Preoccupations (formerly
Viet Cong) have announced their sophomore album, a self-titled release
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their new name.
Preoccupations is out September 16 via
Jagjaguwar. You can find the album's tracklist and artwork below. They've also shared a music video for the
first single, “Anxiety.” The black-and-white
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, directed by Yoonha Park, is described as "a catalog of childhood phobias and anxieties." It features the band's members exploring the backwood areas of an unknown forest, alongside sepia-toned footage of masked figures and a dilapidated family home. Watch the music video below.
The band will also kick off a world tour in support of the new record,
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this week. Find a full itinerary below.
Preoccupations:
01
ANXIETY![]()
02 Monotony
03 Zodiac
04 Memory
05 Degraded
06 Sense
07 Forbidden
08 Stimulation
09 Fever
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Preoccupations:
06-13 Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All
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06-17 Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands - Best Kept Secret Festival
06-18 Brussels, Belgium - Out Loud Beursschouwburg
06-22 London, England - Shacklewell Arms
06-23 London, England - Old Blue Last
06-28 Paris, France - Olympic Cafe
06-30 Berlin, Germany - Urban Spree
07-02 Tullamore, Ireland - Castlepalooza
07-09 Ottawa, Ontario - Ottawa Blues Festival
08-21 Houston, TX - White Oak
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Hall *
08-22 Dallas, TX - Bomb Factory *
08-24 El Paso, TX - Tricky Falls *
08-28 Los Angeles, CA - FYF Fest
08-29 Saratoga, CA - Mountain Winery *
08-30 Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades *
09-01-02 Portland, Oregon - Crystal Ballroom *
09-28 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Rickshaw Theater
10-01 Calgary, Alberta - Mac Hall Ballroom ^
10-03 Winnipeg , Manitoba - WECC ^
10-04 Minneapolis, MN - Fine
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Music Cafe ^
10-05 Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall ^
10-07 Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom ^
10-08 Toronto, Ontario - Danforth Music Hall ^
10-11 Montreal, Quebec - Virgin Mobile Corona Theater ^
10-12 Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair ^
10-14 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw ^
10-15 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church ^
10-16 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll
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^
10-18 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade ^
10-19 New Orleans, LA - Gasa Gasa ^
10-21 Austin, TX - The MohawK ^
10-25 Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar ^
10-26 San Diego - The Irenic ^
10-28 Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy ^
10-29 San Francisco, CA - The
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11-02 Seattle, WA - Neumos ^
11-05 Leeds, England - Brudenell Social Club
11-06 Manchester, England - Gorilla
11-07 London, England - Oval Space
11-08 Bristol, England - Exchange
11-09 Brighton, England - Haunt
11-10 Utrecht, Netherlands - Le Guess Who Festival
11-12 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
11-14 Copenhagen, Denmark - Pumpehuset
11-15 Hamburg, Germany - Molotow
11-18 Metz, France - Musiques Volantes Festival
11-21 Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie
11-22 Zurich, Switzerland - Klaus
11-23 Milan, Italy - Magnolia
11-24 Rome, Italy - Quirinetta
11-25 Bologna, Italy - Locomotiv
11-26 Neuchâtel, Switzerland - Suprette Festival
11-28 Cologne, Germany - Luxor
^ with Methyl Ethel
* with Explosions In The Sky
Listen to Preoccupations'“Continental Shelf":
https://youtu.be/hdMz7BUtOvk
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Great submission from John N (I really DO like this band), and the next portion is submitted bu Studkid, who is including , who includes another essay on th3 band, as well as a link for an album from related band Scatterbrain ("Keep Dancin")
Thanks to both guys for quickly submitting this........ALL GREAT, please continue!
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"Remember Viet Cong? Shh, you’re not supposed to say that, or use that name, or whatever. Well, if you didn’t know, the Canadian post-punk rockers now go by
Preoccupations, a moniker that should cause no controversy (unless there’s a rabid preoccupier out there who’s prone to being triggered), and they’re back with a new self-titled album.
Produced by Graham Walsh,
Preoccupations spans nine one-word songs, ranging from
ANXIETY![]()
” to “Monotony”, “Degraded” to “Fever”. As frontman Matt Flegel explains: “Monotony is a dead end job;
ANXIETY![]()
is changing as a band. Memory is watching someone lose their mind; Fever is comforting someone. It’s all drawing from very specific things.”
The band’s own press release calls the album “a singular, bracing collection that proves what’s punishing can also be soothing, everything can change without disrupting your compass. Your best year can be your worst year at the same time. Whatever sends you flying can also help you land.” French fries can be tater tots, life can be death, we get it."
This take me back to the early 80',to bands like Tubeway Army/ Gary Numan, or for me the danish band Scatterbrain, which was the first electrorock band in Denmark,
Remember Viet Cong? Shh, you’re not supposed to say that, or use that name, or whatever. Well, if you didn’t know, the Canadian post-punk rockers now go by
Preoccupations, a moniker that should cause no controversy (unless there’s a rabid preoccupier out there who’s prone to being triggered), and they’re back with a new self-titled album.
Produced by Graham Walsh, Preoccupations spans nine one-word songs, ranging from “Anxiety” to “Monotony”, “Degraded” to “Fever”. As frontman Matt Flegel explains: “Monotony is a dead end job; Anxiety is changing as a band. Memory is watching someone lose their mind; Fever is comforting someone. It’s all drawing from very specific things.”
The band’s own press release calls the album “a singular, bracing collection that proves what’s punishing can also be soothing, everything can change without disrupting your compass. Your best year can be your worst year at the same time. Whatever sends you flying can also help you land.” French fries can be tater tots, life can be death, we get it.
Remember Viet Cong? Shh, you’re not supposed to say that, or use that name, or whatever. Well, if you didn’t know, the Canadian post-punk rockers now go by
Preoccupations, a moniker that should cause no controversy (unless there’s a rabid preoccupier out there who’s prone to being triggered), and they’re back with a new self-titled album.
Produced by Graham Walsh, Preoccupations spans nine one-word songs, ranging from “Anxiety” to “Monotony”, “Degraded” to “Fever”. As frontman Matt Flegel explains: “Monotony is a dead end job; Anxiety is changing as a band. Memory is watching someone lose their mind; Fever is comforting someone. It’s all drawing from very specific things.”
The band’s own press release calls the album “a singular, bracing collection that proves what’s punishing can also be soothing, everything can change without disrupting your compass. Your best year can be your worst year at the same time. Whatever sends you flying can also help you land.” French fries can be tater tots, life can be death, we get it.
Preoccupations - Preoccupations (2016)
01.
ANXIETY![]()
02. Monotony
03. Zodiac
04. Memory
05. Degraded
06. Sense
07. Forbidden
08. Stimulation
09. Fever
Scatterbrain - Keep dancing (1981)
| 1 | Neo-Love Tango | 5:52 |
| 2 | Abnormal | 5:39 |
| 3 | Vatican Reggae | 4:32 |
| 4 | Crosses Of Verdun | 4:44 |
| 5 | Moment | 1:24 |
| 6 | Ice Age | 4:08 |
| 7 | Moving Ice | 1:42 |
| 8 | Insect Danger | 5:19 |
| 9 | Neutra | 3:38 |
| 10 | Keep Dancing! | 7:15 |
You all know, I assume, that in the words of the Dead Kennedys "Religion makes Me Want to Vomit"....I am no fucking Satanist either, trust me, two sides of the same lame ass coin.....but I aim to offend at times, so here ya go.......The Satanic Bible AND The Satanic Rituals.......COME ON, tell me how fucking depraved and destined to hell I am!
