Boris share “My name is blank,” US Tour starts Aug 19th
The legendary Boris celebrate a 30 year career as one of experimental music’s most forward-thinking, heavy, and innovative bands with the new album Heavy Rocks (2022). Today, Boris share the third single and video, “My name is blank.”
Watch + share “My name is blank” (directed by Yutaro [Art Love Music]) on YouTube.
Additionally, Boris begin their Summer US tour dates with Philadelphia’s Nothing later this month. The tour kicks off after Boris and Nothing’s performances at Psycho Las Vegas, and runs through late August and September. Includes a festival performance at Post Festival in Indianapolis. A full tour schedule is available below and tickets are on sale now at their website..
Heavy Rocks (2022) released August 12 on LP/CD/CS/Digital on Relapse Records. Physical orders and Digital Downloads/Streaming here.
Revisit the music video for Heavy Rocks (2022) first single, “She is Burning.”
Heavy Rocks (2022), 10 pulse-pounding tracks, highlight the very trajectory of Boris and their storied career – from the driving, fuzzed out Rock N’ Roll opener “She is burning,” to the punk, raucous “My Name is blank,” Boris are heavier than ever before. “Question 1” is just kickass – D-beats give way to a doomed, spaced out and heavier-than-anything guitar wailing and feedback, before diving back into their Metal, sending the listener into a complete frenzy. This is unmistakably Boris, and this is the band at the height of their powers.
Elsewhere on the record, a more daring, “out there” side of the band begins to shine on tracks such as the aptly titled “Blah Blah Blah,” the industrial “Ghostly imagination,” and the truly wild “Nosferatou.” Noisy passages (not unlike prior collaborations with legendary artists like Merzbow) collide with visceral vocal howls, while a relentless, almost Zornian-saxophone shreds harder than any guitar solo ever could.
In 2022, Boris cement what Heavy Rocks (2022) means to them, and release one of their most captivating records to date.
Boris Tour Dates (w/ Nothing):
Aug 19: Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom (w/ The Body) *
Aug 19-21: Las Vegas, NV Psycho Las Vegas @ Resort World Las Vegas
Aug 22: Albuquerque, NM Sister
Aug 24: Dallas, TX Studio at the Factory
Aug 25: Austin, TX Empire Garage
Aug 26: Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall
Aug 27: Baton Rouge, LA Chelsea’s Live *
Aug 29: Atlanta, GA Terminal West
Aug 30: Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
Aug 31: Washington DC 9:30 Club
Sep 1: Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
Sep 2: New York, NY Webster Hall
Sep 3: Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
Sep 6: Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small’s Theatre
Sep 7: Detroit, MI Magic Stick
Sep 8: Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
Sep 9: Indianapolis, IN Post. Festival @ The Vogue
Sep 10: St. Louis, MI Delmar Hall
Sep 11: Chicago, IL Metro
Sep 12: Minneapolis, MN Fine Line
Sep 14: Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
Sep 15: Salt Lake City, UT Metro Music Hall
Sep 17: Portland, OR Revolution Hall
Sep 18: Seattle, WA The Crocodile
Sep 20: Sacramento, CA Harlow’s
Sep 21: San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
Sep 22: Los Angeles, CA The Regent Theater *
Sep 24: Mexico City, MX House of Vans
* No Nothing
Heavy Rocks track listing:
- She is Burning
- Cramper
- My name is blank
- Blah Blah Blah
- Question 1
- Nosferatu
- Ruins
- Ghostly imagination
- Chained
- (not) Last song
Boris Line-up:
Takeshi – Guitar/Bass/Vocals
Wata – Guitar/Vocals
Atsuo – Vocals/Drums
