Experimental Japanese metal group, Boris, released new live footage for their song, “The Power” this morning. The song maintains the power and scale associated with Boris with a refined clarity. In their own words, it’s “a song that takes the glacial doom of their early records and broadens the expanses of empty space to allow the chirp of amplifier tubes, the groan of strained speaker cabinets, and the sizzle of cranked distortion to transform their dirges into macrocosms of textures.”
“The Power” can be found on Boris’ 23rd studio album, Dear, which was released three weeks ago. The album was originally intended as farewell project, yet the band produced three albums worth of content in the process. Apparently, the rest saved for “future releases.” As mxdwn writer Cervante Pope put it, “Dear is this, taking the best of over three albums of songwriting material and cramming it into one… Fortunately it was not the farewell album that the band had initially conceived. Even if it were, it would’ve been good, grimly beautiful one.”
In support of its release, Boris will traverse the United States on an extensive headline tour this Fall, alongside Japanese noise metal band, Endon. Dear can be found via digital download on bandcamp.
Full Dates:
October 3 Fresno, CA @ Strummers *
October 4 Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s *
October 6 Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall ^
October 7 Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s ^
October 8 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre ^
October 9 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge ^
October 11 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent ^
October 12-14 Joshua Tree, CA @ Institute of Mentalphysics (Desert Daze Fest)
October 14 Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole %
October 16 Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall %
October 17 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater %
October 19 Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre %
October 20 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room %
October 21 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club +
October 22 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall +
October 23 Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall +
October 25 Detroit, MI @ El Club +
October 26 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop +
October 27 Millvale, PA @ Mr Smalls +
October 28 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer +
October 29 Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live! (Days of Darkness)
October 31 Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall =
November 1 Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw =
November 4 Durham, NC @ Motorco =
November 5 Knoxville, TN @ The Concourse =
November 7 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade, Hell Stage =
November 8 Nashville, TN @ Exit / In =
November 9 Birmingham, AL @ Saturn $
November 10 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks $
November 10-12 McDade, TX @ Sound on Sound Fest
November 14 Albuquerque, NM @ Sister +
November 15 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom #
November 17 San Diego, CA @ Casbah #
November 18 Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex #
* w/ Endon
^ w/ Sumac, Endon
% w/ Subrosa, Endon
+ w/ Helms Alee, Endon
= w/ Mutoid Man, Endon
$ w/ Thou, Endon
# w/ Torche, Endon
Photo Credit: Owen Ela
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