dredg
REVEAL RELEASE DATES AND COVER ARTWORK
OF NEW ALBUM
‘CHUCKLES AND MR. SQUEEZY’
Superball
Music is proud to announce the release dates of the new dredg album
in USA and Europe (outside of G/S/A)
UK / FRANCE / GREECE / DENMARK / PORTUGAL / REST OF EUROPE:
Monday, April 25, 2011
SPAIN / ITALY: Tuesday, April 26, 2011
SWEDEN / FINLAND / HUNGARY: Wednesday, April 27,
2011
BENELUX / NORWAY / AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND: Friday,
April 29, 2011
NORTH AMERICA: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
February 22, 2011 -- The alternative rock band dredg from
San Francisco can note a constantly growing number of followers
and lovers since they decided to play music together more than 15
years ago, in 1995.
As there have been several
rumors on the Internet recently about the successor of THE PARIAH,
THE PARROT, THE DELUSION we are now happy to announce that dredg
are finally going to release their fifth studio album CHUCKLES
AND MR. SQUEEZY in late April/early May (see above for exact
dates) in Europe (outside of G/S/A) and on May 3, 2011 the U.S.
Those who are expecting the record to be a consistent continuance
of THE PARIAH, THE PARROT, THE DELUSION will no doubt be
surprised: this album is completely different from everything dredg
have ever done before.
It took the band members
almost eight months of exchanging song-material via e-mail to finish
the album--a process producer Dan The Automator (Gorillaz, Kasabian,
etc.) was also involved in right from the early beginnings. His
influence becomes most apparent in the songs “The Tent,”
“Sun Goes Down” and “Before it Began” where
he also took an active part in the songwriting. Even though there
is a lot of variation in tones and tempo, singer Gavin sums up the
general sound of CHUCKLES AND MR. SQUEEZY as “Dark
Pop”: a dark undertone is giving the songs some kind of a
contemplative self-analysis – but in the end the album is
still characterized by its optimism. “There is a certain darkness
to it,” Gavin agrees. “A lot of our music is ultimately
positive but can be conceived as sad as well. It has these two sides
that oppose each other, but manage to reconcile in the music.”
With CHUCKLES AND
MR. SQUEEZY dredg is breaking new grounds in
their career – in a new, yet unexplored direction. The influence
Dan The Automator had on this record is obvious. His status as a
producer and co-worker lead him to an additional role as a guide,
giving the band the impulse to work harder, to take a closer look
at themselves and finally take this as an inspiration for creating
their music and lyrics.
The last 15 years of
development brought dredg to an unexpected, yet
welcomed point in their career. “For me this is a renewal
kind of record,” Gavin says. “It feels different and
in some ways it feels like a new band. That was my goal when working
with the band and with Dan--to make something we’d never done.
Hopefully people can see the band in a new light. We can mold to
different things and there is a future for the band when it comes
to creating.”
Tour dates for 2011 will
be announced soon.
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