WATCH AND SHARE “PLAYED OUT” HERE
TOUR DATES WITH THRUSH HERMIT AND WINTERSLEEP BEGIN SEPTEMBER 17
COOL TO WHO LP DUE OCTOBER 18 VIA OUTSIDE MUSIC
"Walrus sound like one complete organism...No one part is taking away from anything else, and they all move well together." - Exclaim!
"Unrelenting guitar grooves and a smattering of psychedelia." - Stereogum
"Walrus bring about a magnificent explosion of noise and heat." - Consequence Of Sound
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Halifax garage-psych quartet, Walrus, one of Canada's best-loved touring acts, are today announcing a new run of tour dates throughout Canada in support of their forthcoming second album Cool To Who, which is due for release on October 18, 2019 via Outside Music. The string dates sees the band supporting Thrush Hermit and Wintersleep. Full tour dates can be found below.
Today they are also sharing the video for their new single, “Played Out”. Whilst visually tipping hat to the band’s affinity for wrestling, “Played Out” sonically angles towards the band’s garage-rock temperament, cutting a groove laced with doom-laden riffs and billowing guitars. Thematically, the track looks to document the feeling of negative repetition, a topic tackled within the video: “Even though you know it’s no good for you, and the feeling is played out compared to what it used to be… you do it anyway.”
Director, Jeff Miller, adds, “The ‘Played Out’ video is like time traveling through my wrestling fandom. I started editing music videos to bootlegged wrestling clips when I was in the 7th grade, and that sparked a full on career as a music video director/editor. When Walrus said they wanted a video for ‘Played Out', their only stipulation was that it was somehow pro wrestling related and it was like everything had come full circle.”
WATCH AND SHARE “PLAYED OUT” HERE
Formed in 2012 by two brothers, Justin (vocalist and guitarist) and Jordan Murphy (drums), alongside two friends in Truro, Nova Scotia, the band cut their teeth in music via the traditional route of heavy touring. Intense bouts of gigging saw the quartet earn a reputation, not only for their live shows but also for the way they treat the process - on one occasion managing to get banned from Avis Rental Car. Walrus, have been the recipients of some great tutelage along the way, they were signed to Dan Mangan’s Madic Records for their first album which garnered them some immediate attention and most recently, they supported The Sadies across their North American tour.
WATCH AND SHARE “COOL TO WHO” HERE
TOUR DATES
Sept 17: Quebec City, QC - L’anti
Sept 18: Kingston, ON - Mansion
Sept 19: Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
Sept 20: Watsons Corner, ON - Hollowfest
Sept 21: Barrie, ON - Fox Lounge / Troubadour Festival
Sept 25: Fredericton, NB - The Fredericton Playhouse **
Sept 26: Moncton, NB - Tide & Boar **
Oct 3: Oshawa, ON - Oshawa Music Hall #
Oct 4: Midland, ON - Midland Cultural Centre #
Oct 26: Halifax, NS - Marquee / Halifax Pop Explosion $
Nov 1: Sackville, NS - Thunder & Lightning
Nov 2: Saint John, NB - Pepper’s Pub
Nov 8: Truro, NS - Engine Room Pub
Nov 9: Charlottetown, PEI - Baba’s
** w/ Thrush Hermit
# w/ Wintersleep
$ w/ Diet Cig
