{"id":7798,"date":"2014-03-09T19:36:50","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T23:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=7798"},"modified":"2015-10-22T22:19:17","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T02:19:17","slug":"tobacco-release-first-track-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=7798","title":{"rendered":"TOBACCO releases first track &#8216;Eruption&#8217; from new album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TOBACCO releases his third album, &#8216;Ultima II Massage,<i>\u00a0<\/i>on May 13, 2014 via Ghostly<em>. <\/em>\u00a0He revealed the first track,<em> Eruption (Gonna Get My Hair Cut at the End of the Summer) <\/em>lifted\u00a0from the album.<em>\u00a0<\/em>Take a listen to it below via Soundcloud.<\/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%2F138062839&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false&color=757170\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Ultima II Massage<\/em>\u00a0travels through TOBACCO&#8217;s own weird journey, with each track damaged to the point of contributing to some sort of greater, lurching Frankenstein-like state. <em>&#8220;I spent a lot of time breaking it in all the right places,&#8221;<\/em> says TOBACCO. <em>&#8220;It ends up making the whole thing breathe &#8211; sometimes gasp for air. It feels more alive.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>TOBACCO explains his modified approach: <em>&#8220;I wanted to push each song just enough, so that even when the album&#8217;s at its wildest, it&#8217;s something you can zone out to. It feels like a definitive end to a concept I&#8217;ve been trying to perfect forever.\u00a0Maniac Meat\u00a0was linear. This time I wanted to do a lot of different things and have them come together as one meditative piece. At least for myself.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The album&#8217;s only contributor is Beck music director Brian LeBarton who shrieks as Notrabel on the grimy track\u00a0<em>Streaker<\/em>. With 17 tracks, &#8216;Ultima&#8217; is stacked with beautifully perverse hits &#8211; from the dirty\u00a0<em>Eruption<\/em>, to the wobbly\u00a0<em>Face Breakout<\/em>, to the distorted punk of <em>Dipsmack<\/em>, to the apocalyptic\u00a0<em>Spitlord<\/em>. You may hear bits of Boards of Canada, early Def Jam records, and Gary Numan, or maybe just public-access TV and bad VHS dubs of &#8217;80s horror flicks. Or the sun exploding and everything you&#8217;ve ever loved melting.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/tobacco-album-cover.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7799\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/tobacco-album-cover.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"tobacco album cover\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/tobacco-album-cover.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/tobacco-album-cover.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/tobacco-album-cover.jpg?w=319&amp;ssl=1 319w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTrack list:<\/strong><br \/>\n01. Streaker (ft. Notrabel)<br \/>\n02. Good Complexion<br \/>\n03. Video Warning Attempts<br \/>\n04. Eruption (Gonna Get My Hair Cut at the End of the Summer)<br \/>\n05. Lipstick Destroyer<br \/>\n06. Self Tanner<br \/>\n07. Face Breakout<br \/>\n08. Blow Your Heart<br \/>\n09. Beast Sting<br \/>\n10. Dipsmack<br \/>\n11. Creaming for Beginners<br \/>\n12. Omen Classic<br \/>\n13. Pool City, McKnight Road<br \/>\n14. Spitlord<br \/>\n15. Father Sister Berzerker<br \/>\n16. The Touch from Within<\/p>\n<p>Pre-order the album at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001Likw2U34vDde_KE0sVsGil7IhYAiU4tqmi7D57qjSaEFfdPqj782KghlcCa2U-4hXfWbLL6XFBDpGpU5nfnhyH_72em_j3C1YKpr2SnIRecqnf4uBzOpyQ4RoLeVdtWIXD9RMxgjFHsx7mn0IkvOx-Cds5pg2MYoUhkuhTHwrVOBe83htqs70yKnnLuXkw4N6CVub0CpGDcD6O0qZUJAdf2T2P1XR6sygXrXcuLp_GE=&amp;c=GoOxBwYTn2yA9hLGnovnEn7MzA7PVVFYlhNCu_5ds8QszNjSuBEevw==&amp;ch=BEJT65vTjZlHullIQJnZsYKZK_PLC6_aZTg4zGCVRVAlLiQPdbGEeA==\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">The Ghostly Store<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001Likw2U34vDde_KE0sVsGil7IhYAiU4tqmi7D57qjSaEFfdPqj782KghlcCa2U-4hIwwjknsc5BbKErQ-yhMpHIF4vpJmc_Ckf1pKeTVSZAAQbK45Edg8lDZyBhlqmptMr2AotsLUcjinMkrtJeu7vwaBL1TfMWubf7pEHOEw5nw=&amp;c=GoOxBwYTn2yA9hLGnovnEn7MzA7PVVFYlhNCu_5ds8QszNjSuBEevw==&amp;ch=BEJT65vTjZlHullIQJnZsYKZK_PLC6_aZTg4zGCVRVAlLiQPdbGEeA==\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">TOBACCO&#8217;s Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>TOBACCO will be out playing live to promo the album, Check them out below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tour dates:<\/strong><br \/>\n04\/12 Morgantown, WV @ 123 Pleasant Street *<br \/>\n04\/28 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop<br \/>\n04\/29 Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar<br \/>\n04\/30 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge<br \/>\n05\/02 &#8211; 05\/04 Austin, TX @ Austin Psych Fest<br \/>\n05\/06 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon<br \/>\n05\/07 Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree<br \/>\n05\/08 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl<br \/>\n05\/09 Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall<br \/>\n05\/10 Washington DC @ U Street Music Hall<\/p>\n<p>* = w\/ The Hood Internet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>TOBACCO releases his third album, &#8216;Ultima II Massage,\u00a0on May 13, 2014 via Ghostly. \u00a0He revealed the first track, Eruption (Gonna Get My Hair Cut at <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=7798\" title=\"TOBACCO releases first track &#8216;Eruption&#8217; from new album\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":"","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":[13,23,25,28,30,1],"tags":[2225,2226,2224,2227],"class_list":["post-7798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronic-music","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-new-release","category-uncategorized","tag-eruption","tag-ghostly","tag-tobacco","tag-ultima-ii-massage"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/tobacco.jpg?fit=800%2C559&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-21M","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13903,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=13903","url_meta":{"origin":7798,"position":0},"title":"High Tides announce debut album","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"June 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"High Tides, the hazy synth duo of\u00a0Warren Kroll (Forrest, Dorosoto) and Steven Lutes (Mall Security, Kontyx), have announced their forthcoming release of their debut self-titled album via TOBACCO's label\u00a0Rad Cult,\u00a0due out on July 31. 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