{"id":19399,"date":"2022-07-29T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=19399"},"modified":"2022-07-28T17:14:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T17:14:20","slug":"off-announce-free-lsd-their-first-album-in-eight-years-with-a-new-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=19399","title":{"rendered":"OFF! ANNOUNCE\u00a0&#8216;FREE LSD&#8217;, THEIR FIRST ALBUM IN EIGHT YEARS WITH A NEW VIDEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>OFF! ANNOUNCE\u00a0<em>FREE LSD<\/em>, THEIR FIRST ALBUM IN EIGHT YEARS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PUNK SUPERGROUP WITH MEMBERS OF CIRCLE JERKS, THUNDERCAT, \u2026AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD, AND MORE TO UNLEASH\u00a0<em>FREE LSD<\/em>\u00a0VIA FAT POSSUM ON 30TH SEPT,\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-vjjhtdy-jtzijduii-j\/\"><strong>PRE-ORDER NOW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mail-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mail-9-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mail-9-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mail-9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mail-9-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mail-9-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mail-9.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OFF!<\/strong>, the punk think tank helmed by&nbsp;<strong>Keith Morris<\/strong>&nbsp;(ex-<strong>Black Flag<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Circle Jerks<\/strong>) and&nbsp;<strong>Dimitri Coats<\/strong>&nbsp;(ex-<strong>Burning Brides<\/strong>), have just announced that their&nbsp;<strong>first new full-length in eight years<\/strong>&nbsp;is slated for a&nbsp;<strong>30th September<\/strong>&nbsp;release from&nbsp;<strong>Fat Possum<\/strong>, followed by a full tour of the US (see full dates below).&nbsp;<strong><em>FREE LSD<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;effectively hits reset on the band, as the injection of new energy into their signature high-anxiety sound bonfires via new drummer&nbsp;<strong>Justin Brown<\/strong>&nbsp;(<strong>Thundercat<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Flying Lotus<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Herbie Hancock<\/strong>) and bassist&nbsp;<strong>Autry<\/strong><strong>Fulbright II&nbsp;<\/strong>(<strong>&#8230;And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead<\/strong>) pushes the concept of punk into another frenetic dimension. The effect is palpable and volatile, adding a new swing to the music\u2019s incendiary thrust; perhaps most evident on album cornerstone \u201c<strong>War Above Los Angeles<\/strong>,\u201d shared today alongside a cinematic music video starring&nbsp;<strong>David Yow (Jesus Lizard), Don Nguyn, Chloe Dykstra, James Duval, D.H. Peligro (Dead Kennedys)<\/strong>, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"OFF! - &quot;War Above Los Angeles&quot; (Official Video)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LBWUgluGdTw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen title=\"OFF! - \"War Above Los Angeles\" (Official Video)\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While the new lineup brings an experimental flair to the table, catapulting their subterranean howl into the orbit of&nbsp;<strong>Sun Ra<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>The Stooges<\/strong>&nbsp;by way of Coats imbibing a number of songs with layers of electronics amid explosions of percussive virtuosity from Brown and bursts of guest saxophone from&nbsp;<strong>Jon Wahl<\/strong>&nbsp;(<strong>Claw Hammer<\/strong>), Morris sounds timeless as ever, unleashing torrents of no-nonsense screeds across 90 second furnace blasts like \u201c<strong>Kill To Be Heard<\/strong>.\u201d Speaking on the album\u2019s distinctly revitalised sound, Morris states: &#8220;After making music for as long as I have, it was time to use a palette that includes lime green, turquoise, and magenta instead of the typical colours and shades that were involved in all of the other breakneck and car chase scenarios.&nbsp;<strong>Miles Davis<\/strong>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<strong>Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters<\/strong>&nbsp;as opposed to&nbsp;<strong><em>Milo Goes to College<\/em><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cWar Above Los Angeles\u201d video offers the first taste of the project&#8217;s broader multimedia ambitions: over the past couple of months the band has been shooting and editing a\u00a0<strong>feature film,\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-vjjhtdy-jtzijduii-h\/\"><strong><em>FREE LSD<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>to accompany the record. Coats explains,\u201cSince thinking of the album as a soundtrack to a weird sci-fi movie gave us permission to experiment, and the film explains, in a fantastical way, the creation of the album, they both go hand in hand as an overall art project.\u201d OFF! is supercharged for takeoff in what has now been confirmed as humanity\u2019s new year zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FOLLOW OFF!<\/strong><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-vjjhtdy-jtzijduii-a\/\"><strong>Website<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-vjjhtdy-jtzijduii-f\/\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-vjjhtdy-jtzijduii-z\/\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-vjjhtdy-jtzijduii-v\/\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OFF! 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