VIRGIN MOTHER: meth. frontman Seb Alvarez releases debut full-length today – "screaming grinding shoegaze with fits of post rock melody"
Stream the album, here: https://virginmother.bandcamp.com/album/mourning-ritual
Buy the LP (US): https://www.zbrusa.com/products/tt078
Virgin Mother is the solo project of Seb Alvarez, known to many as the vocalist of Chicago band meth. Moody, murky, haunting, thunderous – Virgin Mother's astounding debut album is a fever-dream existing somewhere between Sonic Youth's blissful devastation, Xiu Xiu's cracked vulnerability, and Converge's metallic punk.
Alvarez speaks candidly about the origins of the Virgin Mother project: “I had been admitted to a mental hospital at the beginning of quarantine and diagnosed as bipolar. Before that I hadn't gone more than five days without drinking, since I was 20… It was a super dark time for me."
A US tour with Nerver kicks off next week.
10/19 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
10/22 Iowa City, IA @ Hill Haus
10/23 Detroit, MI @ The Russell Industrial Center
10/24 Toronto, ON @ Handlebar
10/25 Potsdam, NY @ SLC Arts
10/26 Providence, RI @ Focal
10/27 Brooklyn, NY @ Kingsland
10/28 Philadelphia, PA @ The Meadow
10/29 Baltimore, MD @ House Show
10/30 Youngstown, OH @ Westside Bowl
10/31 Indianapolis, IN @ The New Lot
“Muscular noise rock that possesses a hypnotic swagger and seethes with intensity. This sounds like a monster with a thousand yard stare.”
–No Echo
"Cacophonous, intense and brutal noise rock... An overall sense of menace. It’s awesome and harsh all at once."
–Treble
"Sludgy, noisy ragers."
–BrooklynVegan
“Haunting... A heavily layered and brutally warped assault against the senses.”
–Flood
"A noise rock fever-dream."
–New Noise
"A catchy, discordant mess... Screaming grinding shoegaze with fits of post rock melody."
–Metal Epidemic
10/19 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
10/22 Iowa City, IA @ Hill Haus
10/23 Detroit, MI @ The Russell Industrial Center
10/24 Toronto, ON @ Handlebar
10/25 Potsdam, NY @ SLC Arts
10/26 Providence, RI @ Focal
10/27 Brooklyn, NY @ Kingsland
10/28 Philadelphia, PA @ The Meadow
10/29 Baltimore, MD @ House Show
10/30 Youngstown, OH @ Westside Bowl
10/31 Indianapolis, IN @ The New Lot
“Muscular noise rock that possesses a hypnotic swagger and seethes with intensity. This sounds like a monster with a thousand yard stare.”
–No Echo
"Cacophonous, intense and brutal noise rock... An overall sense of menace. It’s awesome and harsh all at once."
–Treble
"Sludgy, noisy ragers."
–BrooklynVegan
“Haunting... A heavily layered and brutally warped assault against the senses.”
–Flood
"A noise rock fever-dream."
–New Noise
"A catchy, discordant mess... Screaming grinding shoegaze with fits of post rock melody."
–Metal Epidemic
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