King Dude's "Fear" LP streaming in it's entirety via Pitchfork Advance, out next week!

STREAM KING DUDE'S FEAR LP VIA PITCHFORK ADVANCE OUT NEXT WEEK ON NOT JUST RELIGIOUS MUSIC PRE-ORDER HERE ON TOUR NOW WITH GHOST

King Dude's latest album, entitled Fear is out next week on Not Just Religious Music it was produced by the legendary Bill Rieflin (Ministry, Swans, Pigface, etc) and today T.J. is streaming the record in it's entirety via Pitchfork Advance. Below are some of TJ's thoughts on Fear and what it really means to terrify people through song.     When I set out to write the follow up record to my last record Burning Daylight I hadn't quite realized what I was going to do for it's themes and overall concept. Although I had one crystal clear intention - To make the most horrifying music I could. So with that in mind I began to write what would later become Fear.   Now writing a record that is horrifying to me is one thing, writing a record that is horrifying to everyone in the whole world is some other thing altogether. So I really had to begin to think about what inner fear every single person possibly could have. Of course the most common fear everyone on Earth shares would be the fear of dying. But that seemed too obvious to write a record called "Fear" and have it be about the fear of death. There are already way too many songs written about being afraid to die (or not afraid to die for that matter) in fact I have written a few of them myself. So I chose the next most obvious fear I felt everyone shared. And that is the fear felt during early adolescence. As we move away from our childhood towards our adulthood we (in a sense) watch helplessly from the confides of our own slowly deforming, prepubescent bodies as the "child-mind" is ripped away only (or buried deeply into our subconscious) only to be replaced by the cruel, maniacal, sex crazed "adult-mind" also known as the ultimate product of a civilized adult world reality. The two other themes that I chose for this record are static in nature, or how shall I say, more tangible. And those two themes are "mirrors" and "telephones". Mirror reflections are often associated in the subconscious with our relationship to our physical bodies but they serve another hidden terrifying purpose which is to remind us that we are in fact separated from the reality conjured in our minds. Another sort of reflection we cast of ourselves is that one of which we cast upon those around us and at times very far away from us through communication. Advanced communication came about recently with the advent of the telephone and the concept of "separation of the mind and body" reveals itself to our subconscious every time we "reach out and touch someone" The mirrored image plays an integral role in the concept of Fear, a concept that will be revealed to the listener when the record is finally in their hands.   Pulling together the biblical sound and isolation of the bygone days of revelation with an atmosphere filled with hope and salvation, King Dude has woven his own unique brand of purely American music. He brandishes many varied influences in his songwriting... Everything from British Folk, Americana, Country and Blues can be heard in his songs. Even Heavy Metal tends to slither it's way into the King Dude canon. The resulting songs are much more of a modern day hymn then your average pop song.  Stream Fear below and make sure to pre-order a copy. He is on tour right now with Ghost and will be headed to Europe at the end of the month!    STREAM: King Dude - Fear LP  http://pitchfork.com/advance/413-fear/ PRE-ORDER: Fear LP http://notjustreligiousmusic.bandcamp.com/album/njrm-003-king-dude-fear KING DUDE TOUR DATES   4/28 The Observatory (Santa Ana, CA) w/ Ghost 5/1 Emo’s East (Austin, TX) w/ Ghost 5/2 House of Blues (Houston, TX) w/ Ghost 5/3 House of Blues (Dallas, TX) w/ Ghost 5/4 Civic Theatre (New Orleans, LA) w/ Ghost 5/6 The Beacham Theater (Orlando, FL) w/ Ghost 5/7 Revolution Live (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) w/ Ghost 5/9 Center Stage (Atlanta, GA) w/ Ghost 5/10 Track 29 (Chattanooga, TN) w/ Ghost 5/11 Lincoln Theater (Raleigh, NC) w/ Ghost 5/12 The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC) w/ Ghost 5/14 The Fillmore (Silver Spring, MD) w/ Ghost 5/15 Trocadero Theatre (Philadelphia, PA) w/ Ghost 5/16 The Chance (Poughkeepsie, NY) w/ Ghost 5/17 Best Buy Theater (New York, NY) w/ Ghost 5/22 Death Disco (Berlin, Germany) 5/23 King George (Köln, Germany) 5/24 Vera (Groningen, Holland) 5/25 DNA (Bruxellles, Belgium) 5/26 The Macbeth (London, England) 5/27 Escape B (Paris, France) 5/28 DB S (Utretch, Holland) 5/29 Market Halle (Aurich, Germany) 5/30 Loppen (Copenhagen, Denmark) 5/31 Muskelrock Festival (Tyrolen, Sweden) 6/02 Pussy A Go Go (Stockholm, Sweden) 6/03 Revolver (Olso, Norway) 6/04 Truck Stop Alaska (Gothenburg, Sweden) 6/07 Manifest Club (Moscow, Russia) 6/08 TBA (Odessa, Ukraine) 6/09 Chemiefabrik (Dresden, Germany) 6/10 Die Bäckerei (Linz, Austria) 6/11 Freakout (Bologna, Italy) 6/12 Lazzaretto (Ancona, Italy) 6/13 Cox18 (Milano, Italy) 6/14 Impetus Festival (Lussane, Switzerland) 6/23 Bar Del Fico (Rome, Italy) *Solo Performance   KING DUDE FEAR NOT JUST RELIGIOUS MUSIC 5/6/14 1. Open The Door 2. Fear Is All You Know 3. Maria 4. Devil Eyes 5. Cloven Hooves (Of Fear) 6. Demon Caller Number 9 7. Bloody Mirror 8. Lay Down In Bedlam 9. Bottomless Pit 10. Never Run 11. Miss September 12. Empty House 13. Watching Over You NOT JUST RELIGIOUS MUSIC