Two days in advance of the official release, Brooklyn DIY psych-punk vets Dinowalrus are streaming their brand-new album Fairweather in full, fittingly via BrooklynVegan. In addition, the band will be playing an official album release show this Sunday, September 25, at Rough Trade NYC. Fairweather will be available this Friday via all DSPs and via Moorworks Records in Japan.
STREAM THE ALBUM HERE
More on FAIRWEATHER: FAIRWEATHER, the fourth album from omnivorous Brooklyn rockers Dinowalrus, sees the quartet refining their potent post-modern psychedelia and distilling the successes of their previous two outings, COMPLEXION and BEST BEHAVIOR, into a coherent and compelling package of eleven single-worthy songs, covering territory ranging from baggy Madchester party beats to melancholy space ballads and perpetual-motion-machine krautrock groovers. After albums marked by exuberance and moodiness, FAIRWEATHER is more even-keeled-the sound of a fundamentally playful band that has attained a steady level of confidence, calm, and poise, even as they bob and weave through their ocean of sounds.
The album begins with psych-rock offerings "Tides" and "Falling to the Periphery," fueled by jangly guitar and punchy mellotrons, with sunny textures belying a cosmic angst via a '60s meets '90s meets 2016 aesthetic. Next, the album's tempo gradually increases into an acid rock/house-derived middle section anchored by the lumbering squelch of "Guilty," with frontman Pete Feigenbaum begging for forgiveness: "I'm guilty-do you still believe me?" After the
Motorik minimalism of "Light Rain," the album descends into a murky, shoegazing dreamworld of infinite breakbeats yielding optimistic flashes ("Compass Rose") and futuristic wall-of-sound doomscapes ("The Silent Earth").
Produced by the band in their own studio, FAIRWEATHER brings back the excitement and playfulness of their debut album % (PERCENT), while imbuing a newfound sense of refinement and clarity to the mixes, coupling the experience from their recent studio endeavors with more concise and quick-moving yet provocative arrangements.
Although heavily dosed with electronics, FAIRWEATHER contrasts the dystopian industrial arpeggiators of their previous albums with a warm, timeless palette of organs, looped breakbeats, and radio-ready vocals, including the occasional psychedelic flourish of reversed guitars and exploding delay trails. As a result, the music moves forward by looking back, bringing to mind the work of contemporaries like Jagwar Ma, Tame Impala, and Deerhunter, while also incorporating some of the more exciting and psychedelic pop sounds of the early '90s
Creation Records back catalog with aesthetic nods to The House of Love, Primal Scream, and Ride.
Dinowalrus will also be playing a hometown release show at
Rough Trade NYC onSeptember 25 (
tickets available here). The band will be joined by Sharkmuffin, Dead Leaf Echo, and Drawing Boards.
FAIRWEATHER Tracklist:
- Tides
- Falling to the Periphery
- Plain Sight
- Guilty
- The Payoff
- Light Rain
- Scarcity
- Final Wave
- Compass Rose
- The Silent Earth
- The Painted Desert
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