{"id":33394,"date":"2020-02-12T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33394"},"modified":"2020-02-09T06:49:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T11:49:58","slug":"lice-return-with-new-single-conveyor-announce-uk-headline-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33394","title":{"rendered":"LICE return with new single &#8216;Conveyor&#8217; + announce UK headline tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Presenting their shift into more experimental territory, satirising the conservatism and inadequacies of popular satirical music, Bristol\u2019s LICE are back with a new single <em>Conveyor<\/em>. Listen to <em>Conveyor<\/em> via SoundCloud below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Conveyor by LICE\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F741444541&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500&#038;secret_token=s-VVhwg\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>LICE spent their early years flirting with mainstream acclaim, while remaining contemporary British punk\u2019s constant outliers. Emerging from Bristol\u2019s vital avant-garde scene with supports for The Fall, Fat White Family and Girl Band, LICE first gained national attention with debut single <em>The Human Parasite<\/em>, establishing a literate, eccentric brand of satirical art-punk. In 2018 their arch-advocates IDLES, who took them on the Brutalism and Unity tours, used their own label Balley Records to release LICE\u2019s \u2018early years\u2019 material as the Double EP \u2018It All Worked Out Great Vol.1+2\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What followed was a complete about-turn. Disillusioned with the sonic conservatism, twee platitudes and toothless commentary of the \u2018satirical guitar music boom\u2019 they were now aligned with, LICE began a period of sonic and lyrical experimentation &#8211; subverting the prevailing aesthetics and ideas of contemporary punk. Drawing from EBM, industrial and minimalism, they forged a new line in driving, experimental art-rock. Taking cues from science fiction and early 20th century polemicists, their new lyrics use vivid prose-based vignettes (replete with sharp character arcs, black humour and absurdist storylines) to set out bold stances on satire, humanity, and the content and direction of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Conveyor<\/em>, the first of these new songs, brings us to The Wasteland \u2013 the nationless space inhabited by the new music\u2019s stories and cast of characters. We are introduced to its raging, Shakespearian protagonist The Conveyor, and their mission to expose the mysterious R.D.C.\u2019s plots to engineer the human race\u2019s self-destruction; a journey that will take us through sci-fi odysseys and Burroughsian grotesques. LICE thereby declare a new period, presenting a satirical music commensurate to these militant years. This is paired with the band\u2019s first UK headline tour, and is the debut release on their label Settled Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tour dates<\/strong><br>29th Feb\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Glastonbury<strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0Glastonbury Calling<br>10th March\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Leeds, Hyde Park Book Club<br>11th March\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Glasgow, Hug and Pint<br>12th March\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Manchester, Castle Hotel<br>13th March\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Newcastle, Cluny 2<br>14th March\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Birmingham, Dead Wax<br>16th March\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Southampton, Heartbreakers<br>17th March\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Brighton, Green Door Store<br>18th March\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0London, Shacklewell Arms<br>19th March\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Bristol, The Island<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Presenting their shift into more experimental territory, satirising the conservatism and inadequacies of popular satirical music, Bristol\u2019s LICE are back with a new single Conveyor. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33394\" title=\"LICE return with new single &#8216;Conveyor&#8217; + announce UK headline tour\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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: LICE return with new single 'Conveyor' + announce UK headline tour","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},"categories":[22,23,25,28],"tags":[8889,6090,1245],"class_list":["post-33394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-live","category-music","tag-conveyor","tag-lice","tag-tour-dates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/C3B59DA3-A757-43A1-AE10-3FD99D19346B.png?fit=674%2C441&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-8GC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34429,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34429","url_meta":{"origin":33394,"position":0},"title":"LICE share new single &#8216;Arbiter&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"June 7, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Bristol band LICE have released their new single Arbiter via their own label SETTLED LAW. 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