CHERUBS Set To Kick Off US Tour Dates with Wh*res & Announce European Tour Dates

Release Remixed + Remastered “Pink Party Dessert”

+ Redux Video — Watch HERE

‘Icing’ (30th Anniversary +1 Edition) / ‘Heroin Man’ / ‘2 Ynfynty’ Coming August 4th via Brutal Panda

“The noisiest pop music on the planet” – Pitchfork

Austin, TX’s cult noise rock legends CHERUBS will kick off their US Summer Headlining Tour, including select dates with Wh*res, this Friday in Austin, TX. The band have also announced a headlining European Tour this fall with support from Cani Sciorri

A complete list of upcoming dates is available below.

Last month, CHERUBS announced a series of catalog reissues coming this August via Brutal Panda Records.The band’s comeback opus ‘2 Ynfynty’ (2014) will see its first reissue since its release almost a decade ago while the all-time noise rock classic, ‘Heroin Man’ (1994) will be reissued in its original format, after seeing a super limited, deluxe reissue via the legendary Amphetamine Reptile in 2017. The focal point is a fully remastered and remixed edition of CHERUBS debut album, ‘Icing’ (1992), complete with shiny new artwork by vocalist Kevin Whitley and available for the first time in over 30 years.

Remixed and remastered versions of ‘Icing’ tracks “Sugary” and “Half a Rat” can be heard HERE while the new remastered and remixed version of “Pink Party Dessert” can be heard via this vintage CHERUBS music video redux HERE

All three albums will be reissued on CD/LP/CS/Digital on August 4th via Brutal Panda.

PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE HERE

EU/UK Customers can pre-order via Deathwish EU HERE

Lastly, the band will join fans on Bandcamp on August 3rd for an exclusive online listening party and live Q+A the day ahead of release.

RSVPs for the free listening event are available HERE

Initially released via Butthole Surfers drummer, King Coffey’s, label Trance Syndicate, ‘Icing’ captures the band at their most primitive form while hinting at the melodic intricacies they would develop over the years. The album was originally recorded and produced by Mr. Colson (L7, Dwarves, Linkin Park) and has been completely remastered and remixed from the original source tapes by Eric Wofford (Explosions in the Sky, Young Widows, The Black Angels).

While still very much a “noise rock” album, ‘Icing’ brings together influences from Seattle’s first wave of late 80’s grunge alongside the influential “noise” scene happening in Austin throughout the 90’s. The album’s single “All Chickened Out” even received some airplay on BBC Radio 1 by John Peel…a sure sign of the prestige such ugly, aggressive and deconstructed “music” would receive over the coming decades.

This is where it all started for CHERUBS and somehow it’s still happening over three decades later.

‘Icing’ (30th Anniversary Edition) Track List:

1. Sugary 

2. All Chickened Out 

3. Half a Rat 

4. Come 

5. Ginger Upper

6. Fed 

7. Shoofly 

8. Pink Party Dessert 

9. Vicki’s Retreat

10. Kick Me 

North America East Coast w/ Wh*res

^July 14 Austin, TX @ Lost Well  

^July 15 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves 

^July 16 Houston, TX @ Black Magic Social Club 

^July 17 New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa 

^July 18 Atlanta, GA @ Boggs Social & Supply 

July 19 Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor

July 20 Washington, DC @ The Runaway

July 21 Baltimore, MD @ The Crown

July 22 Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie

July 23 Ridgewood, NY @ TV Eye

July 25 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East/Upstairs

July 26 Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB

July 27 Toronto, ON @ The Baby G

July 28 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Funhouse

July 29 Youngstown, OH @ Doomed and Stoned Festival @ Westside Bowl

July 30 Cleveland, OH @ No Class

^with Wh*res 

European Tour with support from Cani Sciorri

September 21 Roma, IT @ Traffic Live Club 

September 22 Pescara, IT @ Scumm 

September 23 Perugia, IT @ Free Ride 

September 24 Bologna, IT @ Freakout Club 

September 26 Cuneo, IT @ Spazio Varco 

September 28 Wien, AT @ Arena 

September 29 Prague, CZ @ Underdogs 

September 30 Vigevano, IT @ Cavallerizza del Castello 

October 2  Poznan, PL @ CK Nowe Amore 

October 4 Hamburg, DE @ Hafenklang 

October 5 Berlin, DE @ Schokoladen 

October 7 Utrecht, NL @ Db’s 

October 8  Doordrecht, NL @ Dordrecht

Rightfully hailed as “the noisiest pop music on the planet” by Pitchfork, Austin, TX’s cult noise rock trio CHERUBS have been purveyors of sonic bedlam since their inception in 1991.

After an unforeseen return to the scene from a two-decade hiatus in 2014 with their album ‘2 Ynfynty’ (Brutal Panda), CHERUBS later joined forces with the equally revered Relapse Records for the release of their fifth long-player, ‘Immaculada High’, in 2019.

One EP and one pandemic later, CHERUBS continue to loudly proclaim their title as bonafide noise rock legends with the unique ability to forge transgressive yet remarkably accessible punk for a jaded world.

Kevin Whitley – Guitar, Vocals

Pete Shore – Bass

Brent Prager – Drums