Gnarwhal Announce New Album “Crucial” – Due out May 12th via Exploding In Sound Records

“The track sees Hull shoot off so many different riffs its hard to keep track of them, but it’s Coburn’s ability to make them all feel as one that keeps “Marathon Ripper” from ever feeling disjointed. It’s math-rock, but there are gnarled pop hooks sprinkled in, and stop-on-a-dime shifts…”

Tour Dates (all dates with Pile):

04/02 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair w/ Kal Marks & The Kominas
04/06 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right w/ Mannequin Pussy & Fern Mayo
04/07 – Brooklyn, NY @ Sunnyvale w/ Stove & Big Ups
04/12 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church w/ Palberta & HIRS
04/13 – Washington, DC @ DC9
04/14 – Durham, NC @ Duke Coffeehouse
04/15 – Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight
04/16 – Nashville, TN @ Third Man Records
04/17 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Purgatory)
04/18 – Birmingham, AL @ The Syndicate Lounge w/ Null
04/19 – Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder (Florida State University)
04/20 – New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa
04/21 – Houston, TX @ The Satellite Bar
04/22 – Austin, TX @ Sidewinder
04/23 – Dallas, TX @ Three Links
04/26 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Rebel Lounge
04/27 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
04/28 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
04/30 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
05/02 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
05/03 – Seattle, WA @ The Black Lodge
05/05 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Loading Dock
05/06 – Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge
05/07 – Omaha, NE @ River City Star
05/09 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry
05/10 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
05/11 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
05/12 – Detroit, MI @ Marble Bar
05/13 – Lakewood, OH @ Mahall’s
05/14 – Rochester, NY @ Bug Jar

Gnarwhal
Crucial
May 12, 2017
Exploding In Sound Records
Pre-Order1. Marathon Ripper
2. The Smell of the Bag
3. Lazy River
4. Being Kidding
5. Cool River
6. Let Going
7. My Crucial
8. Light-Up City
9. Your Crucial
10. Driveway
11. Part Two: Binary Cottage
12. Crucial

Gnarwhal are getting ready to release their sophomore album Crucial on May 12th, an expansive record that balances the band’s primal carnage with a stronger melodic focus than ever before. Furiously blending the technicality of progressive rock with noise, post-hardcore, and an undeniable math punk brilliance that simultaneously explodes in every direction, Crucial sets a new tone for the duo’s experimental sound. Gnarwhal occupy a unique sonic space of warped punk, operating somewhere between the ballistic force and twisted scuzz of Lightning Bolt and Hella while drawing from influences that include Shellac, Drive Like Jehu, Unwound, and Rage Against The Machine. Crucial is punk for the forward thinking audience, an avalanche of brutal pop songs buried under the rubble.Gnarwhal are a two piece math punk band from Nashville, TN that have been making noise throughout the country since forming in 2009. Originally a quartet, the band self released their full length debut “Duane” back in 2011. Shortly after, Gnarwhal shed a few members, slimming down to the duo of Chappy Hull (guitars/vocals) and Tyler Coburn (drums), widely considered to be one of the underground’s tightest two-pieces. After a series of split singles on Infinity Cat and Community Records, Gnarwhal released their sophomore album Shinerboy in the summer of 2015 via Flannel Gurl/Exploding In Sound Records.

The band have spent a great deal of time on the road, zigzagging throughout the entire country’s basement and DIY scenes, dropping the jaws of all those who witness the intensity of their lives shows. Hull and Coburn (who splits his time between Gnarwhal and crushing metal masterminds Yautja) have earned a reputation for their unpredictable complexity, building on constantly shifting rhythms and freaked out structures, creating their own unique experimental punk from another planet.

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