They Are Gutting a Body of Water have announced their new album, LOTTO, and it’s out Oct. 17 via their own Philly label Julia’s War/Smoking Room/ATO. The LP includes their recent single “american food,” and they’ve just released the fuzz-drenched “trainers,” which comes with a video directed by Ben Turok.
“In a world of perpetually increasing artifice, this record is my attempt to surface through the sea of false muck,” frontman Douglas Dulgarian says. “It’s rife with perceivable mistakes, ebbing and flowing with the most humanity I can place on one record. The more I utilized [technology], the softer I got. I return again and again to that world because it’s more comfortable than my physical body. The dopamine flooding my brain. And in moments of clarity, I am often very aware that we’re currently watching the homogenization of art right before our very eyes. I am afraid that technology and convenience will cure the world of life.”
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The TAGABOW founder calls the song “a vignette, a day in the life; desiring something wholesome while still grappling with the reality presented clearly by my subconscious. I’ve built this life for myself, idealizing escape like we all do. I live in this house built on what I can only perceive to be bad decisions and shame, of comfort and distraction. Walk to the store to buy some dumb thing that won’t help, after fantasizing about escaping it all. Glance back at the comfort of my house and consider staying outside in the world tonight, because the escape isn’t big enough. It just never is.”
Over the weekend, TAGABOW will play Julia’s War Fest in Philly with MSPAINT, Draag, Chanel Beads, Fib, and more. Shortly after the album’s release, they’ll head out on a North American tour, concluding with a hometown show in December. See those dates below.
They Are Gutting A Body Of Water – LOTTO tracklist
- “the chase”
- “sour diesel”
- “trainers”
- “chrises head”
- “rl stine”
- “slow crostic”
- “violence iii”
- “american food”
- “baeside k”
- “herpim”
They Are Gutting a Body of Water – 2025 tour dates
10/30 – Cleveland, OH @ Mahall’s
10/31 – Detroit, MI @ Edgemen Printing
11/01 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
11/02 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Underground
11/04 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
11/05 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell
11/06 – Boise, ID @ Shrine Basement
11/07 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
11/08 – Vancouver, BC @ Kingsway Club
11/09 – Seattle, WA @ Vera Project
11/11 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
11/13 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
11/14 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
11/15 – Mesa, AZ @ The Underground
11/16 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
11/18 – Austin, TX @ 29th St. Ballroom
11/19 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
11/21 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade: Purgatory
11/22 – Raleigh, NC @ Kings Barcade
12/04 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
12/05 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit
12/06 – Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
12/07 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz
12/09 – Somerville, MA @ Arts at the Armory
12/11 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
12/12 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church