All rock ‘n’ roll ruffians Chain and the Gang are shedding everything from sentiments to irrelevant sounds on their upcoming full length, Minimum Rock ‘n’ Roll, says their new psychotropic video teaser, released yesterday. “Why pay more for unneeded rhymes?” challenges the reverberating voice of frontman Ian Svenonius in the video. “With Chain and the Gang, there are no excursions. No diversions. No trip to the moon.” Next-to-nothing-ness is the premise of the record, explained Svenonius in a fists-up statement: “MINIMUM ROCK N ROLL is a challenge to all the tiresome groups with no content, no heart, no soul, no direction, who parade around like mediocres onstage with an inherited diagram of acceptable behavior. What are they striving towards? A slot at a festival? Chain & the Gang want it all. They want justice in this universe and the other ones in the other dimensions. And that starts with aesthetic justice. MINIMUM ROCK N ROLL is naked, raw, catalyst, creepy, crazy, cretinous…”crime rock”. Minimum Rock n Roll uses fewer beats, fewer words, fewer ideas … “why pay more for unneeded words rhymes and riffs?” is the philosophy behind the album. It’s a purely distilled rejection of the indie rock prescription for enforced brain dead, artless mediocrity.” Not convinced of this prowess of Minimum‘s restraint? Let lady in blonde Fancy Graham reveal to you the things that won’t be on this LP: Out on Fortuna POP! April 15, this will be record four for the crime rockers, comprised of aforementioned D.C.-band veteran Svenonious, best known for doing time in rag tag collectives The Nation of Ulysses, Make Up, Cupid Car Club and Weird War, and fellow Metropolitan scenester Katie Alice Greer. Get ahead of yourself about it with all twelve of the sassy track names listed below. 1. Devitalize 2. Never Been Properly Loved 3. I’m a Choice (Not a Child) 4. Stuck in a Box 5. Got to Have it Every Day 6. Fairy Dust 7. Mums the Word 8. Crime Don’t Pay 9. What R U In Here For 10. Minimum Rock N Roll 11. Curtain Pull 12. Everything Worth Getting is Gone And if you’re hanging out in Europe this summer hit up one of their tour dates. TOUR DATES: 21.05 Prague, Pilot Klub 22.05 Trier, Exhaus 23.05 Metz, Trinitaires 24.05 Tours, Temps Machine 27.05 Liverpool, The Kazimier 28.05 Glagow, Broadcast 29.05 Leeds, Brudenell Social Club 30.05 London, Tufnell Park Dome 31.05 Antwerpen, New Scheld’apen 03.06 Bordeaux, Festival Relâche w/ Kid Congo + Dum Dum Girls 10.06 Ravenna, Hana Bi 13.06 Brescia, Lio Bar 15.06 Munich, Kafe Kult 18.06 Berlin, Privatclub 19.06 Hambourg, Uebel & Gefährlich 20.06 Aalborg,1000fryd 25.06 Helsinki, Kuudes Linja Article by Audrey Gertz Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Currently you have JavaScript disabled. In order to post comments, please make sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled, and reload the page. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. Δ