Trevor Powers Shares New Tracks from MULBERRY VIOLENCE Out August 17 + Fall Tour Dates

Trevor Powers has shared a second couplet of tracks from Mulberry Violence set for release on August 17th (Baby Halo).

The album's opening two songs, "XTQ Idol" and "Dicegame" set the scene for this diverse, enthralling and bewitchingly eccentric listen, where surrealist electronics and Powers' haunting vocals are grounded by emphatic piano-work.

Speaking on the first of the two tracks, Trevor told The Fader: Early in the process of forming Mulberry Violence, I took a trip to the Czech Republic & visited Sedlec Ossuary, a small Roman Catholic church elaborately adorned with the bones of 40,000 people ::: many of whom died from the plague. Garlands of skulls. Crosses of femurs. Chalices of hipbones. A chandelier made from every bone in the human skeleton. This was all constructed as a way to honor the dead. For me, it was a labyrinth of mirrors. My reflection multiplied thousands of times in front of me, & I couldn't look away. I saw myself as I really was. Trembling, I said a hushed prayer. Each turn showed me there was no escape from how it all ends; beneath this skin & without this spirit was just another heap of bones. As the tension through my muscles eventually lessened, a peculiar peace washed over me. My problems shrunk. My stress diminished. My pain was temporary. Maybe one day someone will use my tibia in a human chandelier.. ? I can only dream. Late that night, I started XTQ Idol.

On "Dicegame" he commented: My favorite painter, the existential outcast Francis Bacon, described a work by saying, "It was like one continuous accident mounting on top of another." This is entirely how I function - shaping ideas for weeks or months that lead absolutely nowhere.. it's not until I f up & do something totally inadvertent that the path finally begins to glow. The mistake is always more captivating than the intention. Dicegame had 6 other versions before it. All of them different; none of them honest. The entryway refused to accept any of my passcodes; it wasn't until the big blunder came & I typed that into the keypad that the gate finally swung open. I chased the accident, mutated it, made more mistakes along the way, viscerally put them together, & the song finally had life.

Hear "XTQ Idol" and "Dicegame" HERE.

The full track list to Mulberry Violence has been kept secret. Powers initially announced this new recording venture with the video for "Playwright," closely followed by the album announcement and the first couplet of tracks; the creeping bass-heavy "Ache" and shattering, distorted melancholy of"Plaster Saint."

Mulberry Violence Pre-order link: https://trevorpowers.lnk.to/MulberryViolence

Trevor Powers live dates:

Sep 26 Boise, ID Neurolux

Sep 27 Seattle, WA Barboza

Sep 28 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret

Sep 29 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios

Oct 01 San Francisco, CA Independent

Oct 03 Los Angeles, CA Lodge Room

Oct 05 Salt Lake City, UT Metro Music Hall

Oct 06 Denver, CO Lost Lake

Oct 08 Kansas City, MO Encore at Uptown

Oct 09 Omaha, NE The Slowdown

Oct 11 Minneapolis, MN Turf Club

Oct 12 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle

Oct 13 Detroit, MI Underground @ DIME

Oct 14 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern

Oct 16 Boston, MA Great Scott

Oct 17 New York, NY National Sawdust

Oct 18 Philadelphia, PA Boot and Saddle

Oct 19 Washington, DC U Street Music Hall

Oct 30 London, UK Electrowerkz

Nov 01 Amsterdam, NL Cinetol

Nov 02 Antwerp, BE Trix

Nov 03 Hamburg, DE Häkken

Nov 04 Berlin, DE Frannz Club

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