Los Angeles psych-punk quartet Frankie and the Witch Fingers have released their new single “Futurephobic” and its accompanying visuals.
The track features on their seventh studio album ‘Data Doom‘, due out on September 1 via The Reverberation Appreciation Society / Greenway Records. Pre-order your copy here.
According to the press, on Data Doom the band hurtles the listener head first into the wood-chipper of technological dystopia, systemic rot, creeping fascism, the military-industrial profit mill, and a near-constant erosion of humanity that peels away the soul bit by bit. With a fuse lit by these modern-day monstrosities the band seeks to find salvation through a thousand watt wake-up of rock n’ roll exfoliation.
“The main riff was an idea we came up with during the writing process for our album Monsters Eating People Eating Monsters… but we kept it in our back pockets, as it wasn’t quite fitting in with the theme of that album,” the band explains. “When we started writing Data Doom, it reemerged very organically and everyone latched onto the idea surprisingly fast and ran with it. We expanded on the main riff and came up with the other parts and overall arrangement while writing with our new lineup in our studio in LA. The whole process went surprisingly smoothly. We added backing vocals and overdubs while on tour last year in Europe, doing all the passes to complete the song from various apart-hotels, attics in France and Amsterdam.”
Watch the Slim Reaper-directed video below.
Upcoming Tour Dates
15/07 • NL • Nijmegen • Valkhof Fest (free show)
29/07 • FR • Binic • Binic Folks Blues Fest
30/07 • FR • Luzy • Rockabylette Fest
01/08 • FR • Hossegord • L’ile du Malt
04/08 • DE • Rees • Haldern Pop Fest (early set)
04/08 • DE • Munster • Krach Am Bach Fest
05/08 • CH • Brusson • Palp Fest
11/08 • PT • Vila Praia De Âncora • Sonic Blast Fest
SEPTEMBER
9 – The Usual Place – Las Vegas, NV**
10 – Valley Bar – Phoenix, AZ**
11 – Love Buzz – El Paso, TX**
14 – Parish – Austin, TX**
15 – Andy’s Bar – Denton, TX**
16 – Continental Club – Houston, TX**
17 – Gasa Gasa – New Orleans, LA**
19 – JJ’s Bohemia – Chattanooga, TN
20 – The Blue Room – Nashville, TN#
21 – Terminal West – Atlanta, GA#
22 – Grey Eagle – Asheville, NC#
23 – Pour House – Charleston, SC#
25 – Black Cat – Washington, DC#
26 – Crystal Ballroom – Somerville, MA~
27 – Sala Rossa – Montreal, QC~
28 – Space Ballroom – Hamden, CT~
29 – First Unitarian Church – Philadelphia, PA~
30 – Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY~
OCTOBER
2 – Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH#
3 – Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL#
4 – Miramar Theatre – Milwaukee, WI#
6 – Hi-Dive – Denver, CO#
7 – Hi-Dive – Denver, CO#
8 – Sister Bar – Albuquerque, NM#
HELL-OWEEN DATES:
27 – Quartyard – San Diego, CA@
28 – Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA@**
29 – Rickshaw Stop (Psyched! Fest) – San Francisco, CA@
31 – Rev Hall – Portland, OR@
NOVEMBER
1 – Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA@
3 – Catalyst Atrium – Santa Cruz, CA@
4 – SLO Brew – San Luis Obispo, CA@
# Wine Lips
~ Iguana Death Cult
** Spoon Benders
@ MONSTERWATCH
Photo credit James Duran
