Dropping Houses by Wussy

7" Vinyl/Digital single from Cincinnati's Wussy
Released on Shake It (US) / Damnably (UK) - January 29th 2016.

“America’s best songwriting band might now be among its
best soundscaping ones” – SPIN
“Maximum singability and staying power” – Pitchfork

Formed on a dare in 2001, Cincinnati’s Wussy is at the forefront of New Midwestern Psychedelia. Following the release of their cult classic debut in 2005, “to certain fans of Lucinda Williams, Crazy Horse, Mekons and R.E.M., Wussy became the best band in America almost instantaneously with...Funeral Dress” (SPIN). Heralded by critics for both their songwriting and varied sonic palette, the five-piece is pleased to announce their sixth full-length Forever Sounds, due out March 4 via Shake It Records & Damnably (UK/Europe). Dubbed by SPIN as “their most challenging and densely textured to date”, the new album finds Wussy crafting raw and melodic material, exploring such themes as hauntings, false prophets, aliens, and The Big Lebowski all blanketed inside layers of noise. In anticipation for the release, Wussy has revealed the first track “Dropping Houses” on SPIN. The single will be available for download via Bandcamp and in a limited run of 7” vinyl starting January 29.

Made up of Chuck Cleaver (Ass Ponys), Lisa Walker, Mark Messerly, Joe Klug, and John Erhardt, Wussy has truly come into their own on the new album. Following the band’s first US TV appearance on CBS in 2014 and increased critical acclaim from the likes of Pitchfork and SPIN, they headed to the studio to record Forever Sounds with renewed vigor. John Hoffman and Jerri Queen (both of Vacation), along with John Curley (Afghan Whigs) at Curley’s Ultrasuede Studios, the new team and location enabled the band to take more chances and create the sound they had always been reaching for. While their pop sensibilities remain intact, the mix and instrumentation are more reminiscent of the band’s noise-heavy live shows. The album’s ten tracks are full of hope, determination, heartbreak, deception, aliens, the supernatural, the everyday, friendship, love and second chances.

"Dropping Houses" is the first track from Wussy's sixth LP Forever Sounds (coming out March 4, 2016). The vinyl / digital single of "Dropping Houses", which comes out next Friday, will also feature a non-album B-Side, "Folk Night at Fucky's".

US Digital Pre-Order: https://sc.lnk.to/Wi0dF
UK Digital Pre-Order: theorchard.lnk.to/ForeverSounds

US CD Pre-Order: https://wussy.bandcamp.com/album/dropping-houses
UK CD Pre-Order: http://shop.damnably.com

TOUR DATES
2/27 – Cincinnati, OH at The Woodward Theater w/Scrawl
3/4 – New York, NY at Webster Hall
3/5 – Baltimore, MD at Club 603
3/11 – Chicago, IL at Red Line Tap
3/12 – Chicago, IL at Red Line Tap
3/29 – Washington, DC at The Treehouse Lounge
3/30 – Brooklyn/Queens, NY at Trans-Pecos (NYC Taper Presents)
3/31 – Philadelphia, PA at MilkBoy
4/2 – Boston, MA at Midway Café
4/27 – Newcastle, UK at Sage (Two) Gateshead w/Shonen Knife
4/28 – Manchester, UK at The Castle
4/29 – York, UK at The Crescent
4/30 – Cardiff, UK at The Full Moon
5/1 – London, UK at Walpurgis Nacht Festival
5/3 – Leicester, UK at The Musician
5/5 – Brighton, UK at The Hope and Ruin
5/7 – Edinburgh, UK at Electric Circus
5/8 – Bristol, UK at The Fleece w/Shonen Knife
6/8 – St. Louis at TBC
6/10 – Dallas, TX at Three Links w/American Werewolf Academy
6/11 – Austin, TX at Spiderhouse Ballroom w/American Werewolf Academy
6/14 – Los Angeles, CA at Silverlake Lounge
6/15 – San Francisco, CA at Elbo Room
6/17 – Portland, OR at The Aladdin
6/18 – Seattle WA at El Corazon w/Chris Brokaw
6/20 – Boise, ID at Neurolux
6/22 – Denver, CO at The Moon Room
6/23 – Kansas City, MO at Davey's Uptown w/Schwervon
6/24 – Chicago, IL at TBA
6/25 – Minneapolis, MN at TBA
6/26 – Madison, WI at TBA