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NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES BEGIN MARCH 6
ROOM INSIDE THE WORLD OUT FEBRUARY 16 VIA ROYAL MOUNTAIN RECORDS
“Gleefully askew Montreal indie-rock wunderkinds” — Paste
“…a new willingness to push its sound… These are songs designed to surprise.”
— The A.V. Club
“Inspired, soulful gloom and gritty thrills on Canadian post-punks’ third.” — Mojo
“…their richest, greatest work yet.” — DIY Magazine
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It’s release week for Ought! On Friday, the quartet will release their third album Room Inside the World via Royal Mountain Records in Canada. It finds the Montreal quartet gnawing at questions that have hovered around their music since they first began playing: How do you live in this world without destroying yourself? What is it that we can do for each other to make the lives we’ve been given easier?
Considering a theme of the album is the human imperative to tease out and melt away the barriers that keep us separated from one another, it’s perhaps fitting that Ought are offering a full preview of Room Inside the World this week via Bandcamp, and taking questions of all kinds via Reddit AMA scheduled for tomorrow, February 15, at 2pm ET.
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It’s all there: the “Kate Bush starring in a Todd Haynes film” pop of “These 3 Things,” the Bowie blowouts of “Disgraced in America,” the “Sade meets Bruce Springsteen” balladry of “Desire.” Ought’s characteristic elevated pulse and drive-off-a-cliff endings still show up on the Cure-inspired “Disaffectation,” while the rollicking, insistent snare on “Into the Sea” seethes impatiently over lyrics about the tension between the individual and the often toxic outer world. Closer “Alice” transmogrifies a broken drum machine into a secular A. Coltrane ashram fantasy before Tim Darcy and the rest of the band fall down the proverbial rabbit hole. It ends on a comma, a quick fade, a sharp intake of breath, and you find yourself right back where you began.
WATCH AND SHARE “THESE 3 THINGS” HERE
WATCH AND SHARE “DISGRACED IN AMERICA” HERE
Ought kick off their North American tour on March 6 in Montreal, with a busy SXSW in the middle and European dates to follow. Get your tickets today, and we’ll meet you on Reddit tomorrow!
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OUGHT ON TOUR
Mar 06 Montreal, QC – Théâtre Fairmount^
Mar 07 Toronto, ON – Lee's Palace^
Mar 08 Detroit, MI – Museum of Contemporary Art^
Mar 09 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall^
Mar 10 St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway^
Mar 11 Kansas City, MO - The Riot Room^
Mar 17 Mesa, AZ – Underground%
Mar 18 Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room%
Mar 19 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom%
Mar 20 San Francisco, CA – The Independent%
Mar 22 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios%
Mar 23 Seattle, WA – Chop Suey%
Mar 24 Vancouver, BC – The Cobalt%
Mar 26 Calgary, AB – The Palomino%
Mar 27 Saskatoon, MB – Amigo’s Cantina%
Mar 29 Winnipeg, MB – The Good Will Social Club%
Mar 30 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry%
Mar 31 Madison, WI – High Noon%
Apr 02 Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups%
Apr 04 Washington, DC – The Black Cat#
Apr 05 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church$
Apr 06 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg#
Apr 07 Boston, MA – The Sinclair*#
Apr 20 Bristol, UK – The Exchange
Apr 21 Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
Apr 22 Glasgow, UK – Stereo
Apr 23 Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds
Apr 24 London, UK – Garage
Apr 26 Paris, FR – Maroquinerie
Apr 27 Nantes, FR – Stereolux
Apr 28 Bordeaux, FR – Iboat
Apr 30 Lausanne, CH – Le Romandie
May 01 Winterthur, CH – Albani
May 02 Brussels, BE – Botanique
May 03 Cologne, DE – Bumann & Sohn
May 04 Berlin, DE – Kantine am Berghain
May 05 Copenhagen, DK – Loppen
May 07 Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso Noord
^ w/ Snail Mail
% w/ Flasher
# w/ Katie Von Schleicher
$ w/ Friendship
ROOM INSIDE THE WORLD TRACKLIST
1. Into the Sea
2. Disgraced in America
3. Disaffectation
4. These 3 Things
5. Desire
6. Brief Shield
7. Take Everything
8. Pieces Wasted
9. Alice
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