{"id":21436,"date":"2016-04-30T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=21436"},"modified":"2016-04-30T11:15:11","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T15:15:11","slug":"hooded-fang-shares-new-track-dead-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=21436","title":{"rendered":"Hooded Fang shares new track &#8216;Dead Battery&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto&#8217;s Hooded Fang share another cut from their forthcoming album\u00a0&#8216;Venus On Edge,&#8217; which will be out on\u00a0May 13\u00a0via the band&#8217;s own\u00a0Daps Records. Stream <em>Dead Battery\u00a0<\/em>via\u00a0SoundCloud\u00a0below.<\/p>\n<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%2F259858161&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=afacaa\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hooded Fang have been a force in Canadian music and beyond for the last few years. To their enormous credit, they continue to blast their sound to smithereens before picking up the most jagged pieces and moving forth.<\/p>\n<p>Where once in their career lead songwriter\u00a0Daniel Lee\u00a0would have used lush instrumentation or thick harmony to evoke urgency, &#8216;Venus on Edge&#8217;\u00a0gives us Ritalin tempos and sheet metal guitars, nagging us until there&#8217;s no choice but to give them what they want, surrender.<\/p>\n<p>Having written plenty of lyrics in their time, Hooded Fang has already expressed angst, existential crisis wanderings and devastating heartbreak in various ways. &#8216;Venus on Edge&#8217;<em>\u00a0<\/em>got Hooded Fang writing about subjects like Condominium Developments (<em>Glass Shadows<\/em>) and White Privilege (<em>Shallow<\/em>); Corporate Brainwashing (<em>Plastic Love<\/em>) and The Over-Consumption and Fleeting Nature of Technology (<em>Dead Battery<\/em>); and things like How Humans Would Stupidly React if Aliens Came to Earth (<em>Impressions<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The combination of Lee&#8217;s vocals,\u00a0Lane Halley&#8217;s manic riffs,\u00a0April Aliermo&#8217;s hypnotic basslines and\u00a0D.Alex Meeks&#8217; spastic rhythms leave the listener confronted with the questions, &#8220;Is this too much for you? Can you take it?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"imgCaptionAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001MbhII7YR2PDbU-hCbtjM8wYLMooXD_kJ3VlNEwUHW2PFYxwM4x5YGKsxzmMnnkZSspc30d55H5ejGPMkZuHlKuN3O80W3j8Kx4ymWv8JCIfReqgs1S8mOfDs1vZ7ORu2MfZQwofagAUDhdA4CTawYMhk9J80-hT0n6TRROKJ1eiima5qTAx_O-0sbsMtBaIW_LkueLISFU9IwRrbxQACs7TLAn1yd3GUY9-LMhHraxM=&amp;c=2saKYUc-WPkrcUdaeqxDX-Z8d5cCwvT_RJ579UQ4uDr7xd896VMjXA==&amp;ch=gSjfHsOMtAxyagk-KoxoIGUGAvluKt72JfgY938HrqMTWhYlC442dw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/files.ctctcdn.com\/fad5d549001\/015c22ce-2bef-4f2d-88d0-d9ba6ff6a470.jpg?resize=285%2C285\" alt=\"Venus on Edge cover Hooded Fang\" width=\"285\" height=\"285\" name=\"ACCOUNT.IMAGE.3256\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nTrack listing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001MbhII7YR2PDbU-hCbtjM8wYLMooXD_kJ3VlNEwUHW2PFYxwM4x5YGKsxzmMnnkZSmFcbLcQPfxlF452R-_1r8kFv0_DZahmT2MRI_rgpBbCGcytb2jjP3CsOOnxPdIpDqu4ChOW_fM0CviZtEGFQdXflrijs2qoFISCo4fNi3ryAvrOHidzs1Rlsg08twX1fnbk10LKf2mc=&amp;c=2saKYUc-WPkrcUdaeqxDX-Z8d5cCwvT_RJ579UQ4uDr7xd896VMjXA==&amp;ch=gSjfHsOMtAxyagk-KoxoIGUGAvluKt72JfgY938HrqMTWhYlC442dw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">Tunnel Vision<\/a><br \/>\n2. Shallow<br \/>\n3. Plastic Love<br \/>\n4.\u00a0Dead Battery<br \/>\n5. Glass Shadows<br \/>\n6.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001MbhII7YR2PDbU-hCbtjM8wYLMooXD_kJ3VlNEwUHW2PFYxwM4x5YGHbxOp4Vx12CxhvDwxsgQvUhjo18pgS-h6D4pw5C3pX8khxwSYWFDfNPMZYgsutGK0mvYoOf7nSqQVFVG_yhnvFT-7KA9E3gcAUjxp3puLmebRx1SLq2rYs3NIh8t-UARVXIbBnse38DeEEnUBbPbgc=&amp;c=2saKYUc-WPkrcUdaeqxDX-Z8d5cCwvT_RJ579UQ4uDr7xd896VMjXA==&amp;ch=gSjfHsOMtAxyagk-KoxoIGUGAvluKt72JfgY938HrqMTWhYlC442dw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">Impressions<\/a><br \/>\n7. Miscast<br \/>\n8.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001MbhII7YR2PDbU-hCbtjM8wYLMooXD_kJ3VlNEwUHW2PFYxwM4x5YGMgUoaai14W6j2P0pL8lb45f_AnjWxDCCtF9MMxh30VPtFeHbGUxVJSV6krPOBu5cFXR1-BFpjpwCnicLwXHxRC5ItcstdnZAHCA5Pc_LzTIQeyBtmCY1k9Dr-SJzat68QDFYgJ01LwLRIwhl0kKrJQ=&amp;c=2saKYUc-WPkrcUdaeqxDX-Z8d5cCwvT_RJ579UQ4uDr7xd896VMjXA==&amp;ch=gSjfHsOMtAxyagk-KoxoIGUGAvluKt72JfgY938HrqMTWhYlC442dw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">A Final Hello<\/a><br \/>\n9. Vacant Light<br \/>\n10. Venus<\/p>\n<p>Hooded Fang will be touring Canada this summer in support of their new album.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tour dates:<\/strong><br \/>\nMay 31\u00a0Montreal, QC &#8211; La Plante<br \/>\nJune 01\u00a0Kingston, ON &#8211; The Mansion<br \/>\nJune 02\u00a0Hamilton, ON &#8211; This Ain&#8217;t Hollywood<br \/>\nJune 03\u00a0Toronto, ON &#8211; Horseshoe Tavern<br \/>\nJune 04\u00a0Guelph, ON &#8211; Kazoo! Fest (day)<br \/>\nJune 04\u00a0London, ON &#8211; Call the Office (night)<br \/>\nJuly 29\u00a0Halifax, NS &#8211; Seahorse w\/ Bart<br \/>\nJuly 30\u00a0Sackville, NB &#8211; Sappy Fest<br \/>\nAugust 01\u00a0Charlottetown, PEI &#8211; Baba&#8217;s Lounge w\/ Bart<br \/>\nAugust 04\u00a0Fredricton, NB &#8211; Reneu w\/ Bart<br \/>\nAugust 12\u00a0Sudbury, ON &#8211; Up Fest<br \/>\nAugust 19\u00a0Ottawa, ON &#8211; Arboretum Festival w\/ Metz, Sloan<\/p>\n<p>For more\u00a0information\u00a0on Hooded Fang, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001MbhII7YR2PDbU-hCbtjM8wYLMooXD_kJ3VlNEwUHW2PFYxwM4x5YGJTWg8F0NHFgo1Makl4DmV75EN5xxA8MwLyGRLbd4AnXv8dxEaUAaC9oIXMuEj83Ixf26XXRZPRnXA7Dllptu5h2We0lpRShRjGCBFvIMPVHJlYu8ye4MVo=&amp;c=2saKYUc-WPkrcUdaeqxDX-Z8d5cCwvT_RJ579UQ4uDr7xd896VMjXA==&amp;ch=gSjfHsOMtAxyagk-KoxoIGUGAvluKt72JfgY938HrqMTWhYlC442dw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">hoodedfang.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Toronto&#8217;s Hooded Fang share another cut from their forthcoming album\u00a0&#8216;Venus On Edge,&#8217; which will be out on\u00a0May 13\u00a0via the band&#8217;s own\u00a0Daps Records. 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