You can hold An Object in you’re hand, you can listen to An Object, and you can even contemplate An Object, and No Age hopes you’ll do all that and more with their most recent LP release, out now on Sub Pop. Dean Spunt and Randy Randall have immersed themselves in every level of creation for their new record, even working with the artist Brian Roettinger to design the packaging, as well as participating in it’s construction and final assembly. This desire to have their hands on all portions of the production seems to be hard wired into the DNA of the work, producing tracks with physical and gritty sonic structures, while evidence of their joyful deconstruction lies about everywhere…some still in pieces and others reassembled into odd new forms. In addition, the album’s title, and some of the lyrical content point towards the band’s philosophical preoccupation with form and order, and the ways in which these break down, mutate and reform. With that, social structures are implicated, and the process by which individuals and societies enact change becomes necessarily part of the band’s inquiry. Because of that “political” concern, for me, the most powerful tracks on An Object seem to be the ones rooted in the dynamics of hardcore, like the protest track “No Ground“, the chest pumping “C’mon, Stimmung“, the more experimental monochromatic’s of “Defector/ed“, or the misanthropic anthem “Circling With Dizzy“. You can stream An Object in it’s entirety, below. In addition, we’ve included the track listing for the record, as well as No Age’s upcoming live dates in Europe.
No Age An Object LP (Sub Pop):
1. No Ground 2:31
2. I Won’t Be Your Generator 3:18
3. C’mon, Stimmung 3:14
4. Defector/ed 3:05
5. An Impression 2:30
6. Lock Box 2:05
7. Running From A-Go-Go 3:04
8. My Hands, Birch and Steel 0:56
9. Circling With Dizzy 2:20
10. A Ceiling Dreams of A Floor 2:36
11. Commerce, Comment, Commence 4:03
No Age Live 2013:
Friday, October 11, 2013 Jericho Tavern, Oxford United Kingdom
Saturday, October 12, 2013 Simple Things Festival, Bristol United Kingdom
Monday, October 14, 2013 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar , Brighton United Kingdom
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 Doka, Amsterdam Netherlands
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 Beursschouwburg, Brussels Belgium
Thursday, October 17, 2013 Theater Palace, St. Gallen Switzerland
Friday, October 18, 2013 Salzhaus, Winterthur Switzerland
Saturday, October 19, 2013 Covo Club, Bologna Italy
Sunday, October 20, 2013 Movement Padova, Padova Italy
Monday, October 21, 2013 Circolo Degli Artisti, Rome Italy
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 Astoria Club, Turin Italy
Thursday, October 24, 2013 Flex, Vienna Austria
Friday, October 25, 2013 Musicbox Club, Lisbon Portugal Jameson Urban Routes festival
Saturday, October 26, 2013 UT Connewitz, Leipzig Germany
Sunday, October 27, 2013 Klub Pilot, Prague Czech Republic
Monday, October 28, 2013 Privatclub, Berlin Germany
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 Kuudes Linja, Helsinki Finland
Thursday, October 31, 2013 Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris France Pitchfork Paris!!!
Friday, November 1, 2013 Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris France
Saturday, November 2, 2013 Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris France
