SLOTHS

Portland, OR

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SUMMER 2015

UPDATED TOUR DATES!! GET IN TOUCH IF U CAN HELP!

Sunday August 16 - BOISE ANDROID HOUSE

Monday August 17 - SALT LAKE CITY DIABOLICAL RECORDS

Tuesday August 18 - DENVER MUNITY INFORMATION CAFE https://www.facebook.com/events/1408666726119393/

Wednesday August 19 - KANSAS CITY MILLS RECORD COMPANY

Thursday August 20 - ST. LOUIS FOAM W/ PATH OF MIGHT + TBA https://www.facebook.com/events/409213549268623/

Friday August 21 - Miluakee QUARTERS ROCK N ROLL PALACE

Saturday August 22 - CHICAGO SUB T

Sunday August 23 - ANYWHERE IN ILLINOIS! GET IN TOUCH!

Monday August 24 - BLOOMINGTON THE BISHOP

Tuesday August 25 - KALAMAZOO THE FREE CLINIC

Wednesday August 26 - MICHIGAN HELP GET IN TOUCH!

Thursday August 27 - DETROIT HELP GET IN TOUCH!

Friday August 28 - COLUMBUS CARABAR

Saturday August 29 - PITTSBURGH HELP GET IN TOUCH!

Sunday August 30 - EAST PENNSYLVANIA HELP GET IN TOUCH!

Monday August 31 - CONNECTICUT WHITNEY HOUSE

Tuesday September 1 - MASSACHUSETTS O'BRIANS PUB

Wednesday September 2 - NEW YORK HELP GET IN TOUCH!

Thursday September 3 - NEW YORK HELP GET IN TOUCH!

Friday September 4 - PHILADELPHIA HELP GET IN TOUCH!

Saturday September 5 - BALTIMORE CHARM CITY ART SPACE

Sunday September 6 - VIRGINIA HELP GET IN TOUCH!

Monday September 7 - NORTH CAROLINA HELP GET IN TOUCH!

Tuesday September 8 - GEORGIA HELP GET IN TOUCH!

Wednesday September 9 - NASHVILLE NOSTROMO HOUSE

Thursday September 10 - LITTLE ROCK TBA

Friday September 11 - FORT WORTH/DENTON TBA

Saturday September 12 - HOUSTON TBA

Sunday September 13 - SAN ANTONIO RITUAL

Tuesday September 15 - ALBUQUERQUE THE BLAZEPLACE

Wednesday September 16 - FLAGSTAFF TBA

~ ‡~ ‡~ WITH LEUCROTA ~‡ ~‡ ~

Thursday September 17 - LAS VEGAS TBA

Friday September 18 - LA AREA

Saturday September 19 - TIJUANA

Sunday September 20 - SAN DIEGO CHE CAFE

Monday September 21 - SAN LUIS OBISPO

Tuesday September 22 - SANTA CRUZ

Wednesday September 23 - BAY AREA

Thursday September 24 - CHICO

Friday September 25 - PORTLAND

Saturday September 26 - SEATTLE

[renaisca]

our first family photos from a lovely night with sloths, left astray, and friends 

[leftastrayhc]

I love and miss you all.

[slothsportland]

MISS ALL OF U

[slothsportland]

TBT to simpler times

[drowseportland]

‘soon asleep’ is finally out and available for “pay what you want” download here: 

http://kylebates.bandcamp.com/album/soon-asleep

I’ve been working on this (probably too obsessively) for the majority of the past year and I’m really happy to finally be able to put it out there. If you go listen to it and share it around (if you want) it would mean the world to me.

[slothsportland]

I’ll stop posting about this on here after this. 

-Kyle 

[drowseportland]

"Melt" into Drowse's Hypnotic Exploration of Suicide and Medication | NOISEY

“Melt,” by Drowse, will make you feel like someone is holding your head under water in the Pacific Ocean.

Really excited to share the first song from soon asleep. It is streaming on noiseymusic! It features my friend 999tuey. 

[slothsportland]

check out my new solo stuff, SLOTHS full length is being written right now too and will probably be recorded in Autumn.

-kyle 

[danthom]

//APNEICVOID// is proud to announce that, in conjunction with Oligopolist Records, the sophomore effort of Portland, OR’s drowse – soon asleep – will be released on limited edition cassette and digital formats on June 9th, 2015.

[from the press release] 

soon asleep addresses forms of self-imposed seclusion, absurd rumination, and the spaces in between dreams and life. The album is accompanied by a short memoir titled ‘Mnemonic’ which expands the narrative of ‘A Little Pink Pill…’, but does not serve as its conclusion. Bates’ textual work exists as another wormhole into the nightmarish yet lucid realm from where drowse’s sonic reflections prevail, swarm and overtake. 

Track Listing: melt meaning (you) awake something returning 

Press Photo by Dani Ransom Design & Layout by Daniel Schultz pills, bottles and mnemonic photographs by Alec van Staveren Written and Recorded by Kyle Bates Mastered by Parker Johnson 

 more information and preorders to be announced soon.

[drowseportland]

a little more info

I’m putting out a new solo thing soon. 

[slothsportland]

-Kyle 

[slothsportland]

HERE ARE THE DATES FOR OUR SUMMER TOUR

IF YOU CAN HELP OUT IN ANY OF THESE CITIES, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH

Friday AUGUST 14 - BELLINGHAM

Saturday August 15 - PORTLAND

Sunday August 16 - BOISE

Monday August 17 - SALT LAKE CITY

Tuesday August 18 - DENVER

Wednesday August 19 - KANSAS CITY

Thursday August 20 - ST. LOUIS

Friday August 21 - CHAMPAIGN

Saturday August 22 - MILWAUKEE

Sunday August 23 - CHICAGO

Monday August 24 - BLOOMINGTON

Tuesday August 25 - KALAMAZOO

Wednesday August 26 - MICHIGAN

Thursday August 27 - DETROIT

Friday August 28 - COLUMBUS

Saturday August 29 - PITTSBURGH

Sunday August 30 - EAST PENNSYLVANIA

Monday August 31 - CONNECTICUT

Tuesday September 1 - MASSACHUSETTS

Wednesday September 2 - NEW YORK

Thursday September 3 - NEW YORK

Friday September 4 - PHILADELPHIA

Saturday September 5 - WASHTINGTON DC / BALTIMORE

Sunday September 6 - VIRGINIA

Monday September 7 - NORTH CAROLINA

Tuesday September 8 - GEORGIA

Wednesday September 9 - NASHVILLE

Thursday September 10 - LITTLE ROCK

Friday September 11 - FORT WORTH

Saturday September 12 - HOUSTON

Sunday September 13 - SAN ANTONIO

Monday September 14 - DAY 2 CHILLLL

Tuesday September 15 - ALBUQUERQUE

Wednesday September 16 - FLAGSTAFF

Thursday September 17 - LAS VEGAS

Friday September 18 - LA AREA

Saturday September 19 - SAN DEIGO / SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Sunday September 20 - LA AREA

Monday September 21 -  SAN LOUIS OBISPO

Tuesday September 22 - SANTA CRUZ

Wednesday September 23 - BAY AREA

Thursday September 24 - CHICO/RENO

Friday September 25 - ARCADA

Saturday September 26 - PORTLAND

C U SOON

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c-n-t-r-l:

flyer for our show in santa cruz

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SPELLED MY FRIENDS BAND NAME WRONG ON THIS FLYER FUCK

[slothsportland]

flyer for our next portland show

[slothsportland]

STRING BREAKERS TOUR MMXV

CALI WE'RE COMING FOR U IN MARCH:

20 EUGENE/NORCAL - HELP US OUT!

21 SANTA CRUZ - https://www.facebook.com/events/659510740819510/

22 OAKLAND - https://www.facebook.com/events/963403813671789/

23 FRESNO - https://www.facebook.com/events/378791912303125/

24 SLO - IN THE WORX

25 ESCONDIDO - IN THE WORX

26 THE BAY - IN THE WORX

27 PORTLAND - https://www.facebook.com/events/764101106992655/

[slothsportland]

This weekend will be fun. 

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goofy flyer i dun did

[slothsportland]

we're doing a shot mini tour with U Sco in january. this is our tour kick off

[hermitologist]

Band of the Day: Sloths

They’re described as a cross between Botch, Slint, Old Man Gloom, Shellac and Converge. That description alone was enough to hook me, and after listening to their new EP I’m totally onboard.

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more flyer 

[slothsportland]

Show tomorrow night. See you there?

[slothsportland]

Here is a loooong interview Kyle did about the new record, our songwriting process and a bunch of other stuff. Scroll down to the bottom if you just want some music recommendations. 

[slothsportland]

"For these particular Sloths, a good marker is if you took the Gravity Records catalogue, fist fucked it with the Hydra Head catalogue and peddled the goopy mess out of K-Tel’s Louisville branch, which kinda makes sense, but doesn’t." Haha DECIBLOG.

[slothsportland]

Mercury write up of the shows this weekend!

This week's best all-ages shows.