Check out the track “Gonna Be A Riot” by Minneapolis punk mainstays The Slow Death.
The Slow Death are famous for having an ever-revolving lineup, and their upcoming album Yesterday’s Numbers, out November 20 via Don’t Sing and Anxious and Angry, is no exception. The contributors for “Gonna Be A Riot” include Jesse Thorson on lead vocals and guitar (Pretty Boy Thorson & the Falling Angels), with harmonies from Annie Sparrows, Kat Naden, and Saumer Kinsey, all of The God Damn Doo Wop Band. Sam Beere plays lead guitar and Luke Lecheler organ, both of Nato Coles & the Blue Diamond Band, rounded out by Dylan Richie on bass (Teenage Strangler) and Shawn Walker on drums (Gay Witch Abortion, Chooglin).
“I have been wanting to make this record for so long that I kinda can’t believe that it’s finally being pressed,” says guitarist/vocalist Jesse Thorson. “There was always some reason not to. There was always something in the way: ‘Once this tour, this single, this album, this month, this year, this decade is done I will make the rock and roll record.’ It’s done and it’s better than I thought it would be, and as anyone who knows me will tell you, I am a super optimistic fella. Everyone who had anything to do with this record absolutely killed it and, coincidentally, I found the right conditioner to give my hair the appropriate body and bounce for the back cover.”
The Slow Death will be playing an album release show for Yesterday’s Numbers on November 28 alongside Off With Their Heads at Uptown VFW. Follow on Instagram for more updates.
Preorder the vinyl via Anxious and Angry here. Digital pre-orders are available on Bandcamp.
Photo courtesy of John Oakes
