Warmduscher have in the present day introduced particulars of their fourth Album, At The Sizzling Spot, their first for indie label Bella Union, which is launched on Friday April 1st 2022. Having beforehand launched “Wild Flowers”, Warmduscher have in the present day additionally shared “Fatso”, the most recent monitor to be taken from the album. Speaking about “Fatso”, Clams Baker of the band stated…

“A track devoted to taking the time to decelerate and sniff the roses, flip off the pc and take within the sunshine, and embrace the battle of a sleepless day on the workplace from an evening of lovely carnage that you just’ll at all times dream about.”

Written over a interval of over a 12 months in lockdown, On the Hotspot, produced by Joe Goddard and Al Doyle of Sizzling Chip, takes the raucous power Warmduscher solidified on their critically acclaimed 2019 launch Tainted Lunch, and injects it with a barely extra polished, ‘80s funk sound, form of like stumbling house to your squatted loft after a drunken night time on the native disco. It’s crunchy on the surface, clean on the within, and may be essentially the most instantly pleasing music Warmduscher have ever graced us with.

“There was loads of partying,” says Clams, laughing concerning the gestation of the album. “We have been like, Aaarrggghh. We have been simply joyful to be doing one thing and seeing one another. It was that bizarre power, the place you are fed up and also you’re form of offended, however in a great way. We might spend like two nights every week writing, possibly a few times a month, typically much less.” This went on for a couple of 12 months, with all of the members bringing of their contributions, till it got here time to document—which, in typical punk rock vogue, had its personal set of obstacles to beat.

The majority of Warmduscher’s discography – the aforementioned Tainted Lunch, in addition to 2018’s Whale Metropolis and 2016’s Khaki Tears – have been produced by London stalwart Dan Carey, who was instrumental in serving to the band hone their fuzzed out sound. Sadly, in the beginning of On the Hotspot’s recording course of, Dan caught COVID, and the band discovered themselves having to depart their consolation zone and discover a new producer quick. Fortunately, they discovered two, beneath serendipitous circumstances. “I used to be within the studio with Joe and Al of Sizzling Chip, doing an digital undertaking with Igor Cavallera of Sepultura and his spouse, artist/musician Laima,” explains Clams. “After I bought the message saying Dan could not do the album, I used to be like, ‘Aw, fuck!’ Then Joe and Al have been merely like, ‘We’ll do it!’ It was this actually bizarre, joyful accident.”

Whereas On the Hotspot continues to be very a lot a Warmduscher album, with all its cracks and crevices oozing storage rock bravado, the manufacturing values buff out these jagged edges in a approach solely these two virtuoso producers might have pulled off. “We’re simply actually psyched to play this entire factor reside now,” states Clams matter-of-factly. “And it is a complete revamp—new label, new producers, new brand—new every thing.”

The band additionally head out on the street in spring of this 12 months on a run of UK and European dates, together with some already offered out rearranged exhibits and their greatest London present up to now at The Discussion board. The total checklist of dates is as follows:

22.03.22 – Boileroom – GUILDFORD (SOLD OUT)
23.03.22 – The Bullingdon – OXFORD (SOLD OUT)
24.03.22 – Cavern – EXETER (SOLD OUT)
25.03.22 – Moles – BATH (SOLD OUT)
26.03.22 – Clwb Ifor Bach – CARDIFF (SOLD OUT)
27.03.22 – The Tin Music & Arts (SOLD OUT)
29.03.22 – Junction 2 – CAMBRIDGE (SOLD OUT)
30.03.22 – Metronome – NOTTINGHAM (SOLD OUT)
31.03.22 – SWG3 – GLASGOW

01.04.22 – The Georgian Theatre – STOCKTON ON TEES (SOLD OUT)
02.04.22 – The Foundry – SHEFFIELD (SOLD OUT)
03.04.22 – The Trades Membership – HEBDEN BRIDGE (SOLD OUT)
05.04.22 – District – LIVERPOOL (SOLD OUT)
06.04.22 – Academy 2 – MANCHESTER
07.04.22 – The Discussion board – LONDON
08.04.22 – The Marble Manufacturing unit – BRISTOL
09.04.22 – Concorde 2 – BRIGHTON
25.04.22 – Trix – ANTWERP
26.04.22 – Paradiso – AMSTERDAM
28.04.22 – Burmann & Sohn – COLOGNE
29.04.22 – Molotow SkyBar – HAMBURG
30.04.22 – City Spree – BERLIN

01.05.22 – Café V Lese – PRAGUE
03.05.22 – Chelsea – VIENNA
04.05.22 – Heppel & Ettlich – MUNICH
05.05.22 – Neubad-Keller – LUZERN
06.05.22 – Ebuilition – BULLE
07.05.22 – Le Petit Bain – PARIS