"I guarantee you, their to-the-point new single will be jammed firmly in your head for days on end." -- Metal Injection
“Fuzzed-out, speaker-exploding groove that's both sonically excruciating and intoxicatingly alluring. They find a weird sweet spot of harshness and catchiness that goes down like a greasy, gut-busting bad decision.” — Invisible Oranges
"Epically catchy... Imagine the ear-wormy fuzz-rock riffage of Dinosaur Jr. if it was played on an eight-string guitar with super heavy low-end." -- Revolver Magazine
Austin trio Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol share a new single today from their forthcoming album Big Dumb Riffs. The track premieres via Metal Sucks HERE. (All DSPs). Pre-orders for the Big Dumb Riffs cassette are available now via Bandcamp HERE. Vinyl pre-orders will be announced soon.
Metal Injection recently premiered the video for second single "Whip It Around", directed by Katie McDowell, HERE. (Direct YouTube HERE.)
Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol also launch their Big Dumb Tour 2024 next week. Please see all dates below. Ticket links HERE.
“Our catalog has never been short on big dumb riffs, but the idea on this record was to really turn the screw,” says RBBP bassist Aaron Metzdorf. On Big Dumb Riffs, that screw is cranked incredibly tight.
“We just wanted ‘the part’: The opening of Pantera’s ‘Primal Concrete Sledge’, the breakdown in Primus' ‘Pudding Time’ — the shit that makes you move and lose your mind. Just that part the whole time.”
Across 11 concise, taut songs — most clocking in around 2 minutes or less — Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol demonstrates their skillful ability to blend the merciless low end of Leo Lydon’s 8-string guitar, Aaron Metzdorf’s masterful chordwork on the bass, and Sean St.Germain’s driving drumming.
Hot on the heels of their breakout 5th studio release Doom Wop (2023), Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol returns with Big Dumb Riffs: A whole new variant of the fuzzed out, overdriven, melodic, groovy music they have been making since 2016. While Big Dumb Riffs is decidedly more aggressive and rhythmic, it still retains the overtly melodic feel of Doom Wop. But Leo Lydon’s vocals are considerably more angry and negative (song titles like “1-800-EAT-SHIT” and “Body Bag” should be a clue.)
“The whole writing process was, ‘what if we just played two notes the whole song’,” Metzdorf says. “‘What if we tuned down to almost unusable string tension?’, ‘what if we write a record that will make everyone say 'wow that is dumb’? Leo and I really move around on stage a lot. Being a dingus is crucial to the groove. All these riffs were designed to allow us to act bigger and dumber on stage.”
Big Dumb Riffs will be available for streaming and download on March 22, 2024. LP to follow in late Spring.
RICKSHAW BILLIE'S BURGER PATROL LIVE 2024:
03/21 Austin, TX - Waterloo Records (in-store, 5pm)
03/22 Austin, TX - St Elmo Brewing - album release show - SOLD OUT
03/23 Dallas, TX - Double Wide
03/27 Phoenix, AZ - Linger Longer Lounge
03/28 Los Angeles, CA - Resident
03/29 San Francisco, CA - Kilowatt
03/30 Sacramento, CA - Cafe Colonial
04/02 Seattle, WA - The Funhouse
04/03 Portland, OR - Mano Oculta
04/05 Salt Lake City, UT - Quarters DLC
04/06 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
04/19 Nashville, TN - The Basement
04/20 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
04/22 Charlotte, NC - Snug Harbor
04/23 Silver Spring, MD - Quarry House Tavern
04/24 Millersville, PA - Phantom Planet
04/25 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs
04/26 Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool
04/27 Philadelphia, PA - King Fu Necktie
04/28 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
04/30 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern
05/01 Detroit, MI - Lager House
05/02 Chicago, IL - The Hideout
05/03 St. Louis, MO - The Sinkhole
05/04 Kansas City, MO - miniBar
05/10 San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger
Artist: Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol
Album: Big Dumb Riffs
Label: Permanent Teeth
Release Date: March 22nd, 2024
01. Clowntown
02. 1-800-EAT-SHIT
03. Papa Pop It
04. Peanut Butter Snack Sticks
05. Whip It Around
06. Body Bag
07. Brat
08. El Sapo
09. Bastard Initiated
10. Blue Collar Man
11. In a Jar
www.rickshawbilliesburgerpatrol.com
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