A post-punker with early ties to Ariel Pink and a PhD in Philosophy (a combination of Ps certain to excite another base-P combo, wink), John Maus is returning to the fray with a new album called Screen Memories, his first new work since 2011’s We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves (#7 on our Favorite 50 Albums of 2011 and a EUREKA!-worthy 5/5). Known for his commitment to intensity — equally represented in academia, live performance, and interview loquaciousness — Maus has baroque style and an engineer’s ear for composition. This is immediately apparent on the album’s first single “The Combine,” an operatic, John Carpenter-esque techno epic that Maus has released today, along with an accompanying video.
Since even a new Maus album and a new Maus video is not enough Maus for us, Maus has also announced a 6LP box set containing five older albums, 12 brand new songs collected on a release called Addendum, and a booklet of extra goodies. The massive missive of pure Maus-magic is due April 2018 on Ribbon Music and will feature the following albums:
• Songs (2006)
• Love Is Real (2007)
• We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves (2011)
• A Collection Of Rarities And Previously Unreleased Material (2012)
• Screen Memories (2017)
• Addendum (2018)
While we wait for the official release dates, relive your childhood wonder of watching videos of heavy machinery on a busted VCR in the video for “The Combine,” peep the fresh new tour dates below, and look for Screen Memories October 27 on Ribbon Music. Pre-orders are happening… here!
John Maus 2017 tour:
08.31.17 - Tucson, AZ - HOCO Fest 2017
09.01.17 - Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon
09.14.17 - Boston, MA - Middle East Downstairs *
09.15.17 - Montreal, QC - Rialto Theatre (Pop Montreal)
09.16.17 - Hudson, NY - Basilica Soundscape
09.17.17 - Cleveland, OH - Mahalls *
10.12.17 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
10.13-15.17 - Joshua Tree, CA - Desert Daze
10.14.17 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel #
10.15.17 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel #
10.16.17 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel #
10.21.17 - Bristol, UK - Simple Things Festival
10.23.17 - Tbilisi, Georgia - Spacehall (Lecture)
10.24.17 - Tbilisi, Georgia - Spacehall (Live)
10.25.17 - Istanbul, Turkey - Zorlu Performing Arts Center
10.27.17 - London, UK - The Dome
10.28.17 - Nantes, France - Soy Festival
10.31.17 - Porto, Portugal - Maus Habitos
11.01.17 - Lisbon, Portugal - ZDB
11.03.17 - Madrid, Spain - Café La Palma
11.04.17 - Barcelona, Spain - Festival Conjunta Vacio #5
11.06.17 - Paris, France - La Maroquinerie
11.07.17 - Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie
11.09.17 - Gent, Belgium - NEST
11.10.17 - Brussels, Belgium - Les Ateliers Claus
11.11.17 - Utrecht, Netherlands - Le Guess Who Festival
11.13.17 - Aarhus, Denmark - Tape
11.14.17 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Jazzhouse
11.15.17 - Berlin, Germany - Festsaal Kreuzberg
11.16.17 - Prague, Czech Republic - Meet Factory
11.18.17 - Leipzig, Germany - Transcentury Festival
11.20.17 - Düdingen, Switzerland - Bad Bonn
11.23.17 - Manchester, UK - The White Hotel
11.24.17 - Dublin, Ireland - The Grand Social
11.25.17 - Glasgow, UK - CCA (Centre for Contemporary Arts)
* Protomartyr
# Ariel Pink
Screen Memories tracklist:
01. The Combine
02. Teenage Witch
03. Touchdown
04. Walls of Silence
05. Find Out
06. Decide Decide
07. Edge of Forever
08. The People Are Missing
09. Pets
10. Sensitive Recollections
11. Over Phantom
12. Bombs Away