Supporting their acclaimed Black Age Blues LP, released in June, closing a fifteen-year gap between full-length albums, Southern California’s GOATSNAKE has just announce a trio of headlining East Coast performances in mid-October, with shows in Philadelphia, Washington DC and Brooklyn confirmed. This stint of shows will fall in line just two weeks after the band headlines a ten-city West Coast Southern Lord Tour.
First up, GOATSNAKE will headline the Southern Lord West Coast Tour, boasting opening support from an array of labelmates including direct support from Seattle’s Black Breath, supporting their third LP, Slaves Beyond Death, as well as longtime San Diego-based hardcore punk icons, Battalion Of Saints, and Southern Cali punk/hardcore henchmen, Obliterations. From September 16th through 27th, the bands will caravan through Los Angeles, Long Beach, Ventura, San Diego, Mesa, San Francisco, Sacramento, Santa Cruz, Seattle and Portland.
Two weeks following the West Coast Tour, GOATSNAKE will return to Europe for a one-off performance at Desertfest in Antwerp, Belgium set to perform on Sunday, October 11th, joining the likes of Bongzilla, Ufomammut, Valient Thorr, Dozer, Orange Goblin, labelmates Earth and more at the three-day event.
Upon returning to the US post-Desterfest, GOATSNAKE will raid the East Coast for three special gigs, which, outside of their performance at Maryland Deathfest this year, will be the band’s first run of East Coast shows. October 13th, 14th and 15th will see the band headlining Philadelphia, Washington DC and Brooklyn, with support on all three shows provided by additional labelmates, including Philly’s longtime hardcore punks, YDI, and Montreal art-rock trio, Big|Brave.
November sees the band back in Europe at the 2015 SUNN O)))-curated installment of Le Guess Who? Festival in Utrecht, Netherlands, running from November 19th through 22nd,. This sees the band joining the likes of Chelsea Wolfe, Om, Wavves, Blanck Mass, Ought, Liima, Lubomyr Melnyk, Deaf Center, Ho99o9, Demdike Stare, Charlemagne Palestine, Marissa Nadler, Demdike Stare, Circuit des Yeux and more, as well as Southern Lord artists Martyrdöd, The Secret, Today Is The Day and Big|Brave, in addition to GOATSNAKE.
Listen to GOATSNAKE’s Black Age Blues in its entirety now RIGHT HERE; maximum volume yields maximum results!
Black Age Blues on CD, 2xLP in a Stoughton gatefold jacket with two exclusive bonus tracks and more can be ordered at the new Goatsnake store, and the album is available digitally via BandCamp and iTunes.
GOATSNAKE Tour Dates:
9/16/2015 Mystery Box – Los Angeles, CA* [info]
9/17/2015 Alexs’ Bar – Long Beach, CA* [info]
9/19/2015 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA* [info]
9/20/2015 Club Red – Mesa, AZ* [info]
9/22/2015 Elbo Room – San Francisco, CA* [info]
9/23/2015 Boardwalk – Sacramento, CA* [info]
9/24/2015 Catalyst Atrium – Santa Cruz, CA* [info]
9/26/2015 Highline – Seattle, WA* [info]
9/27/2015 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR* [info]
10/11/2015 TRIX – Antwerp, BE @ Desertfest [info]
10/13/2015 Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA+ [info]
10/14/2015 Black Cat – Washington, DC+ [info]
10/15/2015 Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY+ [info]
11/19-22/2015 Le Guess Who? Festival – Utrecht, NL [info]
* = Southern Lord West Coast Tour w/ Black Breath, Battalion Of Saints, Obliterations
+ = w/ YDI, Big|Brave
