Wombo – Danger In Fives

Today, Wombo will release their new album, Danger in Fives, via Fire Talk Records. To celebrate this Friday’s release, Wombo will perform an intimate hometown show at Whirling Tiger.

Danger In Fives includes the singles “S.T. Tilted,” “Spyhopping”, and “Neon Bog.”

On Danger in Fives, Wombo not only enhance their formula — they routinely perfect it. To ace their techniques, Wombo first had to tear them apart. Standard practices of writing and workshopping material in drummer Joel Taylor’s post-war basement rehearsal space were paused, and the band explored alternative writing processes. The experimentation across Danger in Five‘s writing process comes paired with subtle shifts in Wombo’s palette: the welcome addition of digital texture, and drum machine incorporated on a handful of tracks. The band’s desire to change their model was in part to “get away from a results mindset, where it’s about producing things for a certain expectation instead of doing it all for the joy of exploring,” Lowe says.

Wombo first connected in Louisville in 2016 and have crafted a unique lane over the near-decade since forming, contorting post-punk structures into uncanny shapes. On Danger in Fives they twist another knot into their belt, and come out creatively renewed. This pursuit of strengthening their craft has earned Wombo a beloved reputation among their community of touring artists. Ask any adjacent musician operating today who they’re listening to, and more often than not you’ll hear Wombo toward the top of the list. Throughout Danger in Fives, it’s clear what has made Wombo one of the most respected bands in their class, and it’s thrilling to hear them command new terrain. “I don’t want to be in a band that’s confined to one form of writing,” Chadwick maintains. “Where’s the fun and the creativity and the exploration in that? You have to push yourself and try something new.”

With Danger in Fives underway, it’s never been more unclear what the next new thing might be, or how Wombo may discover that. It’s also never been more exciting.

Tour Dates

Fri. Aug. 8 – Louisville, KY @ Whirling Tiger %

Thu. Sep. 4 – Sat. Sep. 6 – Raleigh, NC @ Hopscotch Music Festival

Mon. Sep. 8 – Washington, DC @ DC9 +

Tue. Sep. 9 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s +

Wed. Sep. 10 – Kingston, NY @ Tubby’s +

Fri. Sep. 12 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right +

Sat. Sep. 13 – Boston, MA @ The Rockwell +

Sun. Sep. 14 – Montreal, QC @ L’Esco +

Mon. Sep. 15 – Toronto, ON @ The Dance Cave +

Wed. Sep. 17 – Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle +

Sun. Sep. 21 – Minneapolis, MN @ Zhora Darling $

Mon. Sep. 22 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club $

Sun. Oct. 5 – St. Louis, MO @ The Sinkhole &

Tue. Oct. 7 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge &

Thu. Oct. 9 – Boise, ID @ The Shredder &

Fri. Oct. 10 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios &

Sat. Oct. 11 – Vancouver, BC @ The Kingsway Club &

Mon. Oct. 13 – Seattle, WA @ Barboza &

Wed. Oct. 15 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop &

Fri. Oct. 17 – Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon &

Sat. Oct. 18 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar &

Sun. Oct. 19 – Phoenix, AZ @ Linger Longer Lounge &

Tue. Oct. 21 – Austin, TX @ Hotel Vegas Inside &

Wed. Oct. 22 – Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves &

Thu. Oct. 23 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Resonant Head &

Fri. Oct. 24 – Kansas City, MO @ Disco Burger + Varsity Club &

Sun. Nov. 2 – Edinburgh, UK @ Voodoo Rooms

Mon. Nov. 3 – Manchester, UK @ YES

Tue. Nov. 4 – Liverpool, UK @ Quarry

Wed. Nov. 5 – Bristol, UK @ Exchange

Thu. Nov. 6 – Oxford, UK @ Little Bully

Fri. Nov. 7 – London, UK @ Oslo

Sat. Nov. 8 – Paris, FR @ Pitchfork Music Festival – Supersonic

Tue. Nov. 11 – Rotterdam, NL @ Rotown

Wed. Nov. 12 – Hamburg, DE@ Aalhaus

Sat. Nov. 15 – Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg Puschenfest

Tue. Nov. 18 – Schaffhausen, CH @ TapTab

Wed. Nov. 19 – Vienna, AT @ Rhiz

% w/ Mia Joy, Grace Rogers

+ w/ shower curtain

& w/ Ribbon Skirt

$ w/ Smut

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