Pinkshift have introduced their new EP, suraksha, out October thirteenth through Hopeless Data. In anticipation, they’ve additionally shared the most recent single, “dwelling.”
Because the CoSign alums defined in an announcement, the brand new challenge was impressed by their heritage. “I grew up listening to Bollywood and Indian classical music would spherical out the songs completely,” mentioned vocalist Ashrita Kumar. “Going into the studio, the one factor on my thoughts was my household, and making these songs was distinctive as a result of in my head I used to be making it for them.”
The EP’s title speaks to the identical inspiration: surakṣā (or सुरक्षा) is a Hindi phrase borrowed from Sanskrit that means safety or safety. See the art work and tracklist for suraksha under; pre-orders are ongoing.
That includes distorted guitar riffs, “dwelling” speaks to the thought of discovering consolation with chosen household as Kumar sings, “You’ll by no means be alone once more/ I’ll at all times keep/ We’ll by no means go dwelling once more/ However I’m nonetheless the identical.” Indian classical devices are added into the combination as the observe involves an in depth. Stream it under.
suraksha additionally consists of the Baltimore punk group’s April single, “to me,” and serves because the follow-up to their debut album, Love Me Endlessly, which dropped final fall.
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The trio is ending up a run of North American dates opening for the supergroup L.S. Dunes earlier than heading over to the UK and Europe for some headlining dates and pageant appearances at Pukkelpop and Studying and Leeds. Then, they’ll return to North America to play a handful of exhibits in help of Thursday, adopted by a separate set of dates opening for Bayside and Hawthorne Heights. This fall, they’re set to play Louder Than Life and Aftershock. See the schedule under, and choose up your tickets right here.
suraksha Paintings:
suraksha Tracklist:
Facet A
01. lullaby
02. dwelling
03. to me
Facet B
01. lullaby (instrumental)
02. dwelling (instrumental)
03. to me (instrumental)
Pinkshift 2023 Tour Dates:
08/06 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre #
08/07 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom #
08/09 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore #
08/11 – Backyard Grove, CA @ Backyard Amphitheatre #
08/19 – Hasselt, BE @ Pukkelpop
08/21 – Brighton, UK @ Patterns
08/22 – Manchester, UK @ Deaf Institute
08/23 – London, UK @ Underworld %
08/25 – Studying, UK @ Studying Competition
08/26 – Leeds, UK @ Leeds Competition
08/27 – Glasgow, United Kingdom @ King Tuts Wah Wah Hut
09/07 – Syracuse, NY @ The Tune & Dance *
09/08 – Wilmington, DE @ The Queen *
09/09 – Charlotte, NC @ The Underground *
09/10 – Baltimore, MD @ Punk Black Baltimore
09/12 – St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Corridor ^
09/13 – Indianapolis, IN @ Outdated Nationwide Centre ^
09/15 – Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest
09/21 – Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life Competition
10/05 – Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock
# = w/ L.S. Dunes
% = w/ Intercourse Patels
* = w/ Thursday and Gel
^ = w/ Bayside and Hawthorne Heights
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