PRE-ORDER SINGLE MOTHERS’ NEW ALBUM NEGATIVE QUALITIES VIA ITUNES & DINE ALONE RECORDS (LP, CD)
NEW CANADIAN DATES ADDED TO FALL TOUR
STREAM THE LEAD SINGLE “MARBLES”
(Toronto, ON) – SINGLE MOTHERS will release their long awaited debut full-length on Dine Alone Records in Canada and XL Recordings imprint HXC Recordings for the rest of the world on October 7, 2014. The album titled Negative Qualities, is now available for digital pre-order via iTunes with Instant gratis track “Marbles”. Physical pre-orders are also available – vinyl pre-order includes a FREE 7″ with album track “Half-Lit” as the A-Side, and “Brand New City” as a B-side for the first 50 orders. Grab yours now via Dine Alone Records.
In support of their debut, SINGLE MOTHERS have just added a few more dates to their North American tour this fall. The Canadian portion of the tour kicks off in Victoria, BC on September 12 and wraps up in Halifax with a special appearance at Halifax Pop Explosion. For complete Canadian tour details, see below.
Known for their dangerously explosive live show and the palpable tension that bleeds into their music, SINGLE MOTHERS shouldn’t exist and neither should their debut album. Led by mercurial troubadour Drew Thomson, the band was shakily hatched in London, Ontario, where it ran through a dozen members before finally recording its debut album last year. Produced by Joby J. Ford (THE BRONX), at 10 songs, Negative Qualities is an unrelenting behemoth of a debut album that was two years in the making; written across two provinces, initially started in Los Angeles then finished in London, Toronto and Upstate New York. An explosive mix of raw energy, high-end punk and intellectual rendering of small town frustration, the record represents a band pushed to their most savage state. Check out the Pitchfork Rising feature on the making of the album right HERE.
Comprised of Thomson, guitarist Micheal Peterson, bassist Evan Redsky and drummer Brandon Jagersky, SINGLE MOTHERS gained a cult following in 2012 with the release of their four-song S/T EP. Featuring the heavily buzzed about single “Christian Girls”, the first pressing of the 7” sold out in weeks. Buoyed by the response, SINGLE MOTHERS quit their jobs, gave up their homes and procured a tour van through money willed to them by a deceased grandparent. Although they had little touring experience, they booked six weeks of DIY shows across North America then hit the road with TITLE FIGHT for thirty-three shows that fall. By year’s end, they had earned numerous major label offers, followed by praise from Pitchfork, The Guardian, The New Yorker, BBC Radio 1, The Fader, NME, Alternative Press and Brooklyn Vegan to name a few, as well as landed coveted support slots with QUICKSAND and THE BRONX.
Negative Qualities – Track Listing:
SIDE A
01. Overdose
02. Marbles – LISTEN
03. Womb
04. Half-Lit
05. Feel Shame
SIDE B
06. Crooks
07. Patricide
08. Ketamine
09. Blood Pressure
10. Money
UPCOMING CANADIAN TOUR DATES
09.12.14 – Victoria, BC – Rifflandia Music Fest
09.13.14 – Vancouver, BC – The Fox Cabaret
09.17.14 – Calgary, AB – The Palomino
09.18.14 – Edmonton, AB – The Studio
09.19.14 – Saskatoon, SK – Vangelis Tavern
09.20.14 – Winnipeg, MB – Handsome Daughter
09.23.14 – St. Catharines, ON – Detour Music Hall
09.24.14 – Hamilton, ON – This Ain’t Hollywood
09.25.14 – Toronto, ON – The Horseshoe Tavern
09.26.14 – London, ON – Call The Office
09.27.14 – Guelph, ON – Van Gogh’s Ear
10.17.14 – Montreal, QC – Il Motore
10.18.14 – Quebec City, QC – La Source
10.21-10.25 – Halifax, NS – Halifax Pop Explosion
Photo Credit: Ben Pobjoy