Author & Punisher Post “Incinerator” Video
Well, the record came out. Author & Punisher‘s Krüller (review here) was released Feb. 11 on Relapse — as was foretold by the mysterious transient prophets of the PR wire — and I can only assume it’s been turning brains into goo in the less-than-a-week’s-time since. It continues to do such to me, anyhow. I feel like I can almost go a full day at this point without putting it on, and that’s since last month when the promo came through. The video below, for second track “Incinerator,” is no small part of what makes that an “almost” situation.
The clip, as you’ll see, is strobe-tastic, so if you’re sensitive to flashing lights, be aware. And the song — which it’s kind of funny to think is working off the same metaphor as Jefferson Starship‘s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” — runs through a litany of current happenings any number of which might be overwhelming when considered on their own, but taken together indeed feel like a kiln, pressure cooker, or anything else you might want to think of that burns, condenses, and ultimately destroys when left unchecked. “Incinerator” it is. Certainly there are enough fires around at any given point to make the argument, and as Author & Punisher‘s Tristan Shone is based in San Diego, the state of California’s permanent-wildfire-season strikes as particularly relevant here, though the lyrics also cover civil unrest, family separation, and human complicity in all of it.
Feelgood it ain’t, unless you’re counting expressive catharsis, which I am. You’ll see below that Author & Punisher have a slew of mostly-Euro tour dates announced and probably more to come, and if you haven’t heard the record yet, the full stream is at the bottom of the post. I think I’ll go ahead and put it on right now. Again. Because it’s fucking incredible.
Believe it:
Author & Punisher, “Incinerator” official video
Author & Punisher have released a video for “incincerator” as the San Diego-based outfit’s new album, Krüller, arrives via Relapse Records (https://orcd.co/authorandpunisher-kruller).
“’Incinerator’ is about outrage and urgency. The world is actually on fire,” offers Tristan Shone. “We are dealing with extreme conditions of a warming climate yet face brutal resistance by those who want to deflect our rage towards each other for their profit. Special thanks to Director Ansel Wallenfang and DP James Rexroad who worked tirelessly to translate this rage into a visual adventure/nightmare.”
Tour dates:
March 6 Los Angeles, CA Resident
March 8 Seattle, WA Clock Out Lounge
March 9 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater (Lounge)
March 10 Oakland, CA Elbo Room Jack London
March 28 Warsaw, Poland Hydrozagadka
March 29 Wroclaw, Poland Akademia
March 30 Prague, Czech Republic Modra Vopice
March 31 Bratislava, Slovakia Randal Club
April 1 Zagreb, Croatia Mocvara
April 2 Linz, Austria Kapu
April 3 Luzern, Switzerland Sedel
April 4 Milan, Italy Legend Club
April 5 Montpellier, France The Black Sheep
April 6 Barcelona, Spain Bóveda
April 7 Toulouse, France L’Ecluse Saint Pieere
April 9 Poitiers, France Le Confront Moderne
April 11 Antwerp, Belgium Kavka
April 13 Vilnius, Lithuania Gallery 1986
April 14 Riga, Latvia Melna Piektdiena
April 15 Tallin, Estonia Sveeta Bar
April 16 St. Petersburg, Russia Latochka
April 17 Moscow, Russia Bumazhnaya Fabrika
Mvtant opens March 28 to April 11
May 11 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
May 14 Austin, TX Elysium (Oblivion Access Festival)
May 18 Denver, CO Hi-Dive
May 19 Salt Lake City, UT Metro Music Hall
May 20 Las Vegas, NV Backstage Bar
May 22 San Diego, CA Casbah
w/Perturbator & Health:
October 6 Lille, France Aeronef
October 7 Paris, France L’Olympia
October 12 Bordeaux, France Krakatoa
October 13 Toulouse, France Bikini
October 14 Madrid, Spain La Riviera
October 15 Barcelona, Spain Razzmatazz 2
October 16 Nantes, France Stereolux
October 18 Lyon, France Le Transbordeux
October 19 Strasbourg, France La Laiterie
October 20 Lausanne, Switzerland Les Docks
October 21 Munich, Germany Freiheiz
October 22 Vienna, Austria, Arena
October 23 Budapest, Hungary Akvarium Nagyhall
October 25 Prague, Czech Republic Lucerna Music
October 26 Wroclaw, Poland Zaklete Rewiry
October 27 Warsaw, Poland Progresja
October 28 Berlin, Germany Heimathafen
October 29 Göthenburg, Sweden Trädgår’n
October 30 Stockholm, Sweden Berns
November 1 Helsinki, Finland Tavastia
November 3 Oslo, Norway Vulkan Arena
November 4 Copenhagen, Denmark Pumpehuset
November 5 Hamburg, Germany Uebel & Gefährlich
November 6 Utrecht, Netherlands Tivoli
November 8 Cologne, Germany Kantine
November 9 Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg Rockhal
November 10 Brussels, Belgium Ancienne Belgique
Author & Punisher, Krüller (2022)
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