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Preoccupations 2018 Poster
Preoccupations Setlist
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Canadian post-punk band Preoccupations headlined the 7th Street Entry on Sunday, April 29th.
Opening the show was Victoria, British Columbia’s Freak Heat Waves. The trio, led by singer and multi-instrumentalist Steven Lind, with bassist James Twiddy, and drummer Thomas DiNinno, played a set of songs from their third album Beyond XXXL (Telephone Explosion), including the singles “Self Vortex” and “Toxic Talk Show”.
Calgary, Alberta’s Preoccupations headlined the show. If you didn’t know, they originally formed as Viet Cong in 2014, but with a show cancellation from Oberlin College because of their “offensive name” and several boycotts (including the local Vietnamese community at the 7th Street Entry in September 2015), the band reached out and came to the right decision to change their name. The band wrote, “We are a band who wants to make music and play our music for our fans. We are not here to cause pain or remind people of atrocities of the past”.
Now that the controversy is behind them, the group, featuring Matt Flegel on vocals and bass, Scott Munro on guitars and synth, Daniel Christiansen on guitars, and Mike Wallace on drums, is just happy to write and play music to fans again. With their new album New Material (Jagjaguwar Records), based on hearing the new songs live, is that it’s more focused on rhythmic bass and thumping. Combined with the random odd experimental sound, the music is quite hypnotic and flow easily from song to song.
An interesting choice of an old song “Select Your Drone”, which started their set, really set the tone of their show. The song was actually released on cassette-only limited release in 2013, when they were still known as Viet Cong. The rare release may have been lost to time, but the band felt their drone-y/garage pop song was so good, they re-issued the record under their new name last year.
Preoccupations’ New Material is out now on Jagjaguwar Records. The band continues their tour:
Opening the show was Victoria, British Columbia’s Freak Heat Waves. The trio, led by singer and multi-instrumentalist Steven Lind, with bassist James Twiddy, and drummer Thomas DiNinno, played a set of songs from their third album Beyond XXXL (Telephone Explosion), including the singles “Self Vortex” and “Toxic Talk Show”.
Calgary, Alberta’s Preoccupations headlined the show. If you didn’t know, they originally formed as Viet Cong in 2014, but with a show cancellation from Oberlin College because of their “offensive name” and several boycotts (including the local Vietnamese community at the 7th Street Entry in September 2015), the band reached out and came to the right decision to change their name. The band wrote, “We are a band who wants to make music and play our music for our fans. We are not here to cause pain or remind people of atrocities of the past”.
Now that the controversy is behind them, the group, featuring Matt Flegel on vocals and bass, Scott Munro on guitars and synth, Daniel Christiansen on guitars, and Mike Wallace on drums, is just happy to write and play music to fans again. With their new album New Material (Jagjaguwar Records), based on hearing the new songs live, is that it’s more focused on rhythmic bass and thumping. Combined with the random odd experimental sound, the music is quite hypnotic and flow easily from song to song.
An interesting choice of an old song “Select Your Drone”, which started their set, really set the tone of their show. The song was actually released on cassette-only limited release in 2013, when they were still known as Viet Cong. The rare release may have been lost to time, but the band felt their drone-y/garage pop song was so good, they re-issued the record under their new name last year.
Preoccupations’ New Material is out now on Jagjaguwar Records. The band continues their tour:
5/3/18 Edmonton, AB @ Starlite *
5/4/18 Calgary, AB @ Palomino *
5/5/18 Calgary, AB @ Palomino
5/9/18 Vancouver, BC @ The Cobalt
5/11/18 Seattle, WA @ Barboza #
5/12/18 Portland, OR @ Star Theater #
5/14/18 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop #
5/17/18 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo #
5/18/18 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo #
5/19/18 Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar #
5/22/18 Austin, TX @ Barracuda
5/23/18 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
5/24/18 St. Louis, MO @ Firebird
6/5/18 London, UK @ London Underground
6/7/18 Berlin, D @ Musik & Frieden
6/8/18 Helsinki, Finland Sideways Festival
6/10/18 Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret Festival
6/11/18 Paris, France @ Maroquinerie
6/12/18 Ramsgate, UK @ RMH
6/13/18 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
6/15/18 Dublin, Ireland Donnybrook Stadium
7/3/18 Amsterdam @ Sugarfactory
7/4/18 Hamburg @Molotow
7/5/18 Roskilde, Denmark @ Roskilde Festival
7/8/18 Monts, France Terre Du Son Festival
7/12 - 7/15/18 - Lithuania @ Devilstone Festival Anyksciai
7/13/18 Dour, Belgium Dour Festival
7/14/18 Brighton, UK The Haunt
7/15/18 Suffolk, UK @ Latitude Festival
7/16/18 Birmingham, UK The Hare and Hound
7/17/18 Bristol, UK The Fleece
* w/ Freak Heat Waves
# w/ Moaning
5/4/18 Calgary, AB @ Palomino *
5/5/18 Calgary, AB @ Palomino
5/9/18 Vancouver, BC @ The Cobalt
5/11/18 Seattle, WA @ Barboza #
5/12/18 Portland, OR @ Star Theater #
5/14/18 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop #
5/17/18 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo #
5/18/18 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo #
5/19/18 Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar #
5/22/18 Austin, TX @ Barracuda
5/23/18 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
5/24/18 St. Louis, MO @ Firebird
6/5/18 London, UK @ London Underground
6/7/18 Berlin, D @ Musik & Frieden
6/8/18 Helsinki, Finland Sideways Festival
6/10/18 Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret Festival
6/11/18 Paris, France @ Maroquinerie
6/12/18 Ramsgate, UK @ RMH
6/13/18 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
6/15/18 Dublin, Ireland Donnybrook Stadium
7/3/18 Amsterdam @ Sugarfactory
7/4/18 Hamburg @Molotow
7/5/18 Roskilde, Denmark @ Roskilde Festival
7/8/18 Monts, France Terre Du Son Festival
7/12 - 7/15/18 - Lithuania @ Devilstone Festival Anyksciai
7/13/18 Dour, Belgium Dour Festival
7/14/18 Brighton, UK The Haunt
7/15/18 Suffolk, UK @ Latitude Festival
7/16/18 Birmingham, UK The Hare and Hound
7/17/18 Bristol, UK The Fleece
* w/ Freak Heat Waves
# w/ Moaning
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