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Iguana Death Cult release a new 7" with the A Side "Tiny Tears" and the B Side the newly released "Pacino in Heat." The band describes the new single as thus: "I must have been having a manic episode when I wrote this because I don’t have a clue what I’m talking about here to be honest. I like it a lot though. It’s like I’m losing my mind in real time. Musically it’s more or less our take on the funky new wave of the late seventies. Something we’ve been flirting with on and off."
Iguana Death Cult are back with a new 7" and some new US tour dates. The A side to the upcoming 7" is called Tiny Tears and as the band explains: "I cry everyday. I cry over people telling other people what they can and can’t do with their own bodies. I cry over some dude getting crowned king over the simple fact he was born into a certain family. I cry over the atrocities brought forth by capitalism on my thousand euro phone. Necessary evil? Perhaps. Grotesque nonetheless. But I cry the loudest, when it’s Monday morning and my train is delayed, and I spilled coffee all over my shirt. Again, I do nothing. Poor old me."
Check the US tour dates below and pre-order & stream the new release here.
Oct 10 - Alex's Bar - Long Beach, CA
Oct 12 - Alta Sea (Berth 60) - San Pedro, CA
Oct 15 - Hi-Dive - Denver, CO
Oct 16 - The Black Sheep - Colorado Springs, CO**
Oct 18 - Thalia Hall - Chicago, IL**
Oct 19 - Thalia Hall - Chicago, IL**
Oct 20 - Beachland Ballroom - Cleveland, OH**
Oct 21 - Spirit Hall - Pittsburgh, PA**
Oct 23 - Quarry House - Washington, DC
Oct 24 - Mercury Lounge - New York, NY
Oct 25 - Fuzzy Cactus - Richmond, VA
Oct 26 - Snug Harbor - Charlotte, NC
Oct 28 - Woodlawn Theatre - Birmingham, AL~
Oct 29 - The Boneyard - Chattanooga, TN~
Oct 30 - The EARL - Atlanta, GA~
Nov 1 - Dan Electro's - Houston, TX~
Nov 2 - Levitation - Austin, TX~
Nov 4 - Surfside 7 - Fort Collins, CO
Nov 5 - International Bar - Salt Lake City, UT
Nov 6 - The Shrine - Boise, ID
Nov 8 - Freakout Fest - Seattle, WA
Nov 9 - Lollipop Shoppe - Portland, OR
Nov 11 - Kilowatt - San Francisco, CA
** w/ OSEES
~ w/ Wine Lips
Dutch rock band Iguana Death Cult shares their highly anticipated LP Echo Palace, following the release of three stellar singles, "Oh No," "Pushermen," and "Sensory Overload," with praise from outlets such as DIY, Under the Radar, American Songwriter, Paste, and more.
Alongside the release, the band additionally shares a music video for the record's focus track, "I Just Want A House," described as a "funky millennial nihilist anthem."
On the track, the band wrote: "O the trouble we've found ourselves in! Young people are struggling to find a decent place to live, summers have gotten so hot that vast areas of land are turning into scorched earth, not only is there a patch of plastic in the ocean the size of Texas, apparently we swallow a credit card's worths of microplastic per person every week. Human greed has pushed us to the limits of existence. But since we wrote this groovy dancing song about it, we're probably not even close to being scared enough."
Continuing on the track's accompanying video, they wrote: "Because we were playing shows in the UK, we weren't able to work on this video ourselves, so we gave Hache complete freedom to make what he wanted. He joined forces with his actor friend Nol Klis and artist Helia Rafi, who made the 3D render. 'The idea for the video was about somebody trying to run away from the city and decided to live in the forest by himself. But you can't run away from yourself!' says Hache. I think it covers the message of the song very well since it's about having trouble keeping up in a rapidly changing world and the desire to have a place of your own."
Ahead of the release of their forthcoming LP, Echo Palace (due 5/12), Dutch rock band Iguana Death Cult return with a brand new single entitled "Oh No." Previously, the band shared two stellar singles, "Pushermen" and "Sensory Overload," and this new track continues the hype in anticipation of the record's drop in May.
Wrote the band of the track: "Inspired by Dutch writer Jan Cremer, I decided to write a song about how incredibly amazing I am. This sort of self-mythification seemed funny to me since I spend most of my days wallowing in doubt and worry. In the end it became a metaphor for how we polish up our lives to near perfection on our social media accounts, while mental health problems are becoming more norm rather than an exception."
To accompany the new single, the band has also shared a music video, on which they wrote:
"One night, I played the new record for our good friend Max. When 'Oh No' came on and I heard myself sing the first line, I knew it; We have to get this guy in a knight costume. Max is a 6 foot 5 berserker but also one of the sweetest guys I know. We had so much fun making this video even though it was freezing and we had to hide from the rain every ten minutes. The banter you can have with this guy is unprecedented. One of the sharpest tongues in the game. Everything was filmed in Rotterdam again. Can't represent this beautiful city enough! Because this song has a bit of an old school Iguana feel to it, Hache wanted to use a lot of video distortion like he did back in the day when he made the videos for our first record."
In celebration of their forthcoming album, Iguana Death Cult made an appearance at this year's SXSW (Austin, TX), where they played a total of nine showcases. Following the festival, Paste Magazine noted that the band was one of the "20 Best Acts" they saw there: "I knew I had to see Iguana Death Cult as soon as I heard the band’s name. And they didn’t disappoint. From the word 'go,' the whole crowd was dancing and pushing to their garage and psych-rock extravaganza."