The Oxford Coma will release ‘Everything Out of Tune’ on Friday, October 13. The Steve Albini engineered album is progressive psychedelic grunge work born of frustration with the current state of our country.
Last week, the band debuted the schadenfreude epic quasi-title-track Everything Is Out of Tune (My Only Victories Are Others’ Failures) at Pure Grain Audio and this week, they shared ed the maniacal video for Cartoons. It’s a song about animated pornography that is a metaphor for a range of behaviors front-man Billy Tegethoff harbours. Watch it via YouTube below.
As a part of the LGBT community fronting a hard-rock outfit, Tegethoff’s concerns are even more illuminated. “The culture of social media wars, 24-hour streams of videos of cops committing atrocities, fucking Donald goddam Trump, nationalism, racism, misogyny, and other forms of violence has had me alternately furious and depressed for the last several years,” he says.
The original intent of the album was to be as close to a musical representation of psychedelic-induced auditory hallucinations as possible but it turned more into a heavy spasm with psychedelic interludes. “The tracks are my frustrations, addictions, neuroses, and grief,” says leader Billy Tegethoff. “They’re my analysis of the times.”
‘Everything Out of Tune’ is the fourth full-length from the Phoenix quartet, who cite Mastadon, Primus and early Tool as influences as much as our social climate. The album is now available for pre-order on vinyl and other formats.
The band will also be performing a hometown release show at The Rebel Lounge in Phoenix on Oct 13. A full list of tour dates can be found below with more to be added.
Tour dates
Oct 13 – Phoenix, AZ – The Rebel Lounge (Album Release Show)
Nov 11 – Austin, TX – The Lost Well w/ BLK OPS
Dec 08 – San Francisco, CA – TBA w/ Bitter Lake and NAME
Dec 09 – Portland, OR – TBA w/ Bitter Lake, Second Sleep and Strangeletter
Dec 10 – Seattle, WA – Highline w/ Bitter Lake and Chrome Lakes
‘Everything Out Of Tune’ track list
1 – Trauma (Maybe I’m Forgetting Something)
2 – Inflatable Patriots (Touching People in Their Sleep)
3 – Patterns of Thought
4 – Cartoons
5 – Junkies & God
6 – Everything Is Out of Tune (My Only Victories are Others’ Failures)
7 – Reciprocal Damage
8 – Smack & Temporary Enlightenment
9 – Good Job Boys
For more information on The Oxford Comma, visit https://theoxfordcoma.com.
