Aggressive and beautiful, visceral and thoughtful, The Pariah which is produced by Matt Radosevich, marks the Bay Area band’s fourth full-length studio album. On this release, Gavin Hayes (vocals, guitar), Drew Roulette (bass, moog, speak & spell, samples), Mark Engles (guitar) and Dino Campanella (drums, keys) combine to create equal parts punk aggression and metallic complexity – a sound that brings together the artistic instrumentation, haunting vocals and emotional intensity that is Dredg. Though driven by rhythms and guitars, The Pariah is far from a typical rock album. Inspired in part by Salman Rushdie’s essay “Imagine There’s No Heaven: A Letter to the 6 Billionth Citizen,” Dredg capture the madness of the modern world, particularly its battles over religion and science, within a musical missive to the future. Fittingly, The Pariah is packaged and constructed like a letter, its songs and instrumental interludes connected by eerie, evocative Wurlitzer piano-and-voice segments. Diverse and textured, these intentional imperfections allow some of Dredg’s mellowest recorded moments to mingle with some of their harshest.
Tour Dates:
w/RX Bandits
7/8/2009 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
7/9/2009 San Deigo, CA Soma
7/10/2009 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
7/11/2009 Tuscon, AZ Club Congress
7/12/2009 Tuscon, AZ Club Congress
7/14/2009 Dallas, TX Granada Theatre
7/15/2009 Austin, TX Emo’s
7/16/2009 San Antonio. TX White Rabbit
7/17/2009 Houston, TX Meridian
7/18/2009 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
7/20/2009 Orlando, FL Club Firestone
7/22/2009 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
7/23/2009 Jacksonville, FL Fire Bird
7/24/2009 St. Petersburg. FL Jannus Landing
7/25/2009 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
7/26/2009 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
7/28/2009 Towson, MD Recher Theatre
7/29/2009 Philadelphia, PA Theater of Living Arts
7/30/2009 New York, NY The Fillmore at Irving Plaza
7/31/2009 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
w/RX Bandits & As Tall As Lions:
8/1/2009 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
8/2/2009 Montreal, Quebec Foufoune Electriques
8/3/2009 Toronto, Ontario Opera House
8/11/2009 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
8/15/2009 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
8/17/2009 Sacramento, CA Empire Event Center
8/26/2009 San Fransico, CA The Fillmore
8/29/2009 Santa Barbara, CA Velvet Jones
8/30/2009 Los Angeles, CA El Ray Theatre
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