[dropcap]Merchandise[/dropcap] have premiered today their video for Crystal Cage—the fourth single from the their latest album A Corpse Wired For Sound, the follow-up to their first album on 4AD records, 2014’s After The End.
Watch the video in Germany here
Ahead of their European Tour—we sat down in a Berlin apartment with the core members of the band—Carson Cox (vocals, electronics), Dave Vassalotti (guitar, electronics) Pat Brady (bass) with the addition of drummer Leo Suarez. In the interview we discussed the industrial influences permeating the new album, influences such as William Burroughs, as well as the band’s different approach to translating the music into a live performance.
Merchandise’s European leg of their huge three-month transcontinental tour begins this week—with support coming from EZTV.
October
26th – Tape, Aarhus, Denmark * [Tickets]
27th – Stengade, Copenhagen, Denmark * [Tickets]
28th – Nr.z.P, Bielefeld, Germany * [Tickets]
29th – Westwek, Leipzig, Germany *
30th – Tiefgrund, Berlin, Germany *
31st – S105, Amsterdam, Netherlands * [Tickets]
November
2nd – The Lexington, London, UK * [Tickets]
3rd – The Castle Hotel, Manchester, UK * [Tickets]
4th – Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham, UK * [Tickets]
5th – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK ^ [Tickets]
7th – Rotonde – Botanique, Brussels, Belgium * [Tickets]
8th – Mecanique Ondulatoire, Paris, France * [Tickets]
9th – Rössli, Bern, Switzerland * [Tickets]
11th – Cox, Milan, Italy *
12th – i Vizi del Pellicano, Correggio, Italy * [Tickets]
13th – C.S. Rivolta, Marghera, Italy *
14th – Mocvara, Zagreb, Croatia * [Tickets]
15th – Posthof, Linz, Austria * [Tickets]
16th – Café V lese, Prague, Czech Republic * [Tickets]
26th – 89th Street Collective, Oklahoma City OK, US %
28th – Hi-Dive, Denver CO, US %
30th – Neurolux, Boise ID, US %
December
1st – Barboza, Seattle WA, US %
2nd – Fortune, Vancouver BC, Canada %
3rd – Mississippi Studios, Portland OR, US %
5th – Harlows, Sacramento CA, US %
6th – Swedish, San Francisco CA, US %
7th – Moe’s, Santa Cruz CA, US %
9th – Hideout, San Diego CA, US %
10th – The Echo, Los Angeles CA, US %
11th – Valley Bar, Phoeniz AZ, US %
12th – Sister, Albuquerque NM, US %
14th – Paper Tiger, San Antonio TX, US %
15th – Sidewinder, Austin TX, US %
16th – Walter’s, Houston TX, US %
17th – Siberia, New Orleans LA, US %
* – w/ EZTV
^ – w/ Preoccupations
% – w/ Gun Outift
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