Dopethrone Post “Life Kills You”; New Album Coming Soon
Montreal extreme sludgers Dopethrone — they call it ‘slutch’, presumably because the harder consonant sound makes it nastier, which it kind of does — have a Western Canadian tour coming up with Severed Arm that will take them from British Columbia through Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba before it’s done, and apparently a new album for Totem Cat Records. The latter will be the three-piece’s first since 2018’s Transcanadian Anger (review here), and for proof of life, the band have posted “Life Kills You” — also the name of the tour, either will or won’t be the name of the LP — to sate the disaffected masses yearning for their particular brand of fuckall.
When’s the album coming? I don’t know. They make a point of not saying. Maybe tomorrow, maybe yesterday, as Ben Sisko once put it. But knowing such a thing is in their pocket is a comforting discomfort, and one imagines they might want to take a few records to the UK with them when they go to headline Masters of the Riff III (info here) as an exclusive appearance, so it could be that the pressing is in the works for March, could be April for the tour dates listed below, or could be never because fuck you anyway it’s Dopethrone and that’s just how it is. I won’t pretend to know the future, but if I see a definite date or more details, I’ll post accordingly.
Till then, the track’s at the bottom of the post, just under the tour dates and album-existence announcement:
“LIFE KILLS YOU” by DOPETHRONE
Our slutchiest album is ready to shart blood in your eardrums.
No, we’re not telling you when.
Recorded and mixed by Jean-Baptiste Joubeaud
Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege
Videoclip by Vincent Houde, Marianne Martinez and Rodolphe Tremblay
Music by Dopethrone, Lyrics by Vincent Houde
New album coming out 2024 on Totem Cat Records: https://totemcatrecords.bigcartel.com
NAME YOUR PRICE DL: https://dopethrone.bandcamp.com/
DOPETHRONE “LIFE KILLS YOU” – WEST COAST 🍁 TOUR
HOP ON THE NIGHT TRAIN – 100% HELL – ZERO SHAME.
19/04/24 Victoria, BC – Wicket Hall
20/04/24 Vancouver, BC – Green Auto
21/04/24 Kelowna, BC – Jackknife Brewery
22/04/24 Nelson, BC – The Royal
24/04/24 Edmonton, AB – The Buckingham
25/04/24 Calgary, AB – Modern Love
26/04/24 Regina, SK – The Exchange
27/04/24 Winnipeg, MB – Handsome Daughter
Artwork by Max from The Death Wheelers
Dopethrone is :
Vince : Guitar / Vocals
Vyk : Bass
Shawn : Drums
https://www.facebook.com/dopethrone.mthell
https://www.instagram.com/dopethroneband/
https://dopethrone.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/totemcatrecords/
https://www.instagram.com/totemcatrecords/
http://totemcatrecords.bigcartel.com/
*marks april 19th on the calendar*