NEW PRIMALS: Minneapolis trio to release debut album "Horse Girl Energy" via Learning Curve Records; music video now streaming; spring tourdates announced
Learning Curve Records announces the March 20th release of Horse Girl Energy, the debut full-length album by Minneapolis trio New Primals.
Stream the music video for new track "Modern Lover," here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blUXnHiwzLc
Stream the track on Spotify, here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/3RO7pWJ8n4eyiqYFgWiPlo
Through four years of touring, lineup changes, and evolution of sound, New Primals has reached its current state, finally delivering its debut full-length in the form of the glorious Horse Girl Energy. The 10-track album sees the band straddle the line between the burly noise-rock of the AmRep scene (Cows, The Jesus Lizard) and the sassy dance-punk made famous by labels like Three One G (Arab on Radar, Ex Models).
From start to finish, guitarist/vocalist Sam Frederick's angular riffing is electrifying and their theatrical howls are right in league with the best of their wild-eyed predecessors – frontmen like David Yow, Circus Lupus' Chris Thomson, and US Maple's Al Johnson. Beneath Frederick's manic energy, the unshakable rhythm section of drummer Lars Oslund and bassist Ali Terveen drives forward with ironclad intent.
Of the album's lyrics, Frederick states: "The lyrics depict a range of personal issues, including addiction and suicidal thoughts, and navigating through life while representing myself as a non-binary person in a world that, often times, doesn't seem ready or willing to accept my identity. Some of the other tracks on the album deal with less personal issues such as living in the 'information age' where it seems like almost every piece of information given to us through the media has an agenda behind it. There are also a couple songs about dealing with what I'd call the 'shared trauma' of everyone seeing that the state of our world is in a general spiral, and not knowing what to do about it. These are some of the concepts I have in my head when I'm writing, but I love the thought of leaving it up to the listener to interpret their own meaning from the lyrics in our songs and connect with them in their own way."
Horse Girl Energy was engineered by JJ Monroe at Tangerine Studios and North Shore Studios in Minneapolis, MN. It was mixed and mastered by Todd Rittmann (former guitarist of US Maple; currently of Dead Rider) at Shy Diamond Studios in Chicago, IL.
The album finds a welcome home on the Minneapolis-based Learning Curve Records, an authority on all things noisy and rocking – home to releases by Vaz, Plaque Marks, Bummer, Tongue Party, Hex Machine, and more.
Minneapolis' preeminent weekly, City Pages, describes a recent New Primals show as "a festival of the id, a madcap display of what would happen if you demolished your inhibitions and gave yourself to the animal sleeping in your brain." Kicking off with an album release show on March 20th, the band will take its "festival of the id" on the road for a spring tour:
Feb 29 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry - w/ Bambara
Mar 20 - Minneapolis, MN @ Mortimer’s (Album Release Show)
Mar 24 - Fayetteville, AR @ Backspace
Mar 25 - Denton, TX @ Mustard Zone - w/ Super Thief
Mar 26 - Austin, TX @ Highland House - w/ Super Thief
Mar 27 - Houston, TX @ Red Dwarf - w/ Super Thief
Mar 28 - New Orleans, LA @ Banks St Bar
Mar 30 - Tampa, FL @ House Show
Mar 31 - Miami, FL @ Churchill’s
Apr 2 - Atlanta, GA @ Star Bar
Apr 3 - Asheville, NC @ Static Age Records
Apr 5 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Century
Apr 10 - Saratoga Springs, NY @ Desperate Annie’s
Apr 11 - Brooklyn, NY @ Our Wicked Lady
Apr 14 - Cincinnati, OH @ Northside Tavern
Apr 15 - Nashville, TN @ DRKMTTR
Apr 16 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Apr 17 - Milwaukee, WI @ X Ray Arcade
Tracklist:
1) Blood & Water
2) A Beast with Two Backs
3) Wax Poets
4) Coma Fiend
5) Wraith
6) Horse Girl Energy
7) Modern Lover
8) Soft Bullet
9) BreakFallRot
10) Tightrope
Lineup:
Sam Frederick - guitar, vocals
Ali Terveen - bass
Lars Oslund - drums
Band photo by Sylvia Jennings
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