POISON RUIN
Release New Single / Visual “Torture Chamber”
Watch / Listen Here
Forthcoming Album Harvest and Reissue of S/T Album
Out April 14 via Relapse Records - Pre-Order Here
NYC, PHL Release Shows + EU / UK Run + Roadburn
"Philadelphia’s Poison Ruin are poised to be the breakout punk band of 2023" CONSEQUENCE (Song of the Week)
"Poison Ruin are here to rescue post-punk from a fate of stodgy retromania."
REVOLVER (Artists To Know)
"Let the world domination begin. Heralded by many as our generations answer to the Wipers ... the band blend together riffs that are as crusty as they are catchy with frantic rhythms and raw recordings." POST TRASH
L-R: Nao Demand (guitar), Will McAndrew (bass), Mac Kennedy (vox, guitar), Allen Chapman (drums) Photo Kevin Gray
Poison Ruin’s highly anticipated album Harvest follows the release of their S/T debut which spread like wildfire throughout the punk and DIY community throughout the past two years. The Philadelphian band quickly amassed a following for their lo-fi, catchy metaphoric revolts that stab at the pulsing heart of what it means to live under the permanent midnight of contemporary life.
Harvest gazes at the world with a sense of grave seriousness, its stare softened only by the alluring seduction of a dream world’s open-ended possibility. Its songs move with a type of uncanny confidence, assembling an array of references to past styles and sensibilities that collapse in on one another, congealing into a truly unique sonic landscape.
Just ahead of its release, Poison Ruin share their melodic thrasher, “Torture Chamber” which questions the limits and conviction of one’s own beliefs: “What is a truth for which you’d die? And what are the words that could set you free?”
Watch “Torture Chamber” (Official Music Video) via YouTube
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With Harvest, Poison Ruin aligns their sonic palette to their godless, medieval-inflected aesthetic symbolism, creating a record which strikes with an assured sense of blackened harmony.
“I’ve always found fantasy tropes to be incredibly evocative,” vocalist/guitarist Mac Kennedy notes, “that said, even though they are a set of symbols that seem to speak to most people of our generation, they are often either apolitical or co-opted for incredibly backwards politics.”
Harvest’s lyrics and imagery, Kennedy reworks fantasy imagery as a series of totems for the downtrodden, stripping it of its escapist tendencies and retooling it as a rich metaphor for the collective struggle over our shared reality: “Instead of knights in shining armor and dragons, it’s a peasant revolt,” he explains, “I’m all for protest songs, but with this band I’ve found that sometimes your message can reach a greater audience if you imbue it with a certain interactive, almost magical realist element.”
These are not superficial or self-aggrandizing political statements. Rather, Poison Ruin stares into the abyss of present-day life with a sober and empathetic outlook, portraying our cracked reality as a complex and difficult to parse miasma of competing desires.
Poison Ruin’s Relapse debut, Harvest was mastered by Arthur Rizk. It sees its release on April 14 alongside the reissue of their eponymous 2021 LP which has established the band as one of punk and the underground’s newest beloved treasures. Poison Ruin will tour extensively this year. Next up are two record release shows in NYC and their hometown, Philadelphia just before heading overseas for a full EU / UK run including a performance at Roadburn. See below for a full list of dates.
Härvest Track Listing:
01 - Pinnacle of Ecstasy
02 - Tome of Illusion
03 - Torture Chamber
04 - Härvest (Official Music Video)
05 - Frozen Blood
06 - Resurrection I
07 - Resurrection II (Official Music Video)
08 - Augur Die
09 - Blighted Quarter
10 - Bastard’s Dance
11 - Slowly Through the Dark
S/T Reissue Artwork
S/T Track Listing:
1 - Carrion
2 - Crucifix
3 - Demon Wind
4 - Sacrosanct
5 - Fog of War
6 - Paladin’s Wrath
7 - Doppelgänger
8 - Morning Star
9 - Exiles
10 - Hellhounds
Poison Ruin Live Dates:
Apr 13: Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
Apr 15: Brooklyn, NY - Meadows
Apr 18: Antwerp, BE - Antwerp Music City
Apr 19: Tilburg, NL - Roadburn
Apr 20: Hamburg, DE - Komet
Apr 21: Leipzig, DE - ZxRx
Apr 22: Berlin, DE - Urban Spree
Apr 23: Prague, CZ - Underdogs Ballroom
Apr 25: Vienna, AT - Venster99
Apr 26: Linz, AT - Kapu
Apr 27: Zagreb, HR - Attack!
Apr 28: Bologna, IT - DEV
Apr 29: Parma, IT - Splinter Club
Apr 30: Innsbruk, AT - PMK
May 02: Geneve, CH - La Makhno
May 03: Marseille, FR - Molotov
May 04: Bilbao, ES - El Nido
May 05: Madrid, ES - Wurlitzer Ballroom
May 06: Barcelona, ES - Sala Vol
May 07: Toulouse, FR - Skatepark Le Petit
May 09: Bristol, UK - Crown
May 10: Manchester, UK - The Gulliver
May 11: Glasgow, UK - The Old Hairdressers
May 12: Newcastle, UK - The Lubber Fiend
May 13: London, UK - New River Studios
May 14: Portsmouth, UK - The Loft
May 16: Paris, FR - Glazart
May 17: Kortrijk, BE - The Pits
May 18: Nijmegen, NL - De Onderbroek
May 19: Nurnberg, DE - Projekt 31
May 20: Dresden, DE - Over The Edge
May 21: Weimar, DE - Gerber 3
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