Author & Punisher Sound Like a Sexy, Pissed-Off ’90s Modem on “Blacksmith”
Back in December, industrial noise act Author & Punisher announced their new album Krüller, which will greatly disappoint this writer if it isn’t about eggy braided donuts. The band also released the first track from the record, “Drone Carrying Dread,” and followed it up last month with another single, “Maiden Star.” Now, Author & Punisher have dropped a new single, “Blacksmith,” that features producer and performer Vytear, and if you ever picked up the phone while your sister was on AOL in 1996, you have an idea of what you’re in for.
Here’s what Author & Punisher’s Travis Shone says of the track:
“’Blacksmith’ is a track that I co-wrote with the Krüller producer Jason Begin (Vytear). This one is a bit of an adventure where we go from my slow bending drones and morph into Jason’s jungle and breaks with the same halftime bassline and vocals tying it together. Lyrically, this is an ode to Black women-led movements who have been fearlessly leading the way against oppression in this country for a long time.”
Watch a really hardcore fetish pin-up load pixel by pixel to “Blacksmith” below:
Krüller will be released February 11 via Relapse, and is available for pre-order. Check out the full tracklisting and cover art below:
- Drone Carrying Dread
- Incinerator
- Centurion
- Maiden Star
- Misery
- Glorybox (Portishead cover)
- Blacksmith
- Krüller
And make sure to catch all the hostile throbbing of Author & Punisher live at one of the following dates:
March 6 Los Angeles, CA Resident
March 8 Seattle, WA Clock Out Lounge
March 9 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater( Lounge)
March 10 Oakland, CA Elbo Room Jack London
Mvtant opens March 28 to April 11
March 28 Warsaw, Poland Hydrozagadka
March 29 Wroclaw, Poland Akademia
March 30 Prague, Czech Republic Modra Vopice
March 31 Bratislava, Slovakia Randal Club
April 1 Zagreb, Croatia Mocvara
April 2 Linz, Austria Kapu
April 3 Luzern, Switzerland Sedel
April 4 Milan, Italy Legend Club
April 5 Montpellier, France The Black Sheep
April 6 Barcelona, Spain Bóveda
April 7 Toulouse, France L’Ecluse Saint Pieere
April 9 Poitiers, France Le Confront Moderne
April 11 Antwerp, Belgium Kavka
April 13 Vilnius, Lithuania Gallery 1986
April 14 Riga, Latvia Melna Piektdiena
April 15 Tallin, Estonia Sveeta Bar
April 16 St. Petersburg, Russia Latochka
April 17 Moscow, Russie Bumazhnaya Fabrika
May 13 Austin, TX TBA
May 18 Denver, CO Hi-Dive
May 19 Salt Lake City, UT Metro Music Hall
May 22 San Diego, CA Casbah
w/Perturbator & Health:
October 6 Lille, France Aeronef
October 7 Paris, France L’Olympia
October 12 Bordeaux, France Krakatoa
October 13 Toulouse, France Bikini
October 14 Madrid, Spain La Riviera
October 15 Barcelona, Spain Razzmatazz 2
October 16 Nantes, France Stereolux
October 18 Lyon, France Le Transbordeur
October 19 Strasbourg, France La Laiterie
October 20 Lausanne, Switzerland Les Docks
October 21 Munich, Germany Freiheiz
October 22 Vienna, Austria, Arena
October 23 Budapest, Hungary Akvarium
Nagyhall
October 25 Prague, Czech Republic Lucerna Music
October 26 Wroclaw, Poland Zaklete Rewiry
October 27 Warsaw, Poland Progresja
October 28 Berlin, Germany Heimathafen
October 29 Göthenburg, Sweden Trädgår’n
October 30 Stockholm, Sweden Berns
November 1 Helsinki, Finland Tavastia
November 3 Oslo, Norway Vulkan Arena
November 4 Copenhagen, Denmark Pumpehuset
November 5 Hamburg, Germany Uebel & Gefährlich
November 6 Utrecht, Netherlands Tivoli
November 8 Cologne, Germany Kantine
November 9 Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg Rockhal
