Domino is proud to announce the debut album, ‘Enter The Slasher House’, from Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks, released on April 7th 2014. Listen to ‘Little Fang’, the first single released on the same day, HERE.

Slasher Flicks by name alone is not what it appears to be. Scrambled horror film soundtracks? Not even remotely. A bunch of East Coasters making their quintessential LA album? No, more like escape from LA, say leather masked guitar-wielding Avey Tare (of Animal Collective), knife-wielding keyboard player Angel Deradoorian (of Dirty Projectors, Deradoorian), and the cannibal chief drummer and decaying grandfather Jeremy Hyman (of Ponytail, Dan Deacon).

Having composed the bones of these eight songs on acoustic guitar, Avey Tare invited Deradoorian, to create melodic lines to flesh them out. Inspired by Ken Burns’ Jazz history documentary, they needed a drummer who could play “free but structured”; enter Hyman. The group produced and recorded the songs live at the Lair studio using only minimal overdubs; the live sound being key to Slasher Flicks’ spooky dynamism.   

While their sound is monstrous and there are nightmarish moments peppering the lyrics and melodies, sweet pop jam ‘Little Fang’ shows off what the group calls their “most minimal, most changed in-studio, most complex drums, and cleanest guitar ever”.

The band will head out on a North American tour following the album’s release. All US dates are below and a special ticket and album bundle is available to purchase now from the band's site. Following Animal Collective’s headline show at Field Day last year, the festival is very excited to welcome Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks to perform at this year’s event on 7th June 2014. More UK and European dates are yet to be announced. 

Pre-order ‘Enter the Slasher House’ on CD, double heavyweight LP from the band's site or Domino and digitally from iTunes and get an instant mp3 download of ‘Little Fang.’

Enter the Slasher House tracklisting:

  1. A Sender
  2. Duplex Trip
  3. Blind Babe
  4. Little Fang
  5. Catchy (Was Contagious)
  6. That It Won't Grow
  7. The Outlaw
  8. Roses On The Window
  9. Modern Days E
  10. Strange Colores
  11. Your Card

Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks US dates:

  • 17/04 Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
  • 18/04 Ann Arbor, MI – The Blind Pig
  • 19/04 Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
  • 21/04 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
  • 22/04 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
  • 24/04 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny’s Brenda
  • 25/04 Washington, DC – U Street Music Hall
  • 26-28/04 Asheville, NC – Moogfest (Orange Peel)
  • 28/04Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups
  • 29/04 Nashville, TN - Exit/In
  • 30/04 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade (Purgatory Stage)
  • 02/05 New Orleans, LA – Parish at House of Blues
  • 03-04/05 Austin, TX – Austin Psych Fest
  • 07-06 London, UK – Field Day Festival

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