upbringings in the worlds of underground punk, no wave, experimental jazz, and classical music training. Having been tested by illness and personal turmoils throughout recording, this new EP is about processing trauma, how it can be terrifying &amp; isolating but also incredibly empowering.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Indie-shoegaze quintet out of Los Angeles\u00a0Draag\u00a0shared a mesmerizing single &amp; video for Trauma Kit, which is lifted from their\u00a0\u2018Clara Luz\u2019 EP.\u00a0The EP was co-produced by <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33365\" title=\"Draag shares entrancing \u2018Trauma Kit\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33366,"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":"On Culture Addicts: Draag shares entrancing \u2018Trauma Kit\u2019","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":[22,23,28,5812],"tags":[8761,8883],"class_list":["post-33365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-shoegaze","tag-draag","tag-trauma-kit"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3E1759F2-E666-49FC-AA7D-1A5669A3D00E.png?fit=466%2C343","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-8G9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33664,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33664","url_meta":{"origin":33365,"position":0},"title":"Draag shares \u2018Alternative Privilege\u2019 360\u00b0 Video","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Los Angeles indie-shoegaze quintet Draag\u00a0have shared a mind-bending 360\u00b0 video for Alternative Privilege. 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