The bulging mash-up of grindcore fury, digital frippery and airy melodrama on Genghis Tron's first full-length Dead Mountain Mouth (2006) pointed in so many different directions that the band could have gone anywhere with the follow-up. Thank whatever deity you believe in that GT's new album Board Up the House sacrifices nothing of the zaniness of the debut, instead funneling it into bigger, tighter songs. Care to proffer a dissenting opinion? You'll have to listen to the album first. Don't quit yer thankful prayers to aforementioned deity just yet -- Board Up the House is available for free streaming at Genghis Tron's MySpace page, a full week before its February 19th release on Relapse Records.
Listen to Board Up the House now!
Also catch Genghis Tron on tour over the next couple months with some pretty amazing bands:
***All dates from Feb. 21 thru Feb. 24 w/ Austerity Program, Steve Moore***
February 21 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
February 22 New York, NY Knitting Factory
February 23 Red Hook, NY MPR - Bard University
February 24 Boston, MA Great Scott (w/ Disappearer)
February 29 Baltimore, MD Talking Head (w/ Ponytail Vincent Black Shadow)
March 1 Brooklyn, NY Market Hotel (w/ Ponytail, AA)
March 7 Oberlin, OH Oberlin College Dionysus (w/ Clouds)
March 8 Bowling Green, OH Howard’s Club H (w/ Clouds)
March 9 DeKalb, IL House Café (w/ Clouds)
March 10 Iowa City, IA The Picador (w/ Clouds)
March 11 Kansas City, MO Record Bar (w/ Monotonix, Clouds)
March 16 Austin, TX Red 7 (w/ Russian Circles, Coliseum, Tera Melos)
March 17 Tulsa, OK Monolith (w/ Coliseum)
March 18 St. Louis, MO 2 Cents Plain (w/ An Albatross, Apes, Coliseum)
March 19 Gambier, OH Kenyon College (w/ Coliseum)
March 20 Butler, PA Meridian Vets Club (w/ Coliseum)
March 21 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s (w/ Oneida, Coliseum, Pony Pants)
***All dates from March 30 thru May 3 w/ Converge, The Red Chord***
March 30 Worcester, MA Palladium (w/ Baroness)
April 1 New York, NY Blender Theatre @ Gramercy w/ Baroness)
April 2 Buffalo, NY Showplace Theatre (w/ Baroness)
April 3 Cleveland, OH Peabody’s (w/ Baroness)
April 4 Detroit, MI Magic Stick (w/ Baroness)
April 5 Chicago, IL Reggies (w/ Baroness)
April 6 Chicago, IL Reggies (w/ Baroness)
April 7 Huburtus, WI Richfield Chalet (w/ Baroness)
April 8 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock (w/ Baroness)
April 9 Sioux Falls, SD Nutty North (w/ Baroness)
April 10 Iowa City, IA The Picador (w/ Baroness)
April 11 Omaha, NE Sokol Underground (w/ Baroness)
April 12 Lawrence, KS Bottleneck (w/ Baroness)
April 13 Denver, CO Marquis Theater (w/ Baroness)
April 15 Boise, ID The Venue (w/ Baroness)
April 16 Portland, OR Satyricon (w/ Baroness)
April 17 Oakland, CA The Metro (w/ Baroness)
April 18 Los Angeles, CA The Knitting Factory (w/ Baroness)
April 19 Pomona, CA The Glass House (w/ Baroness)
April 20 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse (w/ Baroness)
April 22 Austin, TX Red 7 (w/ Coliseum)
April 23 Dallas, TX The Door (w/ Coliseum)
April 24 Houston, TX The Red Room (w/ Coliseum)
April 25 New Orleans, LA High Ground (w/ Coliseum)
April 26 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre (w/ Coliseum)
April 27 Orlando, FL The Social (w/ Coliseum)
April 28 Gainesville, FL Common Grounds (w/ Coliseum)
April 29 Atlanta, GA Masquerade (w/ Coliseum)
April 30 Virginia Beach, VA Steppin’ Out (w/ Coliseum)
May 1 Baltimore, MD Otto Bar (w/ Coliseum)
May 2 Pittsburgh, PA The School (w/ Coliseum)
May 3 Philadelphia, PA Starlight Ballroom (w/ Coliseum)
