Bristol-based alternative-rock trio, Oxygen Thief have shared the new riff-ladened single ‘Graffiti; Irony; Lists’ alongside announcing full details of their new album, Confusion Species, set for release on 16 November 2018 through Xtra Mile Recordings. Preorder it on transparent blue vinyl, CD and download here. There will also be an orange and black splatter vinyl edition, limited to 100, to be sold on the November tour dates.
Listen to first single ‘Graffiti; Irony; Lists’ below:
Listen to another track from the album, ‘Uncommon People’.
It’s been just over four years since the release of Oxygen Thief’s second album, The Half-Life of Facts, and the world has changed a lot in that time. In fact, a lot has changed since Barry Dolan started the project in Bristol back in 2006, and the 11 tracks of Confusion Species are the sound of him trying to make sense of it all, rather than be overwhelmed, lost and consumed by the sludge and noise of this modern, Brexit and Trump world.
“Everyone is constantly bombarded with things in the news and on social media”, says guitarist and vocalist, Barry Dolan. “Your phone’s going off all the time and there’s a constant need to keep up with things. As someone who tries to be politically engaged, I want to stay informed, but there’s a point where that tide just becomes overwhelming.”
In support of Confusion Species, Oxygen Thief will take to the road throughout the UK with Jonah Matranga in November, as well as performing as Jonah’s backing band for his 20-year anniversary performances of Far’s classic Water + Solutions, and finishing up with a headline show at The Monarch in London:
November 2018
06 Isle Of Wight @ Strings (w/ Jonah Matranga and performing Far’s Water + Solutions)
07 Tunbridge Wells @ Forum (w/ Jonah Matranga and performing Far’s Water + Solutions)
08 Norwich @ Waterfront (w/ Jonah Matranga and performing Far’s Water + Solutions)
09 Corby @ White Hart (w/ Jonah Matranga and performing Far’s Water + Solutions)
10 Cheltenham @ Frog & Fiddle (w/ Jonah Matranga and performing Far’s Water + Solutions)
11 Bristol @ Crofters (w/ Jonah Matranga and performing Far’s Water + Solutions)
12 Stoke @ Sugarmill (w/ Jonah Matranga and performing Far’s Water + Solutions)
13 Southampton @ Joiners (w/ Jonah Matranga and performing Far’s Water + Solutions)
14 Leicester @ Firebug (w/ Jonah Matranga and performing Far’s Water + Solutions)
15 London @ The Monarch (Album Launch and Headline Show)
Tickets: www.1.xtramilerecordings.com/oxygen-thief-tour-dates/
Simultaneously angry at and perplexed by the state of, well, everything, Confusion Species is a raucous, bellicose call-to-arms punctuated by Oxygen Thief’s now-trademark barrage of furious riffs and chaotic layers of intense and inspiring sounds.
Oxygen Thief are:
Barry Dolan - Guitar, Vocals
Neil Elliott - Bass
Ben Whyntie - Drums
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