New York, NY (Top40 Charts) On June 2nd, Algiers will release their self-titled debut album on Matador Records. Steeped in radical politics and deeply indebted to post-punk's sonic trailblazing and gospel's spiritual bloodletting, the album imbues neo-modernist hymns with caustic social sentiment and explosive noise.
Algiers comprises singer/guitarist
Franklin James Fisher (deemed "one of the most powerfully guttural vocalists in rock today" by SPIN), guitarist Lee Tesche, and bassist Ryan Mahan. From the militant stomp of "Remains" to Fisher's commanding presence on the gospel no wave blowout "Black Eunuch," Algiers channels righteous fury into an incisive, innovative assault that Vice Noisey calls "intense...right on the beat of the current cultural climate."
A trio of emigres of the American Deep South, now split between New York and London, Algiers synthesizes its eclectic influences, from
Nina Simone and PJ
Harvey to Suicide and Public Enemy, into frightening new forms.
Algiers also announced tour dates, including a run of shows with
Interpol in the spring. The band will tour the United States extensively later this year.
Watch the video for "
Blood" here.
More Early Praise for Algiers:
"Gospel spook...a double-edged sword of religion and politics to slice through the pasty, vapid mess of pop culture in America." -- Stereogum
"While Nick Cave channeled Old
Testament fury in order to explore evil with uncomfortable intimacy, Algiers employ it politically, in an effort to name the sound of dispossession." -- Ad Hoc
"Mesmerizing...really sucks you in with its weird power." -- The Wire (Byron Coley)
"Dark stuff, but good grief they've got soul." -- The Guardian
"Insane...Rowland S
Howard vs Nitzer Ebb vs politics vs Southern Gospel." -- The Quietus
"Sounds like the end of the world." -- Line Of Best Fit
'Algiers' Tracklist:
1. Remains
2. Claudette
3. And When You Fall
4. Blood
5. Old Girl
6. Irony. Utility. Pretext.
7. But She Was Not Flying
8.
Black Eunuch
9. Games
10. In Parallax
Tour Dates:
04-18 - Paris, FR @ Record Store Day - Rough Trade On Tour, Point Ephemere
04-22 - London, UK @ Power Lunches
05-07 - Richmond, VA @ The National*
05-08 - Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz*
05-11 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant*
05-12 - Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room at Old
National Centre*
05-13 - Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore*
05-15 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts*
05-16 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE*
* = w/Interpol
Website: https://algierstheband.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Algierstheband
Twitter: https://twitter.com/algiersmusic
Pre-Order Links:
Matador: https://smarturl.it/AlgiersTheBand_LP
iTunes: https://smarturl.it/Algiers_The_Band
Amazon: https://smarturl.it/Algiers_The_Band
Google: https://smarturl.it/AlgiersTheBand_gp
