!!! (Chk Chk Chk) Announce New Album, Share First Single + Tour Dates!
!!! (CHK CHK CHK) ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUMSHAKE THE SHUDDER OUT MAY 19TH ON WARP RECORDS
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR "THE ONE 2"
ANNOUNCE US TOUR
!!! (Chk Chk Chk), the venerable New York City dance-punk band, have announced the release of their newest album, Shake The Shudder, out May 19th on Warp Records. Recorded at the band's home studio in Brooklyn, produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Ford at Taaffe Palace, and mixed by dance luminaries Phil Moffa, Joakim and Matt Wiggins, the album features a cast of changing singers from Lea Lea, Meah Pace, Nicole Fayu, Cameron Mesirow and Molly Schnick. Pre-order for the album at http://chkchkchk.net/.
The band have also shared the first single off the record, "The One 2," a boundary pushing wall of synths and 90's jungle featuring vocals from UK's Lea Lea. Watch the video for the song HERE.
Photo Credit: Erez Avissar
The album title is a fancy way of saying "shake it off and dance your cares away." !!!'s post punk roots mean the band will always be pushing forward to new sounds but their tastes remain grounded in some form of funk and increasingly in various electronic dance styles. The idea for the new album was born from jamming in Barcelona, and spending months afterwards cutting those recordings into loops to form new songs. Back at home in Brooklyn, lead singer Nic Offer poured over his roommate's disco breaks. To push their boundaries, the band implemented the policy of more liberal sampling techniques as well as using whatever keyboard was available with the attitude of "there's no such thing as a bad synth," using sounds they wouldn't ordinarily use. This also includes having multi-instrumentalist Rafael Cohen's daughter featured on their song "What R U Up 2day" and the use of horn on "R Rated Pictures."
Thematically, Shake The Shudder reflects a band that has been together for twenty years. In the band's early days, they had the typical punk attitude, pointing fingers at everything that's going wrong in the world to cover up for their own inner turmoil. Now the band, older and wiser, are more comfortable with being more vulnerable, looking inwards instead of reacting outwards. To them you do this through friends, music, dancing, lovers... for Shake The Shudder, the sound of protest can be a march or it can be a sick groove paired with some short shorts.
Tracklist:1. The One 22. DITBR (Interlude)3. Dancing Is The Best Revenge4. NRGQ5. Throw Yourself In The River6. What R U Up 2Day7. Five Companies8. Throttle Service9. Imaginary Interviews10. Our Love (You Can Get)11. Things Get Hard12. R Rated Pictures
!!! have also announced new North American dates this summer around their UK/EU shows:
May26 - DE - Immergut Festival27 - Copenhagen, DK - Vega28 - Liverpool, UK - Liverpool Sound City29 - Bristol, UK - The Fleece30 - Brighton, UK - The Haunt31 - London, UK - Oval Space
June1 - Paris, FR - Trabendo2 - Lourmarin, FR - Yeah Festival3 - Barcelona, ES - Primavera Sound4 - Barcelona, ES - Primavera Sound, Plaça Joan Corominas8 - Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall9 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts10 - New York City, NY - Bowery Ballroom11 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall13 - Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz PDB14 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern16 - Detroit, MI - UFO Factory17 - Chicago, IL - Taste of Randolph21 - San Diego, CA - Casbah22 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex23 - Sacramento, CA - Harlows24 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel26 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge27 - Vancouver, BC - Fox Cabaret28 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile29 - Boise, ID - The Olympic30 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
July1 - Denver, CO - Globe Hall27 - Praya Fluvial do Taboa, ES - Low Benidorm28 - UK - Standon Calling
August17 - PT - Parades de Coura
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR "THE ONE 2"
ANNOUNCE US TOUR
!!! (Chk Chk Chk), the venerable New York City dance-punk band, have announced the release of their newest album, Shake The Shudder, out May 19th on Warp Records. Recorded at the band's home studio in Brooklyn, produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Ford at Taaffe Palace, and mixed by dance luminaries Phil Moffa, Joakim and Matt Wiggins, the album features a cast of changing singers from Lea Lea, Meah Pace, Nicole Fayu, Cameron Mesirow and Molly Schnick. Pre-order for the album at http://chkchkchk.net/.
The band have also shared the first single off the record, "The One 2," a boundary pushing wall of synths and 90's jungle featuring vocals from UK's Lea Lea. Watch the video for the song HERE.
Photo Credit: Erez AvissarThe album title is a fancy way of saying "shake it off and dance your cares away." !!!'s post punk roots mean the band will always be pushing forward to new sounds but their tastes remain grounded in some form of funk and increasingly in various electronic dance styles. The idea for the new album was born from jamming in Barcelona, and spending months afterwards cutting those recordings into loops to form new songs. Back at home in Brooklyn, lead singer Nic Offer poured over his roommate's disco breaks. To push their boundaries, the band implemented the policy of more liberal sampling techniques as well as using whatever keyboard was available with the attitude of "there's no such thing as a bad synth," using sounds they wouldn't ordinarily use. This also includes having multi-instrumentalist Rafael Cohen's daughter featured on their song "What R U Up 2day" and the use of horn on "R Rated Pictures."
Thematically, Shake The Shudder reflects a band that has been together for twenty years. In the band's early days, they had the typical punk attitude, pointing fingers at everything that's going wrong in the world to cover up for their own inner turmoil. Now the band, older and wiser, are more comfortable with being more vulnerable, looking inwards instead of reacting outwards. To them you do this through friends, music, dancing, lovers... for Shake The Shudder, the sound of protest can be a march or it can be a sick groove paired with some short shorts.
Tracklist:1. The One 22. DITBR (Interlude)3. Dancing Is The Best Revenge4. NRGQ5. Throw Yourself In The River6. What R U Up 2Day7. Five Companies8. Throttle Service9. Imaginary Interviews10. Our Love (You Can Get)11. Things Get Hard12. R Rated Pictures
!!! have also announced new North American dates this summer around their UK/EU shows:
May26 - DE - Immergut Festival27 - Copenhagen, DK - Vega28 - Liverpool, UK - Liverpool Sound City29 - Bristol, UK - The Fleece30 - Brighton, UK - The Haunt31 - London, UK - Oval Space
June1 - Paris, FR - Trabendo2 - Lourmarin, FR - Yeah Festival3 - Barcelona, ES - Primavera Sound4 - Barcelona, ES - Primavera Sound, Plaça Joan Corominas8 - Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall9 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts10 - New York City, NY - Bowery Ballroom11 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall13 - Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz PDB14 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern16 - Detroit, MI - UFO Factory17 - Chicago, IL - Taste of Randolph21 - San Diego, CA - Casbah22 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex23 - Sacramento, CA - Harlows24 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel26 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge27 - Vancouver, BC - Fox Cabaret28 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile29 - Boise, ID - The Olympic30 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
July1 - Denver, CO - Globe Hall27 - Praya Fluvial do Taboa, ES - Low Benidorm28 - UK - Standon Calling
August17 - PT - Parades de Coura
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