Bottoms Premiere 'My Body' Via Stereogum; Debut EP Out Jan 2015

By: Aug. 19, 2014
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Bottoms Premiere "My Body" via Stereogum and announce debut release date along with a slew of live show locations.

Check out their new single HERE!

The gender-problematizing goth dance band bottoms, grown out of Brooklyn's DIY art space Secret Project Robot in 2013, reveals their first track "My Body" on Stereogum. Their Goodbye EP will come out in January 2015 via JD Samson's Atlas Chair.

Bottoms' methods of combining hilarious and terrifying stage antics along with acid house minimalism creates a joyful yet violent experience. bottoms is Simon Leahy, Michael Prommasit, and Jake Dibeler. As co-founder of the annual Bushwig festival, Leahy spearheaded the new "drag explosion" in the Bushwick nightlife scene.

Leahy & Prommasit's prior band, teeth, has toured internationally. Dibeler is a performance artist whose work touches on historical anxieties surrounding HIV and gay suicide, which he uses as the basis of his lyrics.

Live shows include Bushwig 2014 w/ Soft Pink Truth

(see dates below)

Debut Goodbye EP to be Released in January 2014 via Atlas Chair
bottoms live:
8/30 - Brooklyn, NY @ Razor 5000 (344 Franklin Ave)
9/6 - Brooklyn, NY @ Secret Project Robot at Bushwig w/ Soft Pink Truth etc (tickets HERE)
10/17 - Brooklyn, NY @ Palisades (906 Broadway) w/ Dope Body
10/21-25 - CMJ shows TBA

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