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The Birthday Massacre Announce N. American Tour

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12 years ago

August 13, 2012

Synthrock band The Birthday Massacre have announced that they will be embarking on a N. American tour this fall in support of their upcoming album Hide And Seek, which comes out Oct. 9th via Metropolis Records (pre-order here). The tour will see support coming from William Control and Aesthetic Perfection. Check below for tour dates as well as the cover art and track list for Hide And Seek.

Talking about Hide And Seek, vocalist Chibi states, “There is an intensity to this record that I definitely felt while we were writing and recording. At times, for me, it was a struggle. I had some very strong emotions during the time we worked on this, and it shows, I think, in my vocals – and I really love how it turned out. The lyrics also touch on some darker themes. There’s a lot of very moving stuff on this record. Very intense stuff.”

Guitarist Rainbow adds, “There was an underlying sense of tension and urgency throughout the writing process. It was a tumultuous and emotional experience for us but, I think it’s yielded some of our best work.”

Each member of The Birthday Massacre gave Bloody-Disgusting their Top 10 horror movies. Check out the lists here.

The Birthday Massacre tour dates:
10/27 – Vive Salon Cuervo, Mexico City -with London After Midnight, LORE and Illuminate
10/31 – Peabody’s Downunder, Cleveland, OH.
11/01 – Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL.
11/02 – Pike Room, Pontiac, MI.
11/03 – Miramar Theater, Milwaukee, WI.
11/06 – Station 4, St. Paul, MN.
11/07 – Park Theatre, Winnipeg, MB.
11/09 – The Pawn Shop, Edmonton, AB.
11/10 – Dickens Pub, Calgary, AB.
11/13 – Studio Seven, Seattle, WA.
11/14 – Hawthorne Theater, Portland. OR.
11/15 – Slim’s, San Francisco, CA.
11/16 – Glasshouse, Pomona, CA.
11/17 – Vinyl, Las Vegas, NV.
11/18 – Nile Theatre, Mesa, AZ.
11/19 – Tricky Falls, El Paso, TX.
11/20 – The Door, Dallas, TX.
11/21 – The Korova, San Antonio, TX.
11/23 – The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA.
11/24 – The State Theatre, St. Petersburg, FL.
11/25 – The Social, Orlando, FL.
11/28 – Greene Street Music Hall, Greensboro, NC.
11/29 – Empire, West Springfield, VA.
11/30 – Upstairs @ The Palladium, Worcester, MA.
12/01 – Gramercy Theatre, New York, NY.
12/02 – Theatre Of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
12/05 – Les Katacombes, Montréal, PQ.
12/06 – The Mod Club Theatre, Toronto, ON.

Hide and Seek track list:
01. Leaving Tonight
02. Down
03. Play With Fire
04. Need
05. Calling
06. Alibis
07. One Promise
08. In This Moment
09. Cover My Eyes
10. The Long Way Home

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“He Walks By Night” – Listen to a Brand New John Carpenter Song NOW!

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1 week ago

April 9, 2024

John Squires

It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.

Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.

Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.

“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.

“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”

You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…