Wreck & Reference, Bosse-De-Nage, and So Stressed announce show at Oakland’s Golden Bull
California duo Wreck & Reference have only been around since 2011, but the band has already toured as support with an array of acts of an impressive caliber; Deafheaven and Liturgy, just to name a couple, have smacked them onto their bills in recent years. With the release of 2014's drearily stellar Want, Wreck & Reference presented a novel type of metal — one that was rooted in electronic instruments and challenged the classic (and some might argue, tired) tropes of the "conservative" genre. The band is finally about to embark on their own headlining nationwide tour, and will stop in Oakland at the [...]
Wreck & Reference to release new album ‘Want’ via SF’s The Flenser
Los Angeles-based Wreck & Reference, an experimental post-metal outfit opening for the likes of Deafheaven this summer, just announced the release of their new album, Want, via San Francisco label The Flenser. Formed by Ignat Frege and Felix Skinner in 2011, Wreck & Reference will take a novel direction with Want, following full-length debut and Youth in 2012, and the keystone of their work thus far, last year's Content. Want, which was mixed and mastered by Jack Shirley (of Deafheaven's Sunbather fame), promises to be an turbid, unnerving "trainwreck." They will still, however, retain their influences in electronic, post-metal, and doom. Want will be a mess—in the best possible way. [...]
Deafheaven, Bosse-de-nage, Wreck & Reference play DNA Lounge 11/30/12 (Update: Show Canceled)
Update: Unfortunately, this Friday's show has been canceled. Take note, metal fans, because there's a hell of a celebration going on November 30th at DNA Lounge when Deafheaven, Bosse-de-Nage, and Wreck & Reference take the stage together. Ostensibly a record release show for the new Deafheaven/Boss-de-Nage Split EP — which we wrote about here — the show represents one of the few times we've seen three top metal acts from the Bay Area and Sacramento all gathered in San Francisco at one time. Purchase the EP here via Flenser Records. Based in San Francisco, Deafheaven write black metal songs that [...]