News: BRAIN TENTACLES Shares Self-Titled Debut Details + First Single; Band Announces North American Tour With Gorguts And Intronaut

The self-titled debut album from mind-melting metallic jazz trio BRAIN TENTACLES is a journey in improvised and structured experimental sound from three venerable scene veterans. Featuring Bruce Lamont (Yakuza, Bloodiest, Corrections House etc.) on horns, voice, electric piano, and synth, Dave Witte (Discordance Axis, Municipal Waste, Deny The Cross etc.) on drums, and Aaron Dallison (Keelhaul) on bass, voice, and synth, Brain Tentacles sees the three-piece weaving their way through twisted, seizure-inducing compositions that call to mind the insanity of John Zorn's storied project Naked City and Mike Patton's most erratic experiments. TheBRAIN TENTACLES collective are masters of tension with the album moving unpredictably from mathy chaos to ponderous, juddering grooves that warp time in their wake, darting from one extreme to the other via insane rhythms and truly progressive, expansive songwriting. Occasional vocals (including a guest appearance from Oxbow's Eugene Robinson) lend an even sharper edge to the album, which is sure to blow away fans of instrumental and vocal-driven music alike. The record was produced by Sanford Parker (Minsk, Yob, etc.) and features artwork by Jef Whitehead of Leviathan!

 

The first new song from the album, "The Sadist," has premiered via Decibel Magazine and can be heard now at THIS LOCATION.

 

Brain Tentacles will be released September 30th on CD, LP, and digitally via Relapse Records. Physical and digital preorders are available at THIS LOCATION.

 

Brain Tentacles Track Listing:

1. Kingda Ka

2. Fruitcake

3. Cosmic Warriors Girth Curse

4. Hand Of God

5. Gassed

6. The Spoiler

7. Death Rules

8. The Sadist

9. Fata Morgana

10. Peace In War

11. Palantine

 

Additionally, BRAIN TENTACLES will be supporting dissonant death metal legends Gorguts and stoner/prog heavyweights Intronaut on a month-long tour of North America this coming October. The tour will kick off in Boston on October 3rd and trek through Canada to the US West Coast and back again. Check out a full itinerary below.

 

BRAIN TENTACLES w/ Gorguts, Intronaut:

10/03/2016 Brighton Music Hall - Boston, MA

10/04/2016 Les Foufounes Electriques - Montreal, QC

10/05/2016 Maverick's - Ottawa, ON

10/06/2016 Hard Luck - Toronto, ON

10/07/2016 Agora Ballroom - Cleveland, OH

10/08/2016 Subterranean - Chicago, IL

10/09/2016 Cabooze - Minneapolis, MN

10/10/2016 The Park Theatre - Winnipeg, MB

10/11/2016 The Exchange - Regina, SK

10/12/2016 The Starlite Room - Edmonton, AB

10/14/2016 Rickshaw Theatre - Vancouver, BC

10/15/2016 Studio 7 - Seattle, WA

10/16/2016 Panic Room - Portland, OR

10/19/2016 DNA Lounge - San Francisco, CA

10/20/2016 The Roxy - Los Angeles, CA

10/21/2016 Brick By Brick - San Diego, CA

10/22/2016 Club Club Red - Mesa, AZ

10/24/2016 Rail Club - Fort Worth, TX

10/25/2016 Dirty Dog Bar -  Austin, TX

10/27/2016 Masquerade - Atlanta, GA

10/28/2016 Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD

10/29/2016 Voltage Lounge - Philadelphia, PA

10/30/2016 Le Poisson Rouge - New York, NY

BRAIN TENTACLES will consume, evolve, and then regurgitate ambiguous noise upon its listeners. Based off a trio of drums (Dave Witte), saxophone (Bruce Lamont), and bass (Aaron Dallison), the multi-state project formed spontaneously via a road trip in 2013 and toured with Melt-Banana before they even had a bassist - until they found Dallison on one of those dates. The group then signed to Relapse Records to prepare for their debut full-length. Like many of their avant-garde peers, BRAIN TENTACLES' compositions very nearly careen off the edge into total chaos, but unlike many of those same peers, the band possesses the self-awareness and rhythmic prowess to (usually) rein in the mayhem at the last possible section. an act that will stimulate your cerebrum while simultaneously smashing it in. The band has already played high-profile shows with High On Fire, Eyehategod, Melt-Banana, Iron Reagan, and many more.