Godcaster announce LP release of self-titled album (Sept 29) & U.K. Autumn Tour
Godcaster have evolved to craft inventive art-rock on a monumental scale" - Pitchfork
"At their explosive live shows...Godcaster...seem ready to spontaneously combust at any moment." - The FADER
New York's Godcaster will embark on a two-month long tour this autumn including dates supporting Model/Actriz. Earlier this year the sextet, known for their unique brand of maximalist and "explosive live shows" (The FADER), reinvented their sound into a harder, more devastating form with the release of their self-titled magnum opus. Pitchfork compared the album to "the heartbeat of English art-punk band Cardiacs, combined with a mania like what would happen if Deerhoof started a cult" and NPR Music called them "one of the most promising rising groups in the booming East Coast avant-rock underground." Alongside news of the tour, Godcaster will be releasing the new record on vinyl via Ramp Local on Sept 29, 2023.
Godcaster is a lambent pumping heart. Hysterically keen like birds. The sextet of Judson Kolk (vox, guitar), Bruce Ebersole (guitar, bass, vox, keys), David McFaul (vox, organ, guitar), Von Kolk (vox, guitar, keys), Jan Fontana (bass) and Ryan West (drums, percussion) explode in song with emotional heights and devastating passions, as if the most melancholic Beach Boys ballad was played at immeasurable volume. Founded by childhood friends [Judson] Kolk and Ebersole, the band traversed a variety of monikers, sounds and members over the years until 2018 when the band re-founded with the arrival of Mcfaul, [Von] Kolk and Pickard. Fontana, who had worked closely with the band in the past, joined a couple years later, thus solidifying the band's most refined and hard-hitting lineup to date. Godcaster has released one full length record and an EP, toured extensively, and is known for their epiphanous maximalist live shows. They will release their sophomore self-titled album in March of 2023.
U.K/EU TOUR DATES
Oct 26 - Antwerpen, BE @ Trix
Oct 27 - Brussels, BE @ Botanique
Oct 28 - Amsterdam, NL @ London Calling
Oct 30 - Southampton, UK @ Heartbreakers
Oct 31 - Oxford, UK @ The Jericho Tavern
Nov 1 - Guildford, UK @ The Boileroom
Nov 2 - Portsmouth, UK @ The Loft
Nov 3 - Brighton, UK @ Mutations Brighton
Nov 4 - Manchester, UK @ YES ^
Nov 6 - Birmingham, UK @ Hare & Hounds ^
Nov 7 - Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast
Nov 8 - Leeds, UK @ Headrow House
Nov 9 - Bristol, UK @ Thekla %
Nov 10 - Margate, UK @ Elsewhere Record Store
Nov 11 - London, UK @ Pitchfork London
Nov 11 - Margate, UK @ Elsewhere Record Store
Nov 13 - Cologne, DE @ Helios37 ^
Nov 14 - Barcelona, ES @ Sidecar
Nov 15 - Madrid, ES @ Wurlitzer Ballroom
Nov 16 - Dublin, IE @ Workman's Cellar
^ with Model/Actriz
