Death From Above's New Album Outrage Out Today

The merry merchants of muscular death dance discord - Sebastien Grainger (vocals, drums) and Jesse F. Keeler (bass, keys, synths) - made a collective decision to embrace their own penchant for perpetual motion while gleefully maintaining the car-wreck intensity of their punkified disco rock.

The two began pondering what became Outrage! Is Now while in the midst of finishing their 2014 record, The Physical World. Marking a sweaty and triumphant return after a near 10-year studio hiatus, their sophomore outing would be met with critical acclaim from Rolling Stone, Los Angeles Times, Monster Children, Uncut, Alternative Press, and KERRANG!who awarded it a rare perfect score. The Physical World spawned fan favorites such as "Trainwreck 1979," which generated an impressive 12 million Spotify streams to date and "Virgins" was another to crack the 5-million mark.

As they retreated to Jesse's farm two hours east of Toronto to write in 2016, the musicians re-examined the way they've written in the past. They found new ways to start ideas, and tried to exorcise their old demons. With a host of demos, Death From Above headed back to Los Angeles to work with producer and engineer Eric Valentine (Queens of the Stone Age, etc.). Making for what Jesse describes as the "fastest recording process," the vision quickly took shape.

"The myth of what we should be didn't exist anymore," Sebastien agrees. "There was never a moment where we took a conventional path-either writing or recording. Eric has been making records for decades and we managed to make him say: 'Well, that's a first' during every song! There was always some strange element thrown in. Outrage! Is Now is a guide to the times. At once an escape from reality and a red-eye flight to the center of the modern world."

Outrage! is already attracting a new legion of the loyal:

"The record is powered by the combustion engine that has driven DFA's monstrous sound from the start" - Clash

"Serrated Death From Above-branded dance-rock... a fierce noise" - Spin

"A mixture of DFA's familiar clatter - Sebastien Grainger's battering ram drums, Jesse F Keeler's frantic, distorted bass guitar." - Noisey / Vice

Outrage! Is Now Tracklist:

01. Nomad

02. Freeze Me
03. Caught Up
04. Outrage! Is Now
05. Never Swim Alone
06. Moonlight
07. Statues
08. All I C Is U & Me
09. NVR 4EVR
10. Holy Books

An extensive North American tour has already been announced, kicking off September 15 atRiot Fest Chicago and picking up again October 20 in Montreal, and includes appearances at Phoenix Concert Theatre in their hometown of Toronto on December 1 (sold out), andDecember 2. For ticket information, visit: http://www.deathfromabove1979.com/.

Tour dates:

Sep 15 Chicago, IL Riot Fest

Oct 19 Ottawa, ON Bronson Centre

Oct 20 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre

Oct 21 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club

Oct 23 Clifton Park, NY Upstate Concert Hall

Oct 25 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel

Oct 27 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer

Oct 28 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore

Oct 30 Atlanta, GA Masquerade

Oct 31 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom

Nov 02 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall

Nov 03 Detroit, MI St. Andrew's Hall

Nov 07 St. Louis, MO Delmar Hall

Nov 08 Kansas City, MO Arvest Bank Theatre
Nov 10 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre

Nov 11 Salt Lake City, UT Metro Music Hall

Nov 13 San Diego, CA House of Blues

Nov 15 Los Angeles, CA The Novo

Nov 17 Berkeley, CA The UC Theatre

Nov 18 Portland, OR Roseland Theater

Nov 20 Seattle, WA The Showbox

Nov 21 Vancouver, BC Commodore

Nov 23 Edmonton, AB Union Hall

Nov 24 Calgary, AB Grey Eagle Event Centre

Nov 25 Saskatoon, SK O'Brian's Event Centre

Nov 27 Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theatre

Dec 01 Toronto, ON The Phoenix (SOLD OUT!)

Dec 02 Toronto, ON The Phoenix

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