Toronto-based trio DOOMSQUAD is set to release their ‘Pagentry Suite’ EP digitally on May 19th and on limited turquoise vinyl June 16, 2015 via Hand Drawn Dracula (CAN / ROW) and Bella Union (EURO/UK). The group shared the second single from the forthcoming EP, Apocalypso. Listen to it below via SoundCloud – and try not to dance to this one, it’s pretty much impossible.
‘Pageantry Suite’ is a collaborative project between DOOMSQUAD and Toronto visual artist & filmmaker Chris Boni. This EP offers a call and response between its musical content – a two-part dance suite and a bonus track – and its visual content: the album cover and the Suite’s two accompanying videos. Deploying methods of subversion by hijacking certain pop conventions, DOOMSQUAD plays on notions of accessibility and nostalgia to deliver biting cultural criticisms in a pretty package.
Track listing:
1. Two-Way Mirror
2. Apocalypso
3. Ice Storm
4. Two-Way Mirror (Instrumental)
5. Apocalypso (Instrumental)
DOOMSQUAD will be on tour from May through August opening up for Fucked Up as well as joining them on stage to make a 9 piece band performing songs from Fucked Up’s complete ZODIAC series of 12″ musical scores. Visit fuckedup.cc/the-zodiac-tour for more about the tour and the ZODIAC project.
Tour dates:
05.23.15 Liverpool UK : Evol Stage for LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY *
05.24.15 Bristol UK : Marble Factory *
05.25.15 Leeds UK : Student Union @ GOLD SOUNDS FESTIVAL *
05.26.15 London UK : KOKO *
05.29.15 London UK : Dalston Rooftop Gardens
06.02.15 Berlin DE : Loophole w/ Helen Fry
06.05.15 Rotterdam NL : WORM #
06.06.15 Amsterdam NL : De Nieuwe Anita #
06.07.15 Amsterdam NL : OCCII
06.10.15 Prague CZ : The Basement Bar
06.13.15 Brooklyn NY : Northside Festival @ Rough Trade ~
06.17.15 Toronto ON : NXNE Lee’s Palace %
06.20.15 Toronto ON : NXNE The Garrison
06.26.15 New York NY : The Wick *
06.27.15 Jersey City NJ : Monty Hall *
06.28.15 Philadelphia PA : International House Philadelphia *
06.29.15 Washington DC : Howard Theater *
07.01.15 Savannah GA : Southern Pine Company *
07.02.15 Atlanta GA : Eyedrum Gallery *
07.03.15 Birmingham AL : Saturn *
07.05.15 Nashville TN : Third Man *
07.06.15 Chicago IL : The Garfield Park Conservatory *
08.01.15 Meaford ON : Electric Eclectics Festival
08.13.15 Meaford ON : Electric Eclectics Festival
08.13.15 Sudbury ON : Up Fest
09.18.15 Brantford ON : Snoozzze Fest
* = w/ Fucked Up
# = w/ Dinner
~ = w/ PINS
% = w/ Zola Jesus
DOOMSQUAD is made up of siblings Trevor, Jaclyn, and Allie Blumas. The trio create experimental dance music that’s heavily indebted to trance and psychedelia. As interdisciplinary artists, the band brings a wide range of influences to bear throughout their work. From far-reaching global beats to the sounds of their local community, it’s all thoughtfully curated and channeled into a project of immersion and unity. The result is a mesmerizing sonic landscape of dynamic repetition. DOOMSQUAD constructs a contemplative space for deep listening, within the music and within yourself.
For more information on DOOMSQUAD, visit doomsquadmusic.com.
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