Click HERE to download "I'm Homesick Sittin' Up Here In My Satellite", off the upcoming Doldrums' No Pain In Pop debut EP, Empire Sound.
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"Doldrums is one dude from Montreal named AIrick Woodhead,
who has a strong, high-pitched voice and folds industrial, rave-geared
sounds, psychedelia, spoken-word samples, jungle, techno, and ambient
noise into slippery, amorphous songs." PITCHFORK
"Doldrums creator Airick Woodhead
laces acute whips of racing violin into gridiron-ready samples of
percussion and brass, creating an unlikely combination of three very
different worlds: the marching band, the symphony, and the disco-tech.
With this prodigious barrage of psychedelic pop, Doldrums affirms that its place on Portishead’s forthcoming Chase The Tear 12” is warranted." ALTERED ZONES
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Upcoming Tour Dates
11/4 - The Beaver - Toronto, ON
11/6 - Magic Stick - Detroit, MI %
11/7 - Panchos - Chicago, IL
11/9 - Black Cat - Washington, DC*
11/10 - Soft House - Baltimore, MD *@
11/11 - Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival.
11/12 - Glasslands - Brooklyn, NY ^
11/13 - AS220 - Providence, RI +
11/14 - O'Briens - Allston, MA +
11/15 - Good Life - Boston, MA &
11/18 - M for Montreal - Montreal, QC
12/1 - The Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto, ON #
% Wooden Shjips afterparty
* w/ Purity Ring
@ w/ High Plaves
^ w/ Prince Rama
+ w/ Moon King
& w/ Time Wharp and Avila Santo
# w/ Crystal Stilts
On Empire Sound....
Combining the beautiful boudoir pop of contemporaries Atlas Sound, Panda Bear or How To Dress Well with Doldrums'
own enthralling post-punk magpie tendencies,"Endless Winter" hangs a
widescreen chorus over a dewy eyed, sample-heavy backing; "Tantrum",
frazzled and scattered yet perfectly in tune with itself, is the perfect
foil for Woodhead's tenor voice, and "Lost In My Head", with its
prominent use of Airick's 'voice organ', stands as a frighteningly
accurate self-diagnosis of his work as a whole—chaotic and yet
inherently spectacular, a whole world for listeners to explore.
DOLDRUMS:
"When the winds are gone the sea actually has no swells, on a clear day the color of the sky is reflected in the water.
At night the same effect, with no clouds or moon, gives you the effect of floating in space." WIKIPEDIA
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Doldrums is a musical venture produced by Canadian artist Airick Woodhead.
As a part of a larger community reacting
to overhype, the plasticity of modern youth culture and it's ultimately
alienating nature, his music deals with the loss of the individual in an
increasingly altruistic society. Doldrums' music
reflects this societal change on a personal level, as a member of the
last generation to remember life pre-internet and 24 hour status
updates. His androgynous voice comes across mid-panic attack, floating
in a sea of chopped up samples, disembodied vocals and tribal
percussion. Spearing between electro-hallucinogenic freak outs and
languid nostalgia, his tracks somehow manage to elevate classic pop
melodies above a sample saturated sound collage.
Doldrums began in 2010 by posting videos and designing websites by fictional bands under a variety of different band pseudonyms, 'Doldrums'
being one of them, the name taken from a favorite children's book,
Norton Juster 's 'The Phantom Tollbooth". He gained notoriety in his
native Toronto through performances at Everlasting Super Joy, his studio
and DIY venue co-run with members of DD/MM/YYYY, as well as involvement
in flash parties in abandoned spaces. 2010 saw the release of a number
of 7"s including a split with DD/MM/YYYY and a VHS mixtape of his own
music videos.
In 2011, after hearing his interpretation
of their song "Chase the Tear", Portishead announced they would release
his song as the b-side to their single. At the same time, new tracks
fell into the hands of cult London indie label No Pain In Pop, and were quickly confirmed for release as Empire Sound, his debut EP.
Though now based out of Montreal his
sound and attitude screams Toronto, where artists like Skrillex, Crystal
Castles and Fucked Up are known for challenging existing ideologies
about format and genre.
Doldrums' music is mostly influenced by friends such as DD/MM/YYYY and recent tourmate Grimes, and the references he makes to pop culture have a placed artificiality and unfamiliarity to them. Doldrums is emotionally vindicating sonic exploration—a fractured mirror image of what our post-internet culture has become.
Doldrums will be
releasing a limited edition 12" split with Portishead of "Chase The
Tear" on XL Recordings. It will be sold on XL's webstore, at Portishead
shows, and in indie record shops starting November 14th.
A: Portishead - Chase the Tear
B: Doldrums - Chase the Tear (Portishead Cover)
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LINKS
Doldrums Website
Doldrums Official Facebook
