Though its name is now substantially less appropriate, instrumental rock outfit Dub Trio have prepared significantly heavier material for Another Sound is Dying, the group’s third effort and first for new home Ipecac Recordings.
From its opening moments, the disc’s direction becomes obvious. Immediately present are a lower register and a dirty, gargling bass guitar; nearly absent are the dub moments for which the three-piece was named.
The point is best proven on the first track, which, following a big rock beginning and spacey interlude, descends into a bludgeoning doom breakdown. Though clean-channel riffs and echoed snare hits haven’t gone extinct, practically every song presents a potent rock experience.
On Dub Trio’s 2006 effort, New Heavy, vocally eclectic cult icon Mike Patton helped turn “Not Alone” into a song that could have fit countless radio rotations. Since that time, Patton has brought the band to Ipecac, the label he co-runs with Greg Werckman, and sang on a track for Another Sound is Dying.
The fourteen-tune disc is slated for release in January. Dub Trio is currently touring the west coast with Helmet, progenitors of single-octave, dropped-D riffage, and soon begin a tour with Gypsy rockers Gogol Bordello through the beginning of November.
Dub Trio tour dates:
September 26 – Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall (w/Helmet)
September 28 – Chico, CA @ The Senator Theater (w/Helmet)
September 29 – Sacramento, CA @ The Kennal Club (w/Helmet)
September 30 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent (w/Helmet)
October 2 – Fresno, CA @ Club Fred (w/Helmet)
October 3 – Bakersfield, CA @ The Dome (w/Helmet)
October 4 – Long Beach, CA @ The Vault 350 (w/Helmet)
October 5 – Malibu, CA @ Malibu Inn (w/Helmet)
October 7 – New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place (w/Gogol Bordello)
October 9 – Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus [The Warehouse] (w/Gogol Bordello)
October 10 – Montreal, QC @ Club Soda (w/Gogol Bordello)
October 11 – Boston, MA @ The Roxy (w/Gogol Bordello)
October 12 – Montpelier, VT @ Union Institute Gymnasium (w/Gogol Bordello)
October 13 – Lewiston, ME @ Bates College (w/Gogol Bordello)
October 15 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony (w/Gogol Bordello)
October 16 – Baltimore, MD @ Sonar (w/Gogol Bordello)
October 19 – Atlanta, GA @ Roxy Theatre (w/ Gogol Bordello)
October 20 – New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina’s (w/Gogol Bordello)
October 21 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre (w/Gogol Bordello)
October 22 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s Alternative Lounging (w/Gogol Bordello)
October 24 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre (w/Gogol Bordello)
October 25 – Los Angeles, CA @ Mayan Theatre (w/Gogol Bordello)
October 26 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre (w/Gogol Bordello)
October 29 – Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater (w/Gogol Bordello)
October 31 – Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall (w/Gogol Bordello)
November 1 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue (w/Gogol Bordello)
November 3 – New York City, NY @ Terminal 5 (w/Gogol Bordello)
Dub Trio: “Illegal Dub” (New Heavy)
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Dub Trio: www.dubtrio.com
Ipecac Recordings: www.ipecac.com