DRAGGED UP release album 'High On Ripple'
DRAGGED UP - HIGH ON RIPPLE
Release Date - 05/04/24
Labels - DU Recs (LP), Cruel Nature Records (MC) and Rare Vitamin Records (CD)
Hot on the heels of the 2023 Hex Domestic EP and the single Missing Person, Dragged Up are set to release their second album, High On Ripple.
Previous releases received print and online reviews from the likes of The Wire, SNACK mag and Record Collector and airplay including Stuart Maconie’s Freak Zone (BBC 6Music), WFMU, Radio Free Brooklyn and Louder Than War Radio. They have gained a cult following throughout the UK, US and Europe, and now the band are ready to unleash High On Ripple on April 5th.
Drawing its title from the teenage trash-talk of Martin Scorsese’s 1974 movie Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, High On Ripple sees Dragged Up expanding on the lo-fi garage scuzz of their debut with Sabbath-esque doom (Professor Boo Boo), ethereal spoken word (Die Tryin’) and deconstructed glam-punk (Young Person’s Guide). The album’s cover is inspired by Japanese woodcut art and works in tandem with the album’s post-prog rock closer Third Level, using mythological imagery to depict Western culture’s disharmony with nature.
High On Ripple was recorded by Robbie Wilson (The Kundalini Genie) and Chris Geddes (Belle and Sebastian), mixed by Tommy Duffin (The Cosmic Dead) and mastered by Sam Smith (Mother and The Addicts) at Glasgow's legendary Green Door Studio.
‘High on Ripple connects the lofi garage sound that can also be heard on previous releases, which is reminiscent of the flair of sleazy low budget films of the early 60s, with rich, against-the-grain punk, classic doom metal influences and recited poetry to a dense brew’ - African Paper, March 2024
Album links
Digital and Vinyl: https://draggedup.bandcamp.com/album/high-on-ripple
Cassette: https://cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/high-on-ripple
CD: https://rarevitaminrecords.bandcamp.com
Stream album: https://on.soundcloud.com/oucX4
Download: https://cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/yum?code=eqhr-gapr
Watch: 'Missing Person' video: https://youtu.be/w0x8Sxzb5zw?si=1mI9aVU2xsfxFNS_
