Squid They shared “Undergrowth” from their upcoming album. Oh Monolith It’s on Warp June 9. The loping, funky song inspired by one of the most controversial plotlines/parts Twin Peaks.
“I really got into animism, that spirits can live in inanimate objects,” says the song’s singer/drummer, Olly Judge. “I was watching Twin Peaks, and it was the room where Josie Packard’s ghost went into a chest of drawers. So ‘Undergrowth’ was written from the point of view of being reincarnated as a bedside table in the afterlife, and how terrifying it would be to imagine being reincarnated as an inanimate object. This is not what I want/ Many options must be discouraged. Although I’m not religious, I don’t think anyone who isn’t religious can be confident that they haven’t had a fleeting thought about “Fuck”, what if there is life in the air? What if I’m going to hell?” You can watch the music video below.
“Undergrowth” also comes with a video game that falls somewhere between Super Mario Bros and Space Invaders, where you play as a wooden cabinet, collecting coins and shooting aliens. You can play here.
Squid has announced a North American tour in early 2024, including a show in NYC Brooklyn Steel on February 10. Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday, April 21 at 10 AM and all dates are listed below.
Squid – 2023 visit dates
Friday May 5 – Wrexhman, WS @ Focus Wales
the sun June 18 – Wicklow, IE @ Beyond the Pale
Friday June 30 – Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter
the sun July 2 – Lars, DE @ Fusion
Friday 21 July – Hertfordshire, UK @ Standon Call
Sat. July 22 – Oxfordshire, UK @ Truck Festival
Wednesday August 16 – Portugal, ES @ Paredes de Cura
Friday August 18 – Brecon, WS @ Green Man
Sat. September 2 – Vlieland, NL @ to the great wide open
Tuesday September 5 – Cologne, DE @ Katine
Wednesday September 6 – Esch-sur-Alzette, LU @ Rockhal
Tu. September 7 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
Friday September 8 – Utecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg ROnda
Sat. September 9 – Hamburg, DE @ Knust
Monday. September 11 – Aarhus, DK @ Voxhall
Tuesday September 12 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
Wednesday September 13 – Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg
Friday September 15 – Leipzig, DE @ UT Connewitz
Sat. September 16 – Zurich, CH @ Mascotte
Tuesday September 19 – Milan, IT @ Santeria
Tu. September 21 – Barcelona, ES @ Sala Apollo 2
Friday September 22 – Valencia, ES @ Jerusalem
Sat. September 23 – Madrid, ES @ Sala Copernico
the sun September 24 – Bordeaux, FR @ Rock School Barbey
Monday. September 25 – Paris, FR @ Elysée Montmartre
Wednesday September 27 – Rouen, FR @ Le 106
Friday October 13 – Bristol, UK @ SWX
Sat. October 14 – Bristol, UK @ SWX
Monday. October 16 – Birmingham, UK @ City Hall
Tuesday 17th October – Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy Leeds
Tu. October 19 – Manchester, UK @ New Century
Sat. October 21 – Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom
the sun October 22 – Newcastle, UK @ Boiler Shop
Wednesday November 1 – London, UK @ Troxy
Friday February 2 – Austin, TX @ Parish
Sat. February 3 – Dallas, TX @ Dada
Monday. February 5th – Nashville, TN @ Basement East Tues.
February 6 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
Tu. February 8 – Washington DC @ 9:30 Club
Friday 9. February – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Sat. February 10 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Metal
Wednesday February 14 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
Tu. February 15 – Montreal, QC @ SAT
Friday, February 16 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre.
the sun February 18 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
Monday. February 19 – Minneapolis, MN @ Good Line
Friday February 23rd – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
Sat. February 24 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
the sun February 25 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
Tuesday February 27 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom
Tu. February 29 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
Friday March 1st – Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco
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