Dystopian Future Movies Announce War of the Ether Due Oct. 7
As an American watching rights be stripped away from my fellow citizens (and non-citizens) on a weekly if not daily basis in a country doing more than a casual lean into theologically-driven fascism, I can’t argue relevance with the stated theme of Dystopian Future Movies‘ next record, War of the Ether. The UK band led by Caroline Cawley, also of Church of the Cosmic Skull, released their Inviolate LP (review here) in 2020 and despite the involvement of COTCS bandmate Bill Fisher in what was then a four-piece, the darker, crunchier turn was a marked departure from the other outfit’s harmony-happy blinding cult shimmer. Two sides to everything.
There are headlining UK tour dates incoming sooner or later, and if you’ve forgotten, Church of the Cosmic Skull will be at Psycho Las Vegas and do other dates on their first US run this August, and having had the pleasure of seeing that band half a decade ago, they’re argument enough in favor of the fest to go. No word on whether Dystopian Future Movies will likewise head abroad at any point, but certainly a domestic run is a start, and something they were unable to do around Inviolate two years ago owing to that little global pandemic thing you probably heard about.
Dystopian Future Movies – War of the Ether – Oct. 7
Dystopian Future Movies announce a new album and a run of UK headline shows in October.
The third studio album, ‘War of the Ether’ will be released worldwide via Septaphonic Records on Friday, 7th October 2022.
Featuring Caroline Cawley and Bill Fisher (Church of the Cosmic Skull) and Rafe Dunn (Amusement Parks on Fire, JCDX), the group combines Cawley’s distinctive songwriting with layers of discordant guitars, atmospheric swells and colossal heaviness.
Following the critically lauded 2020 album ‘Inviolate’, the new release is also a completely self-produced work, recorded at their studio in Nottingham UK, and explores a wide range of genres from prog and shoegaze to doom-metal, noise-rock and folk.
Lyrically, the album dives deep into a recent scandal surrounding 796 skeletons found on the grounds of the former Catholic-run Tuam Mother & Baby Home in songwriter Cawley’s native Ireland. To hide the shame of pregnancy outside of wedlock, women were sent to homes like this all over the country – forcibly separated from their mothers, many of the children died in infancy due to neglect, and some were trafficked for adoption to the US. The country is still dealing with the fallout from these discoveries.
Limited edition vinyl preorders and tour dates will be announced soon.
An exclusive pre-listen of ‘War of the Ether’ will be available to the DFM Community in the run-up to the release – you can sign up here: http://dystopianfuturemovies.com/sign-up
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