Last month, KEN mode announced a European tour. Now the band shares a new song, "The Shrike," which is part of some bigger news: a new album called VOID, out Sept. 22 via Artoffact Records.
VOID is the ninth album from the group, and second to feature multi-instrumentalist Kathryn Kerr as part of the four-member lineup.
"This album is the companion piece to 2022's NULL album. Both were written and produced at the same time, throughout the pandemic, and recorded by Andrew Schneider in the fall of 2021. The two-album arc was written with the intention of being two separate works that could be coupled together to make one full album," Jesse Matthewson says in a statement, adding, "VOID conveys the overwhelming sadness and disappointment of 2021, after the initial crazed shock of 2020. We saw our circumstances continue to be held up by the lowest common denominator, as we attempted to move forward with our lives."
Tour:
Sep 24 - Porto, PT @ Amplifest
Sep 26 - Rouen, FR @ Le 106 w/Fange
Sep 27 - Lille, FR @ L'Aéronef w/Fange
Sep 28 - Paris, FR @ Point Ephémère w/Fange
Sep 29 - Angoulême, FR @ La Nef w/Fange
Sep 30 - Clermont-Ferrand, FR @ La Coopérative de Mai w/Fange
Oct 1 - Yverdon-Les-Bains, CH @ L'Amalgame
Oct 2 - Karlsruhe, DE @ Jubez w/Fange
Oct 3 - Dresden, DE @ Ostpol w/Fange
Oct 4 - Wroclaw, PL @ Klub Łącznik w/Fange
Oct 5 - Berlin, DE @ Urban Spree w/Fange
Oct 7 - Aalborg, DK @ 1000 Fryd w/Fange
Oct 8 - Aarhus, DK @ HeadQuarters w/Fange
Oct 10 - Liege, BE @ La Zone w/Fange
Oct 11 - Haarlem, NL @ Patronaat w/Fange
Oct 12 - Bruxelles, BE @ Le Botanique w/Fange
Oct 13 - Brighton, UK @ The Hope & Ruin
Oct 14 - London, UK @ Islington Assembly Hall w/Lingua Ignota
Tracklist:
1) The Shrike
2) Painless
3) These Wires
4) We're Small Enough
5) I Cannot
6) A Reluctance of Being
7) He Was a Good Man, He Was a Taxpayer
8) Not Today, Old Friend
