Stephen Malkmus’ The Arduous Quartet announce debut album with jangly single ‘Rio’s Tune’
The Arduous Quartet have introduced their self-titled debut with the jangly new single, ‘Rio’s Tune’.
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Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus first shared particulars of the undertaking in June, after a sequence of synchronised posts had been shared on social media.
The road-up contains Malkmus, Matt Sweeney, Jim White and Emmett Kelly. At present (August 21), they shared their first single, and mentioned in an announcement it was their homage to “road rock within the scorching afternoon and clowning round with lifer buddies in downtown New York Metropolis”.
The accompanying music video was shot “guerrilla model” by director Jared Sherbert, and revisits The Rolling Stones‘ 1981 video for ‘Ready on a Buddy’, recreating it shot-for-shot.
“Each Matt and Stephen individually write music that has soundtracked pivotal durations in my life,” the director informed Pitchfork. “So working with them on this video for his or her new band was a dream.”
Filmed in St Mark’s Place and The Worldwide Bar, it options artists, musicians, activists, skaters and “icons” from New York “who’re pricey to the band”.
Their debut is out October 4 by way of Matador Data. You may pre-order and pre-save here.
The Arduous Quartet tracklist:
1 – ‘Chrome Mess’
2 – ‘Earth Hater’
3 – ‘Rio’s Tune’
4 – ‘Our Hometown Boy’
5 – ‘Renegade’
6 – ‘Heel Freeway’
7 – ‘Killed By Loss of life’
8 – ‘Hey’
9 – ‘It Fits You’
10 – ‘Six Deaf Rats’
11 – ‘Motion for Navy Boys’
12 – ‘Jacked Existence’
13 – ‘North of the Border’
14 – ‘Thug Dynasty’
15 – ‘Gripping the Riptide’
The band are additionally set to play dates in New York, Los Angeles and London this October, and will probably be touring “extensively” in 2025. You could find tickets here.
The Arduous Quartet Tour Dates:
October:
10 – The Belasco, Los Angeles
17 – Webster Corridor, New York
22 – Electrical Ballroom, London
Malkmus has mentioned the band are “all jazzed” concerning the upcoming album, whereas Sweeney praised White’s drumming on the brand new materials.
“The way in which Jim performs actually affected the best way I hear issues,” he mentioned in a press launch. “He has this manner of creating the whole lot sound good. Unexpectedly, you actually take note of the whole lot else that’s happening due to what Jim is doing.”
The brand new band comes 4 years after Malkmus shared his final solo album ‘Conventional Strategies’, which additionally starred now-bandmate Sweeney. Within the time since, his focus has been on numerous actions with Pavement.