Photo by Rowan Daly
Plague Vendor unveiled another track from upcoming second album BLOODSWEAT with the drawl-laden sleaze-blues of “No Bounty” (listen below). With the hotly-anticipated new LP out on March 25, the release of “No Bounty” serves as another taster to whet the appetite of fans.
The Whittier, CA band’s new album BLOODSWEAT is their most powerful and menacing work, and a record that cements the band as the purveyors of dark post-punk in the current scene. BLOODSWEAT is the anticipated follow up to Plague Vendor’s debut album Free to Eat.
BLOODSWEAT was co-produced with Stuart Sikes and mixed by Alan Moulder, and it vastly expands on the sonic territory explored in their debut. During the recording process, Plague Vendor aimed to capture each track in as few takes as possible, avoiding many overdubs and embracing the same minimal production they bring to their live performances. Nearly all of the eleven songs on BLOODSWEAT were heavily road-tested, imagined, and re-imagined live before ever making it into the studio. The foursome spent the last two years playing endless live shows, filling everywhere from backyard parties to clubs to festivals.
Palpable tension comes from the sense that anything could happen, and certainly you feel that way when listening to BLOODSWEAT. But mostlyPlague Vendor is interested in simplicity and the sort of expressive nakedness that can come from stripping everything away. BLOODSWEAT invokes its own name as it unfurls, edged with a sense of danger and vulnerability.
Plague Vendor Tour Dates:
Mar 08 – Portland, OR – Dante’s
Mar 09 – Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
Mar 11 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
Mar 12 – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
Mar 14 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
Mar 15 – Dallas, TX – RBC
Mar 16 – The Noise Presents Showcase @ The Des Moines Embassy (SXSW)
Mar 17 – Wreckroom Records Unsactioned @ Arlyn Studios (SXSW)
Mar 18 – Do512/Antiquiet 2016 (SXSW)
Mar 18 – Fluffer Pit Party @ Barracuda Backyard (SXSW)
March 24 – Los Angeles, CA – Amoeba In-store (Record release show)
May 26 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
May 27 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre
May 28 – Pomona, CA – The Glass House
May 30 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up
May 31 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
June 1 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre
June 3 – Dallas, TX – Trees
June 4 – Houston, TX – Houston Free Press Summer Festival
June 5 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
June 7- Jacksonville, FL – Mavericks at the Landing
June 8 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Revolution
June 9 – Orlando, FL – The Beacham Theater
Mar 8 – Mar 15 with Prayers
May 26-June 9 with Refused and The Coathangers
