London-based collective KEG have revealed that their debut album will be released next year via Alcopop! Records. To celebrate the news, the band share lead single ‘Sate The Worm’. Commenting on the single, the band said:
“The worm is a parasitic life force which lives deep within one’s bonce. Sating it may result in revealing your deepest secrets to a colleague in a misjudged attempt at bonding. The memories which you must shout away in the street, those niggling feelings of insecurity, feed this lowly glugger.”
KEG will be appearing at this year’s Mutation Festival, Brighton on 9th November, and support Nuha Ruby Ra at Southbank Centre, London on 21st November with tickets on sale now.
Their forthcoming debut album promises to represent the culmination of Keg’s initial forays into life, and as such leaps all over—from the melodic to the demented with all the enthusiasm of a very lively bean salad. Sharp angling guitarwork that would be at home both on a Fugazi or a Wilco record. Cascading synths and drums, pepperings of trombone and lyrics which invite you into a baffled man’s brain full of joy and anxiety. Contrary to the previous releases the album takes its time, allowing Keg to showcase the orchestral leanings of the band, melding textures and battering-ram rhythms, whilst all the time managing to hone their carefully manipulated balance of chaos and order.
Offsetting the braggadocious shredding and bombastic instrumentation the lyrics on the album take a much less cocksure approach—beckoning you into a yearning for suburban living, slightly embarrassing admissions of inadequacy, the feeling of creative failure freeing the imagination, taking pleasure in the mundanity of an unsure mind, bathing for freedom, and just a couple simple love songs. Armed with seven musicians, Keg create a frantic chaotic energy. Barbed guitars, wonky synth lines, peppered with trombone, and a glimpse into a confused man’s brain. The band rarely rest easy on one approach, equally happy to explore a college rock sound as a hardcore one. It’s this indecision which leads Keg to continue to push their sound further, delving into ambient landscapes and melodic songwriting.
Keg Live Dates
November
9 – Brighton – Mutations Festival
21 – London – Southbank Centre (w/ Nuha Ruby Ra)
For more information on Keg please see their facebook and instagram.
