Deeper Share New Track "Lake Song", Expand Tour!
Last month we announced the sophomore LP from Chicago’s Deeper entitled Auto-Pain with the searing lead single "This Heat." A follow up to their critically-acclaimed eponymous 2018 LP, the album is set for release on March 27th In their coverage of the album announcement Stereogum described the band's debut as a release that left "you wondering how a band could grow over the course of a follow-up," and as the praise for "This Heat" bears out, the band have more than risen to the occasion, embracing aggressively angular riffs, absorbing synth-scapes, the album is compositionally sharper, more far-ranging in its musical ideas and more emotionally direct in a way that lends the album a poignant cohesion. As the band discussed in a feature interview with Paste on announce day, the album sees the band grappling with mortality, mental illness, harm and loss, themes that are central to the album's second single "Lake Song," which the band are sharing today.
In addition Deeper has added a ton more tour dates, all of those below. Tickets on sale now!
A portion of the proceeds from Auto-Pain will be donated to Hope For The Day an organization that actively works to break the silence surrounding mental health.
What do you do when pain blots out joy? How do you learn to take care of yourself? What happens when the things you think are helping end up doing the most harm? 'Auto-Pain' is the Sophomore album from Deeper, a record that finds the band embracing open space, using synths to create shadows where bricks of guitars once would’ve blocked out the sun. The group — singer and guitarist Nic Gohl, bassist Drew McBride, and drummer Shiraz Bhatti — were all graduates of Chicago’s rich DIY scene who came together around their love of Wire, Devo, Gang of Four, and Television. While the new record is still within the Great Lakes post-punk tradition of their debut, the album isn’t as insular as its predecessor; it’s less interested in pile-driving and more willing to dwell in liminal spaces. Guitars enter the picture precisely, locked bass grooves propel things forward. Drummer Shiraz Bhatti, who is half-Pakistani and half-Native American, embraced the drumming patterns he’d heard growing up at pow-wows, channeling the anxieties of his heritage into his playing and keeping the group grounded when they switch into all-out percussive attack. The result is an album both more nuanced and catchy.
Auto-Pain represents the constant wave of depression felt by many in everyday life. Stemmed from Aldous Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’, Auto-Pain is a concept meant to be an inverse to soma, a pill in the book which makes everything numb. The idea of auto-pain is to epitomize the desire to return to a connection with thoughts and clarity, which comes at the expense of feeling everything simultaneously. The album artwork features the now-demolished Prentice Women’s Hospital in Chicago capturing the band’s rounded-off brutalism, and the album title appears in Urdu, a nod to drummer Shiraz Bhatti’s Pakistani heritage. The record was recorded and mixed by Chicago scene luminary Dave Vetraino (Lala Lala, Dehd) and mastered at Chicago Mastering by Greg Obis (Ne-Hi, Melkbelly).
A portion of the proceeds from Auto-Pain will be donated to Hope For The Day an organization that actively works to break the silence surrounding mental health.
What do you do when pain blots out joy? How do you learn to take care of yourself? What happens when the things you think are helping end up doing the most harm? 'Auto-Pain' is the Sophomore album from Deeper, a record that finds the band embracing open space, using synths to create shadows where bricks of guitars once would’ve blocked out the sun. The group — singer and guitarist Nic Gohl, bassist Drew McBride, and drummer Shiraz Bhatti — were all graduates of Chicago’s rich DIY scene who came together around their love of Wire, Devo, Gang of Four, and Television. While the new record is still within the Great Lakes post-punk tradition of their debut, the album isn’t as insular as its predecessor; it’s less interested in pile-driving and more willing to dwell in liminal spaces. Guitars enter the picture precisely, locked bass grooves propel things forward. Drummer Shiraz Bhatti, who is half-Pakistani and half-Native American, embraced the drumming patterns he’d heard growing up at pow-wows, channeling the anxieties of his heritage into his playing and keeping the group grounded when they switch into all-out percussive attack. The result is an album both more nuanced and catchy.
Auto-Pain represents the constant wave of depression felt by many in everyday life. Stemmed from Aldous Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’, Auto-Pain is a concept meant to be an inverse to soma, a pill in the book which makes everything numb. The idea of auto-pain is to epitomize the desire to return to a connection with thoughts and clarity, which comes at the expense of feeling everything simultaneously. The album artwork features the now-demolished Prentice Women’s Hospital in Chicago capturing the band’s rounded-off brutalism, and the album title appears in Urdu, a nod to drummer Shiraz Bhatti’s Pakistani heritage. The record was recorded and mixed by Chicago scene luminary Dave Vetraino (Lala Lala, Dehd) and mastered at Chicago Mastering by Greg Obis (Ne-Hi, Melkbelly).
A portion of the proceeds from Auto-Pain will be donated to Hope For The Day an organization that actively works to break the silence surrounding mental health.
TOUR DATES - BUY TICKETS HERE
03.04 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade #
03.06 - Savannah, GA @ Savannah Stopover #
03.07 - Orlando, FL @ Will's Pub #
03.08 - Tampa, FL @ Gasparilla Music Festival #
03.09 - Miami, FL @ Gramps #
03.11 - Tallahassee, FL @ The Wilbury #
03.12 - New-Orleans, LA @ TBD #
03.13 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger #
03.14 - Houston, TX @ Satellite Bar #
03.16 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.17 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.18 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.19 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.20 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.22 - Hot Springs, AR @ Valley of the Vapors
03.23 - Nashville, TN @ DRKMTTR #
03.24 - Atlanta, GA @ 529 #
03.26 - Richmond, VA @ Poor Richards #
04.02 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall (Record Release)
04.11 - Paris, FR @ L'International
04.12 - Zwolle, NL @ These Go To Eleven Festival
04.13 - Brighton, UK @ The Hope And Ruin
04.14 - Manchester, UK @ Yes
04.15 - Oxford, UK @ The Wheatsheaf
04.16 - London, UK @ Windmill Brixton
04.17 - Rotterdam, NL @ Motel Mozaique Festival
04.18 - Utrecht, NL @ Stathe
04.20 - Cologne, DE @ Hangende Garten
04.21 - Hamburg, DE @ Hafenklang
04.22 - Berlin, DE @ Schokoladen
04.23 - Prague, CZ @ Cross Club
04.24 - Zurich, CH @ Gonzo
04.25 - Luxembourg, LU @ Out Of The Crowds Festival
04.26 - Brussels, BE @ Volta
05.05 - Seattle, WA @ Back Bar
05.08 - San Francisco, CA @ Crystal Cavern
05.09 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hi Hat
05.11 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
05.13 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar
05.14 - Dallas, TX @ Ruins
05.15 - Austin,TX @ Mohawk
05.16 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
05.17 - Houston, TX @ White Oak
05.18 - New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa
05.19 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
05/20 - Nashville, TN @ DRKMTTR
05/21 - Washington, D.C. @ Songbyrd
05/22 - Philadelphia PA @ Boot and Saddle
05/23 - Brooklyn, NY @ Sultan Room
05/26 - Montreal, QC @ Brasserie Beaubien
05/27 - Toronto, ON @ Baby G
05/28 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern
* = W/ Twin Peaks
# = W/ Corridor