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TUNIC: noise-punks' transcendent new album "Wrong Dream" streaming now; North American tour kicks off next week; fall tour with John announced

One day ahead of its official release on Artoffact Records, Tunic's new album, Wrong Dream, is streaming in its entirety.

Stream the album, here: https://www.treblezine.com/listen-tunic-wrong-dream-album-stream/

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

Recorded and mixed at Machines With Magnets by Seth Manchester (Metz, The Body, Liturgy, Lightning Bolt), 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."

Tunic vocalist/guitarist David Schellenberg states: "For the longest time Tunic used to be about punishing the listener with the loudest, fastest and most intense songs possible and we still hold true to that a lot of the time now, especially live, but we're just adding a bit more dimension to our songs now."

Teeming with raw, vulnerable lyrics, the album's songs illustrate various forms of trauma, from abuse to tumultuous relationships to the deaths of friends. Schellenberg explains that it is essentially an album about cause and effect – a meditation on the consequences of choices made, and how one's life can so easily spiral in one direction or the other. 

"This record is about pursuing the wrong dream," he says. "Be it a lifestyle that leads you down a negative path, or pursuing 'The American Dream' of capitalism. I have no advice to give, I have no idea if I'm on the 'right' path myself. I just try to be happy and fulfilled in my life and I hope that others can find that too."

Tunic embarks on a North American tour in May, then supports UK band John for another North American run in October.

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

All dates w/ John:
Oct 3 - Phoenix, AZ - Linger Longer Lounge
Oct 4 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
Oct 5 - Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room
Oct 7 - San Francisco, CA - Brick and Mortar
Oct 10 - Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern
Oct 11 - Portland, OR - Mission Theater
Oct 13 - Salt Lake City, UT - The DLC @ Quarters
Oct 14 - Denver, CO - Skylark Lounge
Oct 17 - St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway
Oct 18 - Chicago, IL - Schubas
Oct 20 - Toronto, ON - The Baby G
Oct 21 - Columbus, OH - The Basement
Oct 24 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie
Oct 25 - Washington, DC - DC9
Oct 26 - Brooklyn, NY - Saint Vitus

Photo by Adam Kelly