FRANK CARTER AND THE RATTLESNAKES
On Tour with
BRING ME THE HORIZON
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FRANK CARTER AND THE RATTLESNAKES
TOURING AUSTRALIA
W/ BRING ME THE HORIZON
NEW LP “END OF SUFFERING” RELEASED MAY 3 ON INTERNATIONAL DEATH CULT
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Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes are today thrilled to announce they will be joining fellow UK rockers Bring Me The Horizon on their upcoming Australian tour in April. The tour will see Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes play their biggest Australian venues yet, with shows in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne.
Last month saw the release of Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes’ new single ‘Crowbar’ – a punchy, high-octane punk track serving as the first taste of their forthcoming third record ‘End Of Suffering’, out May 3rd on International Death Cult.
Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes and Bring Me The Horizon will also be joined by You Me At Six and Trophy Eyes on all dates – rounding out the lineup to be one of the most exhilarating tours to hit Australian shores this year.
Recorded in just six months over the heatwave that engulfed London last year, ‘End Of Suffering’ – named after the Buddhist term for enlightenment- is the sound of a band entering an entirely new realm of the senses, a forty minute rock’n’rollercoaster of molten-hot bangers, scorched-soul ballads and grunge lullabies laced through with a lacerating lyrical honesty.
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Watch CROWBAR here
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With Cam Blackwood (George Ezra / Jack Savoretti) at the helm and legendary mixer Alan Moulder (Nine Inch Nails / Queens Of The Stone Age) sprinkling sonic stardust, the resultant album sees Carter, co-songwriter Dean Richardson and co not so much spreading their wings as running and leaping headfirst into heretofore uncharted waters. Opener ‘Why A Butterfly Can’t Love A Spider’ finds Frank at full stretch, singing: “When I’m high I’m in heaven/When I’m low I’m in hell”, while first single “Crowbar” is tauter than a highwire and relentlessly sharpened to a razor’s edge, a sonic Molotov cocktail of a track delivered with the anarchic zeal of the gilets-jaunes rioters. “I saw an amazing bit of graffitti during the Paris riots which said: ‘We’ve cut off heads for less than this’” enthuses Frank. “I loved that attitude. People are sick of being force fed doom and gloom.” It also comes complete with a video directed by long-time collaborator Ross Cairns (who has also directed videos for Biffy Clyro and QOTSA) and acts as a blistering clarion call to arms.
When the fury is dialled down however, even more startling shades start to surface. ‘Anxiety’ is a paranoic festival anthem in waiting, while ‘Love Games’ is an absolute beauty; a distortion-heavy nod to Amy Winehouse’s finest moment destined to soundtrack the summer. ‘Angel Wings’, meanwhile, is as bleakly poetic as Charles Bukowski. A howl of existential despair involving vodka and viocodin induced visions of ‘feathers made of diamond rings/dragons made of oxygen’ it’s worthy of those other harrowingly honest third albums, The Manic Street Preachers’ Holy Bible & Nirvana’s In Utero (both band favourites).
The album also features Tom Morello as a guest guitarist on ‘Tyrant Lizard King’. The two re-connected after many years at Resurrection Festival in Spain last summer, where Frank infamously sung Rage classic ‘Killing In The Name’ to a 40,000 strong crowd, finishing the track with a stage dive worthy of the rock’n’roll hall of fame.
Indeed. In an age of say-nothing pop and codified corporate rock, End Of Suffering does what all great music should- lift the spirits and stir the soul.
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FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES
ON TOUR WITH
BRING ME THE HORIZON
Wednesday 10th April – Entertainment Centre, Brisbane
Friday 12th April – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
Saturday 13th April – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
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NEW LP “END OF SUFFERING” RELEASED MAY 3 ON INTERNATIONAL DEATH CULT
PRE-ORDER HERE
TRACKLISTING
Why a Butterfly Can’t Love a Spider
Tyrant Lizard King feat. Tom Morello
Heartbreaker
Crowbar
Love Games
Anxiety
Angel Wings
Supervillian
Latex Dreams
Kitty Sucker
Little Devil
End of Suffering
End Of Suffering will be released on several exclusive, limited edition formats, full info on the band’s website here.
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