Russian Circles are back with the new album, Blood Year, which will hit fans in full Aug. 2. To hold you over until next month, however, Loudwire has the exclusive premiere of the seven-minute “Kohokia.”
“Kohokia” is the middle track on Blood Year, closing out Side A for vinyl fanatics. The brooding instrumental cut lurches forward with each minute, disorienting the listener with abstract bass lines and ambient guitar work.
Converge’s Kurt Ballou manned the helm for Blood Year, which was recorded at Steve Albini's (Nirvana / Pixies) Electrical Audio with all three band members in one room, playing complete takes together with no click track. This is the second time Ballou has worked with the Chicago band, who previously released a number of records with Brandon Curtis.
Russian Circles, "Kohokia"
Listen to Russian Circles’ “Kohokia” in the player above and click here to pre-order Blood Year. Russian Circles will spend two months touring North America starting in September, so check out the full list of dates below.
Russian Circles 2019 Tour Dates
UK TOUR
AUG 08 Dublin, IRE @ Button Factory *
AUG 09 Galway IRE @ Roisin Dubh *
AUG 10 Belfast N-IRE @ Limelight 2 *
AUG 12 Glasgow, SCO @ G2 +
AUG 13 Manchester, UK @ Gorilla +
AUG 14 London, UK @ Earth +
AUG 16 Bristol, UK @ ArcTanGent Festival
w/ No Spill Blood *
w/ A.A.Williams +
N. AMERICA TOUR
SEP 11 Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon *
SEP 12 Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center *
SEP 14 Bozeman, MT @ Rialto Bozeman *
SEP 16 Seattle, WA @ Neumos *
SEP 17 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom *
SEP 19 San Francisco, CA @ August Hall *
SEP 20 Ventura, CA @ Discovery Ventura *
SEP 21 Los Angeles, CA @ The Teragram Ballroom *
SEP 23 Mesa, AZ @ The Nile *
SEP 24 Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf *
SEP 25 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater *
SEP 28 Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall *
OCT 18 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme +
OCT 19 Detroit, MI @ El Club +
OCT 20 Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace +
OCT 21 Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount +
OCT 23 Portsmouth, NH @ 3S ArtSpace +
OCT 24 Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair +
OCT 26 Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw +
OCT 27 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer +
OCT 29 Washington, DC @ Union Stage +
OCT 30 Richmond, VA @ The Broadberry +
NOV 01 Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall +
NOV 02 Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre +
NOV 03 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade +
NOV 04 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jack's +
NOV 06 Houston, TX @ The Secret Group +
NOV 08 Austin, TX @ Levitation
NOV 09 Dallas, TX @ Deep Ellum Art Company
NOV 11 St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall +
w/ FACS *
w/ Windhand +