BODEGA announce new album ‘Our Model May Be Yr Life’ and share lead single ‘Tarkovski’
BODEGA have introduced their new LP ‘Our Model May Be Yr Life’ and have shared its lead single ‘Tarkovski’.
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Together with the discharge of ‘Tarkovski’ the New York band – comprised of Ben Hozie, Nikki Belfiglio, Dan Ryan, Adam See and Adam Shumski – additionally made the B-side to the only, ‘Adaptation of the Reality About Marie’, accessible solely from Bodega’s Bandcamp.
Talking about ‘Tarkovski’ in a press launch, Hozie stated: “‘Tarkovski’ is a pun on the well-known Russian director and snowboarding; I used to be enamoured by his e-book “Sculpting in Time” however discovered that a lot of his professed guidelines and pointers for filmmaking have been damaged by his personal filmmaking practices.”
He continued: “Concept by no means actually will get at what you need and making use of idea to the chaotic apply of artwork making (whereas nonetheless helpful and important) is like snowboarding down a wild slope.”
Directed by Luca Balser, the observe’s accompanying video stars Belfiglio’s mom and quotes the climactic candle-carrying sequence in Tarkovsky’s 1983 feature-length ‘Nostalghia’ however rapidly veers from studied lengthy takes into punchy pop vogueing.
BODEGA’s third LP ‘Our Model May Be Yr Life’ is an entire remake of Hozie and Belfiglio’s outdated band, BODEGA BAY’s sole album which was a 33 observe self-released LP from 2015.
A press launch describes the album as a “idea album concerning the present company mentality of underground/indie rock, the place the band concurrently desecrate and
rejoice a sure indie rock cannon, hoping to redeem its’ ‘fall from grace’ like
silly missionaries who inherited a stained formal custom that should change as a way to grow to be significant once more.”
‘Our Model May Be Yr Life’ is about for launch on April 12 through their new label dwelling underneath Chrysalis Data.
‘Our Model May Be Yr Life’ observe record is:
1. ‘Devoted To The Devoted’
2. ‘G.N.D. Deity’
3. ‘Bodega Bait’
4. ‘Tarkovski’
5. ‘Main Amberson’
6. ‘Stain Gaze’
7. ‘Webster Corridor’
8. ‘ATM’
9. ‘Set The Controls For The Coronary heart Of The Drum’
10. ‘Protean’
11. ‘Born Into By What Consumes’
12. ‘Cultural Client I’
13. ‘Cultural Client II’
14. ‘Cultural Client III’
15. ‘Metropolis Is Taken’
It will likely be accessible on digital, CD and a silver colored vinyl paired with a 20 web page lyric booklet. Tough Commerce may also have an unique run of 100 lino prints, handmade, numbered and signed by Belfiglio. You’ll be able to pre-order it here.
The band have additionally introduced numerous dwell dates throughout the Spring in assist of the file within the US. Take a look at the record of full tour dates beneath and visit here for tickets.
BODEGA 2024 US dwell dates are:
JANUARY
10 – Brooklyn, NY, US – TV Eye
MARCH
12 – 16 – SXSW, US – Austin
APRIL
19 – Boston, MA, US – Rockwell
20 – Montreal, QC, CA – Bar le Ritz
21 – Toronto, ON, CA – Garrison
22 – Cleveland, OH, US – Beachland Tavern
23 – Chicago, IL, US – Schubas
25 – Pittsburgh, PA, US – Membership Café
27 – Washington, DC, US – Comet Ping Pong
29 – Atlanta, GA, US – The Earl
30 – Savannah, GA, US – El Rocko
MAY
1 – Tampa, FL, US – Hooch and Hive
2 – Miami, FL, US – Gramps
3 – Jacksonville, FL, US – The Walrus
4 – Charlotte, NC, US – Comfortable Harbor
24 – Madrid, ES – Tomavistas Competition
25 – London, UK – Huge Awake Competition
BODEGA’s final launch was 2022’s ‘Damaged Tools’. In a four-star assessment of the LP, NME stated: “It’s a placing and welcome approach to finish the album, and for a band with complicated philosophies and significant theories to burn, BODEGA’s most significant moments come once they decrease their guard down and simply let all of it out.”