Dream Nails Detail Second Album 'Doom Loop', Announce UK And European Tour
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
Written by Laura Johnson
Photo: Holly Whittaker
Dream Nails have announced their second album.
'Doom Loop', the follow-up to their 2020 self-titled debut, will be released on October 13 through Marshall Records, with whom they've recently signed. The record boasts production by Ross Orton, who has previously collaborated with Arctic Monkeys, Amyl and The Sniffers, and The Fall. Vocalist Ishmael Kirby said:
“Doom Loop is an exploration of the repeated cycles we find ourselves in, from political injustice and patriarchal systems to the negative spirals of our minds. A doom loop is a crisis that starts to feed on itself. It feels like there is no escape. But there is. This album is a reflection of ourselves, the world we live in, and the one we want to create.”
“Specifically, Doom Loop delves into masculinity in its many forms,” added drummer Lucy Katz. “The good guy, the lads at school, the narcissistic politician, the incel, the sexual predator, the police officer. It looks into gender-based oppression from childhood; how isolation can breed violence against women and the rhetoric that spawns incels.”
Guitarist Anya Pearson also commented: “On the album we also celebrate masculinity by telling stories about butch and trans masculine identities. We show the shared responsibility we have in fighting misogyny. Empathy is hard to find in a divided world, but we seek it out, advocate for it, and ask how far it goes.”
Alongside news of the record, the queer punk collective have shared a video for its opening track, Good Guy, a playful punk-rock stomper that acts as a trojan horse for vital social commentary.
“It’s as if we couldn’t possibly believe there could be danger if someone describes themselves as the good guy,” explained Kirby “It reinforces that gender-based violence and attacks are one-off occurrences, denying our lived experiences as women and non-binary people.”
Bassist Mimi Jasson said: “Incel terrorist Elliot Rodger killed six people in a stabbing and shooting spree in California in 2014. The final section of his manifesto, where the 22-year-old complained about not being able to get a girlfriend, Rodger declared ‘I am the true victim in all of this. I am the good guy’”
Dream Nails will support their new record with a European tour, which includes UK stops in Cambridge, Glasgow, Manchester, Nottingham, Bristol and London between October 15 and November 4. Prior to that, they'll play Luna Riot Ball in Copenhagen and a headline Birmingham show in September. Tickets for all dates are on sale now.
'Doom Loop' tracklist:
Good Guy
Case Dismissed
Geraniums
Prevenge
Monster
Sometimes I do Get Lonely, Yeah
She’s Cutting My Hair
Femme Boi
Ballpit
Time Ain’t No Healer
Dream Nails Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Fri September 08 2023 - BIRMINGHAM Rainbow
Sun October 15 2023 - CAMBRIDGE Junction
Thu October 26 2023 - GLASGOW McChuills
Fri October 27 2023 - MANCHESTER Canvas
Thu November 02 2023 - NOTTINGHAM Bodega Social Club
Fri November 03 2023 - BRISTOL Rough Trade Records
Sat November 04 2023 - LONDON Omeara
Fri November 24 2023 - PARIS International (France)
Sat November 25 2023 - BADEN Werkk Kulturlokal (Switzerland)
Sun November 26 2023 - BERN Rossli Bar (Switzerland)
Tue November 28 2023 - COLOGNE Blue Shell (Germany)
Wed November 29 2023 - HAMBURG Hafenklang (Germany)
Thu November 30 2023 - BERLIN Schokoladen (Germany)
Fri December 01 2023 - LANGENBERG KGB (Germany)
Sun December 03 2023 - MUNSTER LWL Museum (Germany)
Wed December 06 2023 - ROTTERDAM V11 (Netherlands)
Thu December 07 2023 - ANTWERP Trix (Belgium)
Fri December 08 2023 - AMSTERDAM Cinetol (Netherlands)
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