Tomahawk
are back with a new Vincent Forcier music video for Oddfellowstune
“South Paw.” The clip see’s the band member’s transformed into puppets,
something that I’m kind of surprised Mike Patton and crew haven’t done before as
it fits the bands sense of humor to a T.
The video for "Oddfellows" complements Tomahawk’s sound
perfectly, directed by Vincent Forcier, we
get some fun-house styled animation in the form of demented cartoon sketches of
ghouls and demons superimposed on top of distorted black and white performance
footage of the band.
We have already shared the stream and video for “Stone
Letter” from super group Tomahawk,
the musical project consisting of Duane
Dennison, Trevor Dunn, Mike Patton and JohnStanier and today we got a stream of the title track from their
forthcoming LP, Oddfellows. Likening this song even more than “Stone Letter",
some great riffs from Duane has got me excited for more.
Almost two months ago we heard our first new material from super group Tomahawk, the musical project
consisting of Duane
Dennison (The Jesus Lizard,Unsemble), Trevor Dunn (Fantomas, Melvins Lite), Mike
Patton (Faith
No More, Mondo Cane) and John Stanier (Battles, Helmet).
The song was “Stone letter”, the lead single from the bands forth LP, due out
shortly and entitled Oddfellows, and we now have a set of visuals to go along with
it that is composed of live footage from various performances.
It’s been about six years since we have heard any new
material from super group Tomahawk, the musical project consisting of Duane Dennison (The Jesus Lizard, Unsemble), Trevor Dunn (Fantomas, MelvinsLite),
Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mondo Cane) and John Stanier (Battles, Helmet). The
band recently announced the release of a fourth LP, titled Oddfellows. Now, we
have a first taste of what the record will sound like, via brand new track “Stone Letter” as well as a short album preview below via youtube. The new album was described as a “full-on rock album”
by Duane Dennison, who told Rolling Stone: “There’s no quirky weirdness – it’s
very straightforward for us. There’s almost like this weird, upbeat
sound, what I call ‘heavy pop,” and Patton totally got the vibe right away…
really heavy Beach Boys.”
To mark the release of Dross Glop, and to herald Battles’ live appearance at Belgium’s Dour festival, which takes place on July 12-15, FACT Magazine invited Battles, composed of The trio of John Stanier, Ian Williams and Dave Konopka, to record a little something for our FACT mixseries. John Stanier stepped up, and has turned out a tasty selection of the kind of tunes the band have been devouring of late, focusing primarily on artists who appear as remixers on Dross Glop; intriguingly, it features no less than three previously unreleased tracks by Hud Mo. Full tracklist is below; download via the Soundcloud player.
Battles’ Dross Glop is out now on Warp Records. For more information and to buy your copy, click here.
Tracklist:
Boredoms – Super You – Costas unreleased
Hudson Mohawke – Silver unreleased
Hudson Mohawke – Zebrasss unreleased
The Alchemist – Chemical Warfare (instrumental)
The Alchemist – More Like Us (instrumental)
The Field – Looping State Of Mind (Junior Boys remix) unreleased
S.C.U.M. – Amber Hands (The Field remix)
The Alchemist – Gangster Shit,Pt. 2 (instrumental)
Shabazz Palaces – Yeah You
Gang Gang Dance – First Communion (TV On The Radio remix)
Kangding Ray – Odd Sympathy
Gui Boratto – Destination Education (Tale Of Us remix)
Silent Servant – Violencia (Function mix)
Gui Boratto – This Is Not The End (Michael Mayer remix) unreleased
The Field – Yesterday and Today
Cluster – Heisse Lippen
LCD Soundsystem – North American Scum (Onanistic dub)
Kode 9 vs. LD – Bad
The Alchemist – That’ll Work (feat. Three 6 Mafia & Juvenile)
