Witchrot Announce Spring Tour Dates
March 10 has been set as the arrival date for Witchrot‘s Live in the Hammer, the follow-up to their 2021 studio debut, Hollow (review here), and reportedly a herald of a second record to come from the Toronto-based four-piece. Fuzzed and Buzzed will handle the release, Tony Reed mastered, preorders are up, and everything seems to be in line to keep the momentum the band had coming off the debut, which came after a lineup split that went viral, blah blah.
I’ll be honest: I know that kind of thing is good for clicks, building a social media following, and so on, and I understand that the quantifiable terms of that following go a long way toward defining how well regarded a band is at this point in time, but I would have to work hard to care less. Whether or not someone becomes a meme has nothing to do with their music — somehow I feel old believing that — and it’s the music that will ultimately outlast any incurred virality. I hope they sold shirts, but I dug Hollow on its own terms and expect no different with the live record. Not even sure why I need to say that, so maybe I’ll just shut the fuck up and post the press release.
Here you go:
WITCHROT Announce Spring Tour
Sizzling, soulful and bewitching, WITCHROT is gearing up for their latest offering Witchrot: Live in the Hammer, due out for its international release March 10, 2023. Shortly after, the band will hit the road in Canada in support of the album. Their tour kicks off on March 31st at the Ottowa House of Targ and wraps on May 13th at Sudbury Townhouse Tavern. Full dates below. Tickets can be found HERE or purchased at the door of each venue.
March 31 Ottawa House of Targ
April 1 Sherbrooke Murdoch
April 2 Montreal Turbohaus
April 13 London Richmond Tavern
April 14 Sarnia Mauds
April 15 Hamilton Casbah
May 11 Toronto Hardluck
May 12 Barrie Infinity Zero
May 13 Sudbury Townhouse Tavern
More about Live In The Hammer:
All sleaze and psych, Live In The Hammer has the fuzz fueled quartet playing in the grease trap of Ontario. Smoky vocals overtop mesmeric psychedelic doom fill the room to the brim. Pre-orders for Live In The Hammer are available HERE: https://witchrot.bandcamp.com/music
Formed in Toronto in 2018, WITCHROT was founded by Lea Reto (vocals) & Peter Turik (Guitar). After some international press over band disputes, betrayals, and a temporary break up, the band recruited Lea’s boyfriend Nick Kervin (Drums) and Cam Alford (Bass). Together they recorded the band’s debut full-length Hollow (2021) and most recently Live In the Hammer. Currently, Nick “Nido” Dolphin has joined the band on bass.
Pulling from the lost psychedelic masterpieces with fuzz erupting like a volcano and the ethereal shoegaze music of the late 80s and 90s, WITCHROT has carved their own haunting path. The all-consuming wave of divine music that is terrifying by its sheer velocity and force rather than dissonance.
Simultaneously beautiful and putrid, Live In The Hammer pays homage to the grime of the past, paved over by the glitz of the present. Live In The Hammer was recorded at Boxcar Sound in Hamilton, and mastered by Tony Reed at Heavy Head Recording.
The bubbling cauldron that is Live In the Hammer, serves as a bridge between Hollow and the band’s forthcoming next album, currently in the works. There’s no escaping the strange web of WITCHROT. Fall into the chasm and embrace the dark.
WITCHROT is:
Lea Reto – Vocals
Peter Turik – Guitar
Nick Kervin – Drums
Nick “Nido” Dolphin – Bass
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