EL TEN ELEVEN Announce New Album
New Year’s Eve
out 4th March on Joyful Noise Recordings
Watch “Meta Metta” video
UK & European tour dates this year!
El Ten Eleven, the SoCal duo whose 2020 triple-LP Tautology series presciently and ambitiously put the arc of human life to music, return with a joyously unrestrained six-song album, New Year’s Eve out March 4th on Joyful Noise Recordings.
“New Year’s Eve is a reference to guarded optimism about what is to come. At the time, it seemed like our national divisiveness might be waning and the end of the pandemic was near. But of course that’s not how it turned out,” bassist Kristian Dunn said of the album’s inspiration. “That’s what New Year’s Eves are. You think it’s gonna be a fun night, but usually it’s disappointing at the end.”
The outfit preview New Year’s Eve with the release of a new song and accompanying video for “Meta Metta”. The performance clip was filmed at The Cube in Los Angeles.
Immediately, this mammoth tone emits from the soundscape. This chunky, gritty bass tone emerges emphasized by the ferocious attack on the drum kit. This impressive, biting intensity possesses the entire ensemble, as the duo meander through these deep experimental passages, elements of elevation come through the rhythms with the higher pitches whilst the brooding atmosphere devours the audience. The pair create such a vivid journey within their exploration. El Ten Eleven produces this bold, ardent instrumentation packed with the dynamic and addictive beat and vast influx of essential textures. The array of plentiful rhythms and this immersive journey simply hypnotize the listener throughout.
Over the course of 20 years and 11 albums, El Ten Eleven has continued to redefine the potential of bass guitar and drums. With an arsenal of pedals, labyrinthine arrangements, and a deft use of looping, Kristian Dunn (bass) and Tim Fogarty (drums) create two-man symphonies. With New Year’s Eve, the duo melds electrifying disco grooves with their tried-and-true experimental rock atmospherics.
Throughout its six tracks, New Year’s Eve romps through infectious grooves, Rototom blasts, electrifying breakdowns, and meditative reprieves. Along with the pedal-fueled trickery and musical prowess fans have come to expect from El Ten Eleven, New Year’s Eve channels Dunn’s lifelong love of disco. Memories of a childhood spent spinning Niles Rogers and Chic while his peers blared heavy metal, Dunn imbued his own emotions onto the delightful excess of disco.
“I’m a huge fan of disco music, and I mean that completely sincerely,” Dunn says of the Sonny DiPerri (DIIV, Portugal The Man) produced album. “I’m a bass player, so the bass is often the driving lead instrument of disco music, so that appealed to me–that’s just in my blood. This love was always in me, and it was time for it to come out. The album is kinda funky and kinda dancy, but with my sad boy Kristian Dunn crap on top.”
The band closed out 2021 with a debut of the album’s title track and an ongoing U.S. tour, which resumes this Friday in Los Angeles. The full list of dates, which sees the pair on the road for the first three months of the New Year, are below. Supporting artists include Sego, Mylets, Cedric Noel, and A Beacon School.
New Year’s Eve track list:
1. New Year’s Eve
2. Meta Metta
3. The Time Knife
4. Isn’t Everything Enough
5. Sixteen Circles
6. A Reflection Of A Reflection
El Ten Eleven Tour Dates – US, UK & Europe:
Jan 7: Los Angeles, CA The Roxy*
Jan 8: San Francisco, CA The Independent*
Jan 13: San Diego, CA Casbah*
Jan 14: Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom*
Jan 15: Tucson, AZ 191 Toole*
Jan 16: El Paso, TX Lowbrow Palace*
Jan 20: Dallas, TX Club Dada&
Jan 21: Austin, TX The Far Out Lounge&
Jan 22: Houston, TX White Oak&
Jan 23: New Orleans, LA Gasa Gasa&
Jan 26: Nashville, TN Exit / In*
Jan 27: Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle*
Jan 28: Asheville, NC The Grey Eagle*
Jan 29: Atlanta, GA Terminal West*
Feb 1: Kansas City, MO Record Bar*
Feb 3: Colorado Springs, CO Black Sheep*
Feb 5: Durango, CO Animas*
Feb 6: Denver, CO Bluebird*
Apr 6: Omaha, NE Slowdown^
Apr 7: St. Paul, MN Turf Club^
Apr 8: Chicago, IL Chop Shop^
Apr 9: Grand Rapids, MI Pyramid Scheme^
Apr 10: Indianapolis, IN HiFi^
Apr 13: Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom^
Apr 14: Pittsburgh, PA Thunderbird^
Apr 15: Washington, DC Union Stage^
Apr 16: Philadelphia, PA Milkboy^
Apr 20: Rochester, NY Bugjar^
Apr 21: Rochester, NY Bugjar^
Apr 22: Boston, MA Paradise^+
Apr 23: Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Made^+
* Sego supports
& Mylets supports
^ Cedric Noel supports
+ A Beacon School supports
EU / UK SPRING TOUR
May 12: Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast
May 13: Leeds, UK @ Boom
May 14-15: London, UK @ Portals Festival
May 15: Bristol, UK @ The Crofters Right
May 17: Paris, FR @ Supersonic
May 18: Den Bosch, NL @ Willem Twee Poppodium
May 19-20: Copenhagen, DK @ A Colossal Weekend
May 22: Berlin, DE @ Prachtwerk
May 23: Hamburg, DE @ Indra
May 24: Cologne, DE @ Helios37
May 27: Metz, FR @ Young Team Festival
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