{"id":40002,"date":"2024-03-29T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=40002"},"modified":"2024-03-28T20:33:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T00:33:57","slug":"couch-slut-share-lyric-video-for-the-donkey-abridged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=40002","title":{"rendered":"Couch Slut share lyric video for \u2018The Donkey (Abridged)\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NYC&#8217;s resident misfits\u00a0Couch Slut\u2019s<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>new full-length album\u00a0\u2018You Could Do It Tonight\u2019 is out\u00a0April 19, 2024\u00a0via\u00a0Brutal Panda Records. Along with the announcement, the band also shares the official lyric video for <em>The Donkey (Abridged)<\/em>. The video was created by\u00a0Frank Huang\u00a0(Maximum Volume Silence) and features additional footage captured by occasional Couch Slut collaborator Davindar Singh from a haunted house in Thailand, along with special guest appearances from guitarist Amy Mills\u2019 personal doll collection.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Couch Slut vocalist<em>\u00a0<\/em>Megan Ostrosits\u00a0explains:\u00a0<em>&#8220;Here&#8217;s the story of what happened when my friends and I got fired from the haunted waterpark.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 Bassist\u00a0Kevin Hall\u00a0continues:\u00a0<em>&#8220;The Donkey&#8217; is simultaneously simple and complex, like a bucket of sewage which at first appears homogeneous, but upon close inspection dazzles the mind and the senses with the diversity and pungency of its constituent detritus.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch <em>The Donkey (Abridged)<\/em> via YouTube below. This one is so brutal in every good way possible!!! Enjoy! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-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\/tpkvLB3QFwY?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>Couch Slut\u00a0have played a veritable strain of drug-fueled, incendiary noise rock since 2013. Led by Megan Osztrosits&#8217; infernal roar and subversive, vitriolic lyrics, the quintet returns with their fourth full-length opus \u2018You Could Do It Tonight,\u2019 just in time for America&#8217;s only holiday that matters&#8230;4\/20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recorded amidst the filth of NYC with Uniform&#8217;s Ben Greenberg (Drab Majesty, Portrayal of Guilt, Metz) and mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis Studios in London (Blur, Nick Cave, Thom Yorke),\u00a0Couch Slut\u00a0subverts the paradigm and ups the ante in every imaginable way across nine vignettes of perverse, true-to-life storytelling layered over the band&#8217;s singular, dragged-through-the-mud songcraft. This is a depraved style of noise rock that will scare the living shit out of you. Guest appearances from members of fellow NYC compatriots Imperial Triumphant &amp; Pyrrhon scatter across the album, adding layers of cacophony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With ten full years of pain and suffering under their proverbial belt, along with three prior full-length albums\u00a0\u2018My Life As A Woman\u2019\u00a0(2014),\u00a0\u2018Contempt\u2019\u00a0(2017), and\u00a0\u2018Take A Chance On Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll\u2019\u00a0(2020),<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Couch Slut\u00a0sounds more urgent, threatening, nasty and despondent than ever, and\u00a0\u2018You Could Do It Tonight\u2019\u00a0is the perfect soundtrack for 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/03C33A44-3A79-43E4-8414-4A7ED06271FF.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/03C33A44-3A79-43E4-8414-4A7ED06271FF.jpeg?resize=900%2C900\" alt=\"Couch Slut You Could Do It Tonight Album art by: Leandro De Cotis and Tahir Carl Karmali\" class=\"wp-image-40005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/03C33A44-3A79-43E4-8414-4A7ED06271FF.jpeg?w=900 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/03C33A44-3A79-43E4-8414-4A7ED06271FF.jpeg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/03C33A44-3A79-43E4-8414-4A7ED06271FF.jpeg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/03C33A44-3A79-43E4-8414-4A7ED06271FF.jpeg?resize=768%2C768 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<strong>You Could Do It Tonight\u2019 track listing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Couch Slut Lewis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anotherside.cmail20.com\/t\/y-l-xkrcjy-itjldhidjy-u\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ode To Jimbo<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wilkinson\u2019s Sword<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anotherside.cmail20.com\/t\/y-l-xkrcjy-itjldhidjy-o\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">The Donkey<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Presidential Welcome<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Energy Crystals For Healing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Downhill Racer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laughing and Crying<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Weaversville Home For Boys<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-Order\u00a0\u2018You Could Do It Tonight\u2019\u00a0on LP\/CD\/CS\/Digital via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/anotherside.cmail20.com\/t\/y-l-xkrcjy-itjldhidjy-h\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Brutal Panda Records<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/anotherside.cmail20.com\/t\/y-l-xkrcjy-itjldhidjy-k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bandcamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Couch Slut\u00a0will make their European debut at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/anotherside.cmail20.com\/t\/y-l-xkrcjy-itjldhidjy-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Roadburn Fest<\/a>\u00a0on April 19 performing\u00a0\u2018You Could Do It Tonight\u2019\u00a0in full. Additionally, the band has announced a special headlining set at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/anotherside.cmail20.com\/t\/y-l-xkrcjy-itjldhidjy-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Caterwaul Fest<\/a>\u2019s Afterparty in Minneapolis this May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Couch Slut live dates<\/strong><br>April 20\u00a0 Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Fest (Performing\u00a0<em>You Could Do It Tonight<\/em>)<br>May 26\u00a0 Minneapolis, MN @ Caterwaul Fest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>NYC&#8217;s resident misfits\u00a0Couch Slut\u2019s\u00a0new full-length album\u00a0\u2018You Could Do It Tonight\u2019 is out\u00a0April 19, 2024\u00a0via\u00a0Brutal Panda Records. 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