Death Lens Announce Fall North American Headline Tour Starting August 25 in San Francisco
Artist Pre-Sale Starts Today At 10:00 am ET
Bandsintown Pre-Sale Starts April 29
General On-Sale Friday, May 1
New Album 'What’s Left Now?' Out Now
“Blistering opener Monolith with its Latino-tinged, surfy intro, is a powerful statement of riotous intent, while the electronic-tinged bitterness of Saints In The Panic Room is a compelling exploration of identity. Elsewhere, penultimate track Pulling Teeth and snarling finale Debt Collector bristle with admirable and tangible frustration.” - Kerrang!
“The band’s most fully realized record yet, it is crunchy, urgent, melancholy, raging and so goddamn easy to headbang along to. It simultaneously serves up fist-pumping punk-rock escapism and a hard dose of reality — because for Death Lens, one doesn’t exist without the other.” - Tinnitist
(Los Angeles, CA) Fresh off the release of What’s Left Now?, Death Lens are wasting no time to melt faces this Fall with a North American headline tour. Kicking off August 25 in San Francisco at Brick & Mortar, the tour will see the band hit everywhere from Seattle’s Barboza to Brooklyn’s TV Eye. Death Lens will wrap up with a hometown show on October 3 at LA’s infamous venue, The Roxy, with support from The High Curbs, Chico, and Dive Time. See below for a full list of dates and support acts.
Artist pre-sale starts today, April 28, at 10:00am ET using code MONOLITH. A Bandsintown pre-sale starts April 29 at 10:00am local time using code USELESS. General on sale will be available on Friday, May 1, at 10:00am local time. For more information on purchasing tickets, visit: https://www.deathlensband.com/tour
Released last Friday, April 24, What’s Left Now? is the product of two tumultuous years for Death Lens, both as people and as bandmates. The year Cold World dropped, the band toured for nine long months, honing their craft as live performers and increasing their fanbase tenfold. However, all of that time on the road stress-tested the band as an interpersonal unit, and Death Lens ended up shedding two members from the subsequent growing pains. Ultimately, they bounced back stronger than ever, gaining guitar virtuoso Ernie Gutierrez into the core lineup of frontman Bryan Torres, guitarist Jhon Reyes and drummer Tony Rangel. Now, Death Lens are closer as friends and more musically in sync than they’ve ever been, and What’s Left Now? is a testament to their glow-up.
“Every time we feel like we’re gonna implode, we end up expanding,” Torres exclaims. “We thrive on stress and the energy of anxiety.”
What’s Left Now? follows a string of several punchy and explosive singles: “Power,” “Monolith,” “Drown,” “Waiting to Know” featuring Militarie Gun, and the album closer, “Debt Collector.” The new record includes songs about first breakups (“Am I A Drug To You?”) and learning to be genuinely, uncomfortably true to yourself (“Out of My Skin”), but also tracks about trials that are far more challenging to conquer. “Saints in the Panic Room” speaks to a present-day nightmare that Death Lens’ own families and communities are facing on U.S. soil. “I’m talking about the ICE raids, things close to home,” Torres says. “Immigrant families who don’t have papers. These are the struggles that we talk about every day.”
What’s Left Now? is an honest record by a band who’ve always cut the bullshit. Growing up in lower-income homes 20 miles east of Los Angeles, Death Lens’ members weren’t afforded the privilege to effortlessly ascend in the music scene. They’ve had to grind for every opportunity they’ve gotten, and they continue to write music for people just like them. “Our messaging is towards those who always feel like they don’t have a voice,” Torres explains. Capturing that dichotomy with creativity and candor, a fist-pumping punk-rock escape, and a hard dose of reality. Because for Death Lens, one doesn’t exist without the other.
Fall Tour Dates
August 25 – San Francisco, CA – Brick & Mortar $ =
August 26 – Sacramento, CA – Café Colonial $ =
August 28 – Seattle, WA – Barboza $ =
August 29 – Portland, OR – Polaris Hall $ =
August 31 – Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club $ =
September 1 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court $ =
September 3 – Denver, CO – Hi-Dive $ =
September 4 – Omaha, NE – Reverb Lounge $
September 5 – Chicago, IL – Cobra Lounge +
September 6 – Clinton Twp, MI – Edgemen +
September 8 – Toronto, ON – The Garrison +
September 9 – Montreal, QC – La Sotterenea +
September 10 – Somerville, MA – The Rockwell +
September 11 – Brooklyn, NY – TV Eye +
September 12 – Philadelphia, PA – PhilaMOCA +
September 13 – Washington, DC – Songbyrd +
September 15 – Richmond, VA – The Camel +
September 16 – Charlotte, NC – The Pinhook +
September 17 – Asheville, NC – Static Age Records @ %
September 18 – Nashville, TN – The ’58 at Eastside Bowl %
September 19 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl %
September 20 – Orlando, FL – Will’s Pub %
September 22 – Miami, FL – Churchills %
September 23 – Tampa, FL – New World Brewery %
September 25 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall !
September 26 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger !
September 27 – Austin, TX – 13th Floor !
September 28 – Denton, TX – Rubber Gloves !
September 30 – Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge !
October 1 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues Voodoo Room !
October 2 – Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room ! ^ #
October 3 – Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy ! ^ *
$ w/ Heart to Gold
+ w/ Destiny Bond
% w/ Pat and the Pissers
* w/ The High Curbs
# w/ Sad Park
= w/ Grave Secrets
+ TBA
% Skinman
! Chico
^ Dive Time
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