L.A. Witch Tease Third Album 'DOGGOD' With New Single The Lines
Wednesday, 05 March 2025
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Rhyan Santos
L.A. Witch have laid out plans for their third album.
The Southern California trio—comprised of guitarist and vocalist Sade Sanchez, bassist Irita Pai and drummer Ellie English—will release 'DOGGOD' on April 4 via Suicide Squeeze Records.
Recorded in Paris at Motorbass Studio on the Rue de Martyrs, it's previewed by new single The Lines, a fusion of hazy psychedelia and visceral garage-rock, with reverb-drenched guitars over punchy drumbeats and a driving bassline. Sanchez said:
"The Lines for me is a key song in terms of production on this album and the shift in our sound. We used a lot of effects we hadn’t utilized as much before like Chorus, Flanger, and string machines including the Solina and Roland VP330. This is the link between our surfy, California garage influences and our faster, colder influences...You could even say our more European influences."
Head below to view the accompanying video, which features ASL interpreter and dancer Lark Detweiler. Director Sydney Mills commented:
"The ASL featured in the video is a unique expression of the emotions in Sade Sanchez’s lyrics, personally interpreted and translated by Detweiler. The song The Lines features repeating lyrics, but Detweiler wanted to explore the many ways ASL can represent "lines"—tracing the shape of a person, drawing a boundary between two people, or even shooting an arrow toward the stars—each reflecting how humans redefine and interact with lines in unique ways.
"By interpreting language into movement, we can express something deep about the struggles of being alive, stuck with a body beyond our control with feeling that can’t always been expressed with words alone. Some of us have to sing. Some play music. Some dance. Some sign. In The Lines, Detweiler is a warrior apostle, calling us toward a realm where the raw, blaring sounds of L.A. Witch ignites both ecstasy and the rebellion of true expression."
The band first teased the record in February with the propulsive lead single, 777. They'll support it with a tour of North America commencing in April and running through to June. Tickets are on sale now. Head here for details.
Their most recent album is 2020's 'Play With Fire', though they released a split 7" single with The Coathangers, One Way or the Highway, in 2021.
'DOGGOD' tracklist:
1. Icicle
2. Kiss Me Deep
3. 777
4. I Hunt You Prey
5. Eyes Of Love
6. The Lines
7. Lost At Sea
8. DOGGOD
9. SOS
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