The Dandy Warhols Enlist Frank Black Of Pixies For New Track Danzig With Myself
Tuesday, 16 January 2024
Written by Jon Stickler
The Dandy Warhols have shared a new track, Danzig With Myself.
The collaboration with Pixies icon Frank Black serves as the latest preview of the alt-rock band's new studio album, 'Rockmaker', due out on March 15 via Sunset Blvd. Records.
"It started with a riff that either sounded like Misfits or Danzig and then got slowed down," explained frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor. "Over time, it became the working title, and then we couldn’t change it. I mean, come on… Danzig with Myself?!"
Speaking on how the link-up with Black came about, he added: "I was just checking in with him, and he happened to be in Zürich. I hooked him and some of his family up with some very interesting museum tours first, then I asked him if he would play on our record. Of course, he did!"
Sludgy, with a deep distorted bassline that contrasts with Black's fuzzy falsetto backing vocals, it follows September single Summer Of Hate in previewing the LP, which is mixed by Jagz Kooner and mastered by Keith Tenniswood.
"Sometimes we have a very focused idea of what we want," Taylor-Taylor continued. "It’s generally what we want somebody else to make but since they never do, we have to. It has a very specific sound. There aren’t a lot of heavy guitar records currently coming out that we like, so that was the impetus for 'Rockmaker'.
The Dandy Warhols' latest album is 2020's 'Tafelmuzik Means More When You're Alone', which clocks in at over three and a half hours.
Taylor-Taylor concluded: "'Rockmaker' is the manifestation of our desire to hear a record of heavy raw punk and metal guitar riffs handled in a way that we felt was cooler or sexier but has its own alley."
The Dandy Warhols will support the record with a North American tour in March, before a return to Australia and New Zealand in April and May. Tickets are on sale now.
'Rockmaker' tracklist:
1. The Dooms Day Bells
2. Danzig With Myself [featuring Black Francis]
3. Teutonic Wine
4. Summer Of Hate
5. I'd Like To Help You With Your Problem
6. The Cross
7. Root Of All Evil
8. Must've Always Been A Thing
9. Love Thyself
10. Real People
11. I will Never Stop Loving You
The Dandy Warhols Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Mon March 04 2024 - WASHINGTON District Of Columbia - 9:30 Club (USA)
Tue March 05 2024 - BOSTON Massachusetts - Royale (USA)
Wed March 06 2024 - ARDMORE Pennsylvania - Ardmore Music Hall (USA)
Thu March 07 2024 - HAMDEN Connecticut - Space Ballroom (USA)
Sat March 09 2024 - NEW YORK New York - Webster Hall (USA)
Mon March 11 2024 - MONTREAL Quebec - Le Studio TD (Canada)
Tue March 12 2024 - TORONTO Ontario - Danforth Music Hall Theatre (Canada)
Thu March 14 2024 - COLUMBUS Ohio - Newport Music Hall (USA)
Fri March 15 2024 - INDIANAPOLIS Indiana - Vogue Theatre - IN (USA)
Sat March 16 2024 - ST LOUIS Missouri - Delmar Hall (USA)
Mon March 18 2024 - ENGLEWOOD Colorado - Gothic Theatre (USA)
Tue March 19 2024 - LOS ANGELES California - Fonda Theatre (USA)
Mon April 22 2024 - AUCKLAND Powerstation
Thu April 25 2024 - BRISBANE Tivoli
Fri April 26 2024 - ADELAIDE Gov
Sun April 28 2024 - MELBOURNE Forum
Mon April 29 2024 - PERTH Astor Theatre
Wed May 01 2024 - SYDNEY Enmore Theatre
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