FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES RELEASE NEW ALBUM, END OF SUFFERING, ON MAY 3 VIA INTERNATIONAL DEATH CULT
PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW https://fcatr.lnk.to/EndOfSufferingPR
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes have announced the release of their third album, End Of Suffering, on May 3 via International Death Cult.
News of the release arrives with the debut of a video for new single “Crowbar” (https://fcatr.lnk.to/EndOfSufferingPR) as well as the announcement of an intimate UK and European tour (dates below). North American tour dates will be announced soon.
Recorded in just six months over the heatwave that engulfed London last year, End Of Suffering – named after the Buddhist term for enlightenment – is the sound of a band entering an entirely new realm of the senses, a 40-minute rock’n’rollercoaster of molten-hot bangers, scorched-soul ballads and grunge lullabies laced through with a lacerating lyrical honesty.
With Cam Blackwood (George Ezra/Jack Savoretti) at the helm and legendary mixer Alan Moulder (Nine Inch Nails/Queens Of The Stone Age) sprinkling sonic stardust, the resultant album sees Carter, co-songwriter and guitar player Dean Richardson and co. not so much spreading their wings as running and leaping headfirst into heretofore uncharted waters. Opener “Why A Butterfly Can’t Love A Spider” finds Frank at full stretch, singing: “When I’m high I’m in heaven/When I’m low I’m in hell,” while the first single “Crowbar” is tauter than a highwire and relentlessly sharpened to a razor’s edge, a sonic Molotov cocktail of a track delivered with the anarchic zel of the gilets-jaunes rioters. “I saw an amazing bit of graffiti during the Paris riots which said: ‘We’ve cut off heads for less than this,” enthuses Frank. “I loved that attitude. People are sick of being force fed doom and gloom.” It also comes complete with a video directed by longtime collaborator Ross Cairns (Biffy Clyro/Queens Of The Stone Age) and acts as a blistering clarion call to arms.
When the fury is dialed down, however, even more startling shades start to surface. “Anxiety” is a paranoiac festival anthem in waiting, while “Love Games” is an absolute beauty; a distortion-heavy nod to Amy Winehouse’s finest moments. “Angel Wings” is as bleakly poetic as Charles Bukowski.
The album also features Tom Morello as a guest guitarist on “Tyrant Lizard King.” The two re-connected after many years at Resurrection Festival in Spain last summer, where Frank infamously sang the Rage classic “Killing In The Name” to a 40,000 strong crowd.
Indeed. In an age of say-nothing pop and codified corporate rock, End Of Suffering does what all great music should: lift the spirits and stir the soul.
End Of Suffering tracklist:
Why a Butterfly Can’t Love a Spider
Tyrant Lizard King feat. Tom Morello
Heartbreaker
Crowbar
Love Games
Anxiety
Angel Wings
Supervillain
Latex Dreams
Kitty Sucker
Little Devil
End Of Suffering
In the lead up to the album release, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes will play intimate shows across the UK and Europe, bringing their trademark intensity and raucous stage presence to tiny venues and giving a first glimpse of End Of Suffering in a live setting. Tickets to these very intimate gigs will be available to fans early via an exclusive pre-sale on the website, head here for more info: http://www.andtherattlesnakes.com/.
End Of Suffering will be released on several exclusive, limited edition formats, full info can be found via the band’s website (http://www.andtherattlesnakes.com/).
Tour dates:
February 7 Oxford, UK The Bullingdon
February 8 Portsmouth, UK Wedgewood Rooms
February 9 Margate, UK Dreamland (Ballroom)
February 11 Bournemouth, UK The Old Fire Station
February 12 Bristol, UK The Fleece
February 13 Swansea, UK Sin City
February 15 Stoke, UK The Sugarmill
February 16 Coventry, UK Empire
February 18 Sheffield, UK Peddler
February 19 Liverpool, UK Arts Club Theatre
February 21 Newcastle, UK Think Tank
February 22 Edinburgh, UK Liquid Rooms
February 23 York, UK Fibbers
March 15 Zurich, Switzerland M4M Festival
March 16 Nuremberg, Germany Z-Bau
March 18 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg Rockhal
March 19 Belfort, France La Poudriere
March 20 Lausanne, Switzerland Les Docks
March 22 Clermont Ferrand, France La Cooperative de Mai
March 23 Montpellier, France Rockstore
March 25 Milan, Italy Santeria Club
March 26 Bologna, Italy Locomotive Club
March 28 Zagreb, Croatia Culture Factory
March 29 Vienna, Austria Simm City
March 30 Budapest, Hungry Akvarium Klub
April 1 Warsaw, Poland Hydrozagadka
April 3 Prague, Czech Republic Lucemar Bar
April 4 Hanover, Germany Bel Chez Heinz
April 5 Bochum, Germany Matrix Club
April 6 Eindhoven, Netherlands Faster & Louder Festival
May 30 Hellendoorn, Netherlands Dauwpop Festival
June 1 Barcelona, Spain Primavera Sound
July 5 Ewijk, Netherlands Down The Rabbit Hole
July 20 Cuxhaven, Germany Deichbrand Festival
August 13 Budapest, Hungary Sziget Festival
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