Fronted as ever by David Thomas, Pere Ubu have unveiled their new album, 20 Years In A Montana Missile Silo, which opens the doors of the avant-garage to reveal the hardworking mechanics hammering away at the fundamentals of blue-collar rock. 20 Years In A Montana Missile Silo is out this Friday (29th September). Here’s what David had to say about the new record…
Check out the video for the lead track ‘Monkey Bizness’ here…
A three-guitar revision sees Keith Moliné, Gary Siperko and Kristof Hahn (The Swans) expand the established orchestra of analog and digital synths (Wheeler, Gagarin), clarinet (Boon), drums (Mehlman) and Thomas’ unique vocals.
20 Years In A Montana Missile Silo follows their 2015 release Carnival of Souls, which was widely praised by the media and used by cult series ‘American Horror Story’ in Season 4.
David Thomas: “The new album is The James Gang teaming up with Tangerine Dream. The Chinese Whispers methodology we worked on the last two albums has been replaced by the Dark Room. Put musicians in a lightless room and by feeling one small section of an unknown object have them figure what it must be.”
The album was recorded and mixed at Suma, Painesville Ohio. Engineer Paul Hamann, and his father before him, have been part of almost every Pere Ubu album since 1976.
Pere Ubu will be on tour with the new album later this year in the USA, with a full European tour and further USA dates in 2018.
SIDE ONE
1. MONKEY BIZNESS
2. FUNK 49
3. PRISON OF THE SENSES
4. TOE TO TOE
5. THE HEALER
6. SWAMPLAND
SIDE TWO
1. PLAN FROM FRAG 9
2. HOWL
3. RED EYE BLUES
4. WALKING AGAIN
5. I CAN STILL SEE
6. COLD SWEAT
PRE-ORDER 20 YEARS IN A MONTANA MISSILE SILO ON 12″ VINYL
PRE-ORDER 20 YEARS IN A MONTANA MISSILE SILO ON CD
Catch the band on tour this winter…
| Pere Ubu: The MonkeyNet Tour November-December An infinite number of monkeys clicking on an infinite number of links will yield nothing but an infinite number of bananas. |
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| Wed, Nov 8 | Pittsburgh, Club Cafe 56 S 12th St Pittsburgh PA 15203 Ages: 21+ URL: http://clubcafelive.com Ticket link Facebook link |
| Thu, Nov 9 | Washington DC, Hill Country Live DC 410 Seventh St NW Washington DC 20004 Tel: 202-640-6510 Ages: All URL: http://www.hillcountrywdc.com Ticket link |
| Fri, Nov 10 | Kingston NY, BSP Kingston 323 Wall Street Kingston NY 12401 Tel: 845 481 5158 Ages: 18+ URL: http://bspkingston.com Ticket link Facebook link |
| Sat, Nov 11 | Boston, ONCE Ballroom Hassle Fest 9 156 Highland Av, Somerville MA 02143 Ages: All Doors: 2pm Support: from 3pm Pere Ubu: tba URL: http://www.oncesomerville.com/ Ticket link Facebook link |
| Sun, Nov 12 | Brooklyn, Music Hall of Williamsburg 66 North 6th, Brooklyn NY 11211 Tel: 718- 486-5400 Ages: All ages / 21+ URL: musichallofwilliamsburg.com/ Ticket link |
| Tue, Nov 14 | Philadelphia, Johnny Brenda’s 1201 Frankford Ave Philadelphia PA 19125 Tel: 215-739-9684 Ages: 21+ URL: www.johnnybrendas.com Ticket link Facebook link |
| Wed, Nov 15 | Richmond VA, Strange Matter 929 West Grace Street Richmond VA 23220 Tel: 804.447.4763 Ages: 18+ URL: http://www.strangematterrva.com Ticket link Facebook link |
| Thu, Nov 16 | Columbus, The Basement 391 Neil Ave Columbus OH 43212 Tel: 614-404-8471 Ages: All Ticket link |
| Fri, Nov 17 | Ferndale MI, Magic Bag 22920 Woodward Ave Ferndale MI 48220 Tel: 248-544-1991 Ages: 18+ Ticket link Facebook link |
| Sat, Nov 18 | Chicago, Beat Kitchen 2100 West Belmont Chicago IL 60618 Tel: 773-281-4444 Ages: 18+ URL: http://www.beatkitchen.com/ Ticket link |
| Sun, Nov 19 | Charleston WV, TBA |
| Mon, Nov 20 | Indianapolis, The Hi-Fi Murphy’s Art Building 1043 Virginia Ave, suite 214 Indianapolis IN 46203 Ages: All ages / 21+ URL: http://www.hifiindy.com/ Ticket link Facebook link |
| Tue, Nov 21 | Cincinnati, Woodward Theater 1404 Main St, Cincinnati OH 45202 Ages: 18+ URL: http://woodwardtheater.com |
| Wed, Nov 22 | Cleveland, Grog Shop 2785 Euclid Hts Blvd Cleveland Heights OH 44106 Tel: 216-321-5588 Ages: All Ticket link Fcebook link |
