Thursday, February 7, 2019

"Off-kilter" Canadian trio Tunic stream forthcoming new album early, share new tour dates

"Off f**king kilter but totally on point!" -- CvltNation

"A quick-moving monument to disaffection. Shades of post-hardcore and noise rock come together in the spirit of cooperative aggression." -- The Obelisk

"Their own unique brand of noise rock and hardcore... Eleven tunes of feedback-laden mastery laid over churning blows of drums and bass." -- Pure Grain Audio


Canadian noise rock trio Tunic are streaming their forthcoming album in full today ahead of release via Ghost Cult Magazine. Hear and share the full album, Complexion HERE. (Direct Soundcloud.)

Tunic launches a European tour next week, followed immediately by extensive North American dates in Spring 2019. Please see all dates below. 

The band recently premiered the hallucinogenic and oddly disorienting video for "Dry Heave" via The Obelisk HERE. (Direct YouTube.) CvltNation previously launched lead single "Nothing Nothing" HERE. (Direct Bandcamp.) Pure Grain Audio hosted "Blessed" HERE

Tunic is born of spite. After years of touring someone else's bass lines across the globe, David Schellenberg was told he wasn't good enough. So he did the only logical thing: buy a guitar, quit your long-time band, and abandon everything you think you know about music. Armed with no skill and a blissfully ignorant embrace of discordant noise, Schellenberg started crafting songs, quickly enlisting childhood acquaintance Sam Neal on drums and roommate Rory Ellis on bass. 

Over the past 4 years and half a dozen DIY releases, Tunic has managed to unleash and tame their unique blend of noise rock and hardcore. Relentless touring has taken them across Canada, Europe and the States, filling clubs, basements, and abandoned prisons with noise. The band released the single Teeth Showing on Toronto's Buzz Records in 2018, which they toured with new drummer Dan Unger.

Tunic's debut album Complexion was recorded in six days in their hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba with Montreal-based engineer and producer Jace Lasek (Suuns, Land of Talk, Wolf Parade). Complexion picks up where previous releases left off; 11 songs of feedback-laden filth laid over churning blows of drum and bass. Harsh verses about hurting those you never meant to hurt; choruses that sever ties where you never thought you had to. This is unconventional hardcore. This is broken indie rock. This is naïve art.

Complexion will be available on LP, CD and download on February 8th, 2018 via Self Sabotage Records (Pre-order at Big Cartel-Self Sabotage).

TUNIC LIVE:
Feb 11, 2019 - Magasin 4, Brussels BE
Feb 13, 2019 - Le Cirque Electrique, Paris FR
Feb 14, 2019 - Raymond Bar, Clermont Ferrand, FR
Feb 15, 2019 - Le Farmer, Lyon, FR
Feb 16, 2019 - Joe Koala, Bergamo, IT
Feb 18, 2019 - Freakout, Bologna, IT
Feb 19, 2019 - Osteria Al Castello, Chiuppano, IT
Feb 20, 2019 - Magazzino Paralello, Cesena, IT
Feb 21, 2019 - Eterotopia, San Giuliano Milanese, IT
Feb 22, 2019 - G.O.B., Viareggio, IT
Feb 24, 2019 - 100-as Klub, Budapest, HU
Feb 25, 2019 - Dvorana Gustaf, Maribor, SLO
Feb 26, 2019 - Fluc, Vienna, AU
Feb 27, 2019 - Eternia, Prague, CZ
Feb 28, 2019 - Bajkazyl Brno, Brno, CZ
Mar 01, 2019 - Ann and Pet, Linz, AU
Mar 02, 2019 - Alte Hyovereinsbank, Oettingen, DE
Mar 03, 2019 - Secret show, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, DE 
Mar 04, 2019 - Dynamo, Zurich, CH 
Mar 07, 2019 - Capri Bar, Breman, DE
Mar 09, 2019 - Le Petit Bitu, Namur, BE
Mar 13, 2019 - SXSW, Austin, TX
Mar 14, 2019 - SXSW, Austin, TX
Mar 15, 2019 - SXSW, Austin, TX
Mar 16, 2019 - SXSW, Austin, TX
April 16, 2019 - 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN*
April 17, 2019 - Vaudeville Mews, Des Moines, IA* 
April 18, 2019 - Gabe's, Iowa City, IA*
April 19, 2019 - Art-in, Madison, WI*
April 20, 2019 - X-Ray Arcade, Milwaukee, WI*
April 21, 2019 - The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
April 23, 2019 - Shakespeare's, Kalamazoo, MI
April 24, 2019 - The Baby G, Toronto, ON
April 25, 2019 - Black Squirrel, Ottawa, ON
April 26, 2019 - Turbohaus, Montreal, QC
April 27, 2019 - The Root Cellar, Amherst, MA
April 28, 2019 - Dusk, Providence, RI
April 29, 2019 - Obrien's, Boston, MA
May 1, 2019 - Root Celler, Bard, NY
May 2, 2019 -Trans Pecos, NYC, NY
May 3, 2019 - Horrorland, Philadelphia, PA
May 4, 2019 - Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge Washington, DC
May 5, 2019 - Guido's, Frederick, MD 
May 6, 2019 - Crayola House, Harrisonburg, VA
May 7, 2019 - The Bakery, Atlanta, GA
May 8, 2019 - Bank St Bar, New Orleans, LA
May 9, 2019 - The Satellite, Houston, TX
May 10, 2019 - Mass, Fort Worth, TX
May 11, 2019 - Beerland, Austin, TX
May 14, 2019 - Lunchbox, Phoenix, AZ
May 15, 2019 - The Smell, Los Angeles, CA
May 16, 2019 - Programme, Fullerton, CA
May 17, 2019 - 924 Gilman, Berkeley, CA
May 18, 2019 - Pizza Planet, Eugene, OR
May 20, 2019 - TBA, Portland, OR
May 21, 2019 - Black Lodge, Seattle, WA
May 22, 2019 - Logan's, Victoria, BC
May 23, 2019 - Static Jupiter, Vancouver, BC
May 24, 2019 - The Palomino, Calgary, AB
May 25, 2019 - Sewing Machine Factory, Edmonton, AB

* w/ Blessed




Artist: Tunic
Album: Complexion
Record Label: Self Sabotage Records / Super Secret Records
Release Date: February 8th, 2019

01. Nothing Nothing
02. Envious
03. Getting Sick
04. Evan
05. Sand
06. Dry Heave
07. Blessed
08. Empty Handed
09. Paper
10. Pores
11. Frontal Lobe








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