Fullerton, CA’s Audacity is back! Today we’re proud to announce their new Ty Segall-recorded album, Hyper Vessels! The FADER recently debuted the album’s lead single, “Dirty Boy,” calling it “a super fun and rowdy song that brings on strong memories of Tyvek and Jay Reatard.”
Listen / Post: “Dirty Boy” by Audacity
Listen / Post: “Umbrellas” by Audacity
Tour dates:
WED MAR 30 – Fullerton CA, Continental Room
FRI APR 1 – Los Angeles CA, The Smell – RECORD RELEASE SHOW
SAT APR 2 – San Francisco CA, Thee Parkside w/ Meat Market, Thee MVPs
SUN APR 3 – Reno NV, The Holland Project
MON APR 4 – Salt Lake City UT, Diabolical Records
TUE APR 5 – Denver CO, GLOB
WED APR 6 – Sioux Falls SD, Total Drag
THU APR 7 – Minneapolis MN, Hexagon
FRI APR 8 – Milwaukee WI, Linnemans Inn
SAT APR 9 – Chicago IL, Emporium
SUN APR 10 – Detroit MI, UFO Factory
MON APR 11 – Columbus OH, Ace of Cups w/ Dirty Fences, Liquor Store
TUE APR 12 – Cleveland OH, Now That’s Class
WED APR 13 – Brooklyn NY, Shea Stadium
THU APR 14 – Brooklyn NY, Baby’s All Right
FRI APR 15 – Philadelphia PA, Everybody Hits w/ Tacocat, Pujol
SAT APR 16 – Winston Salem NC, Phuzz Fest
MON APR 18 – Chattanooga TN, JJ’s Bohemia
TUE APR 19 – Atlanta GA, 529
WED APR 20 – New Orleans LA, Siberia
THU APR 21 – Houston TX, Satellite Bar
FRI APR 22 – Dallas TX, Club Dada w/ The Coathangers, Har Mar Superstar
SAT APR 23 – Austin TX, Barracuda
SUN APR 24 – El Paso TX, Monarch
MON APR 25 – Tempe AZ, Yucca Tap Room
SAT MAY 21 – Jacumba CA, In-Ko-Pah Fest
FRI MAY 27 – Barcelona ES, Almo2bar
SAT MAY 28 – Madrid ES, GetMAD! Festival (TICKETS)
WED JUN 1 – Oslo NO, Revolver (TICKETS)
THU JUN 2 – Stockholm SE, Fritz’s Corner @ Lilla Hotellbaren
FRI JUN 3 – Gothenburg SE, Klubb Slacker @ Pustervik
SAT JUN 4 – Malmö SE, Psych Fest @ Plan B
MON JUN 6 – Lyon FR, Epicerie Moderne w/ Ty Segall (TICKETS)
TUE JUN 7 – Ravenna IT, Beaches Brew Festival
WED JUN 8 – Villimpenta IT, Parco Giochi
FRI JUN 10 – Brussels BE, Madame Moustache (TICKETS)
SAT JUN 11 – Eindhoven NL, Psych Lab Festival (TICKETS)
WED JUN 15 – Hamburg DE, Knust w/ Ty Segall (TICKETS)
THU JUN 16 – Groningen NL, Vera
FRI JUN 17 – Amsterdam NL, Black Eye Club @ Oedipus Brewery
SAT JUN 18 – Hilvarenbeek NL, Best Kept Secret (TICKETS)
MON JUN 20 – Paris FR, Mecanique Ondulatoire (TICKETS)
TUE JUN 21 – London UK, The Shacklewell Arms (TICKETS)
WED JUN 22 – Brighton UK, Green Door Store
THU JUN 23 – Leeds UK, Brudenell Social Club (TICKETS)
FRI JUN 24 – Glasgow UK, The Hug & Pint (TICKETS)
SAT JUN 25 – Manchester UK, Fallow Cafe (TICKETS)
Audacity
Hyper Vessels
April 1, 2016
1. Counting The Days
2. Not Like You
3. Riot Train
4. Umbrellas
5. Baseball
6. Dirty Boy
7. Hypo
8. Fire
9. Previous Cast
10. Overrated
11. Awake
12. Lock On The Door
+ First 75 customers that order color vinyl will receive the Audacity “Counting the Days b/w Mind Your Own Business” 7″
+ First 150 pre-order customers (regardless of format) will receive a folded 11×17 poster
From the opening bedlam of barnburner “Counting The Days,“ Audacity
demonstrate that while their songwriting has become more nuanced, their
delivery has gotten more savagely precise. With recording duties handled
by longtime friend and tourmate Ty Segall, Audacity sound like they’ve
finally found someone who can capture the frenetic drive of a song like
“Hypo,” the off-kilter hook of “Riot Train,“ the undeniable melodic
appeal of “Fire,” and the cowpunk influence of “Previous Cast.“ It can
be tricky to juggle the bubblegum with the piss-and-vinegar, but it’s a
duality Audacity embraces, “I feel like we get portrayed a lot as a
sunshine-y, carefree California band,” Gibson says “But lots of our
songs deal with melodramatic subject matter. The fact we’ve all lived in
Fullerton pretty much the whole time we’ve been in the band has some
effect on the music. Driving around town, there’s a memory or a ghost on
every street. People die or move away or get in trouble, or groups of
friends drift apart and start hating each other and get in fights. It’s
not demoralizing; it’s a part of life, but of course it affects the
music.” That frustration manifests itself on songs like “Overrated,”
where you can almost hear the spit and sweat hitting the microphone. But
then they turn around and bask in the unapologetically gratuitous pop
swagger of album closer “Lock On The Door.“ By the time Hyper Vessels comes
to close, you’re convinced that Audacity can get away with whatever
they damn well please, it’s going to have it’s adrenaline-fueled charm
regardless.
The first LP pressing is limited to 1000 (500 green marble vinyl, 500
black vinyl) copies. Digital download card included.
