TUNIC - "Disease"

TUNIC releases official music video for new single "Disease," calls it "a song about capitalism"; Artoffact Records to release new album "Wrong Dream"; North American tour in May

Tunic has released the official music video for new single "Disease," a song from the Winnipeg trio's forthcoming new album, Wrong Dream.

Recorded and mixed at Machines With Magnets by Seth Manchester (Metz, The Body, Liturgy, Lightning Bolt), Wrong Dream drops April 28th on Artoffact Records.

Stream the "Disease" video, here: https://floodmagazine.com/130373/tunic-disease-first-listen/

Pre-order the album, here: https://tunicband.bandcamp.com/album/wrong-dream

Wrong Dream is Tunic's greatest and most engaging work to date; the band's tangle of dissonance and angst is laced with heart-swelling moments of melody, basslines evoking early post-punks like Gang of Four and Public Image Ltd., and odd instrumentation. While still rife with sounds that will perk the ears of old Tunic fans, and most Amphetamine Reptile or Three One G devotees, Wrong Dream sees Tunic assume an accessible new form – something closer in spirit to Fugazi than to anything that can be neatly boxed as "noise-punk" or "hardcore."

Wrong Dream sees vocalist/guitarist David Schellenberg at his most vulnerable and transparent. "You’re supposed to be satisfied, sturdy and strong," he sings on "Disease," the new single. "But what you really feel is stuck."

"'Disease' is a song about capitalism," Schellenberg states. "During the pandemic I found myself making a stable income and, since there was no touring, I wasn't burning it on the road pursuing what I really wanted to do, this band. I started to feel myself drift away from the identity I strived so hard to create. My entire self worth was tied so strongly to being a touring musician, and if I didn't have that anymore, then who was I? The short answer is, just another cog in the machine, working 40+ hour weeks. The metaphor is simple. It was cancerous, it overtook my body, my life and sense of self."

Tunic embarks on a full North American tour in May.

May 3 - Fargo, ND - The Aquarium
May 5 - Minneapolis, MN - Mortimers
May 6 - Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club
May 7 - Detroit, MI - City Club
May 8 - Windsor, ON - The Meteor
May 9 - Waterloo, ON - Dive Bar
May 11 - Toronto, ON - Orwell's
May 12 - Ottawa, ON - Rainbow
May 13 - Montreal, QC - Turbo Haus
May 14 - Boston, MA - O'Briens
May 15 - Brooklyn, NY - Saint Vitus
May 16 - Allentown, PA - Red Door at Muhlenberg College
May 18 - Washington, DC - Pie Shop
May 19 - Nashville, TN - DRKMTTR
May 20 - Kansas City, MO - Farewell
May 21 - Chicago, IL - The Empty Bottle
May 25 - Saskatoon, SK - Black Cat Tavern
May 26 - Edmonton, AB - The Aviary
May 27 - Calgary, AB - The Palomino Smokehouse

More info and images: https://thechainworld.blogspot.com/2023/02/tunic-wrong-dream.html

Photo by Adam Kelly