“Melodic garage-punk […] about letting go of the things that don’t matter.” – NPR
“Sharp, polished piece of driving, guitar-centric power-pop” – Stereogum
“All the bad vibes are immediately being dashed away, replaced with something cheerier and sometimes downright saccharine.” – Noisey
Today marks the release of Bay Dream, the sophomore album from Culture Abuse. Bay Dream is the band’s first full-length release for Epitaph Records. Listen to Bay Dream at Spotify now.
Bay Dream includes the recently released single “Dip.” In creating the track’s high-concept yet lo-fi video (which premiered on Tuesday), director Ryan Baxley built a human-sized photocopy machine, and essentially turned the clip into an animated zine. Watch the video for “Dip” by Culture Abuse here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVTiKdTTOjE
Having just completed a tour with Turnstile and Touché Amoré, Culture Abuse are on tour now with The Bronx in Europe. Culture Abuse will return to the US in July for three record release shows in New York, Los Angeles, and Oakland, with special guest appearances. In addition, Culture Abuse will join Nothing for a co-headlining tour in the US in September.
CULTURE ABUSE TOUR DATES:
Jun 15 Nickelsdorf – Nova Rock
Jun 16 Hamburg – Logo
Jun 18 Leipzig – Conne Island
Jun 19 Prague – Eternia
Jun 20 Berlin – So 36
Jun 21 Karlsruhe – NCO Club
Jun 22 Belgium – Graspop Metal Meeting
Jun 23 Schessel – Hurricane Festival
Jun 24 Neuhausen ob Eck – Southside Festival
Jun 25 Poitou-Charentes – La Mars
Jun 26 Decines-Charpieu – Warm Audio
Jun 29 Antwerp – Sommer Glom @ Kavka
Jun 30 Munster – Vainstream Rockfest
Jul 2 London, UK – Rough Trade East
Jul 3 Bristol, UK – Rough Trade
Jul 4 Nottingham, UK – Rough Trade
Jul 19 Brooklyn, NY – Rough Trade (Record Release Celebration)
Jul 27 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo (Record Release Celebration)
Jul 28 Oakland, CA – Good Mother (Record Release Celebration)
Sept 7 Washington, DC – Rock & Roll Hotel
Sept 8 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
Sept 9 Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups
Sept 11 Detroit, MI – The Shelter
Sept 12 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
Sept 13 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
Sept 14 Kansas City, KS – Record Bar
Sept 15 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
Sept 18 San Jose, CA – The Ritz
Sept 19 San Francisco, CA – GAMH
Sept 20 Los Angeles, CA – The Regent
Sept 22 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
Sept 23 Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
Jun 16, Jun 25, Jun 26 with The Bronx
Jun 18 – Jun 21 with Modern Life is War and Cro-Mags
Sept 7- 23 with Nothing
Culture Abuse – Promo Photo – Credit Dan Monick
For more information on Culture Abuse, visit:
https://cultureabuse.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/cultureabusefanzine/