Philadelphia shoegaze luminaries They Are Gutting a Body of Water have announced a new album, LOTTO. It’s out October 17 via Julia’s War/Smoking Room/ATO Records. Following 2022’s Lucky Styles and swanlike (loosies 2020 – 2023), the record features the previously unveiled single ‘american food’, as well as an astounding new track called ‘trainers’. Check it out below, and scroll down for the album cover, tracklist, and the band’s upcoming tour dates.
In a press release, singer Doug Dulgarian described ‘trainers’ as “a vignette, a day in the life; desiring something wholesome while still grappling with the reality presented clearly by my subconscious. I’ve built this life for myself, idealizing escape like we all do, I live in this house built on what I can only perceive to be bad decisions and shame, of comfort and distraction. walk to the store to buy some dumb thing that won’t help, after fantasizing about escaping it all. glance back at the comfort of my house and consider staying outside in the world tonight, because the escape isn’t big enough, it just never is.”
While previous releases focused on exploring new (and often digital) textures, LOTTO finds Dulgarian putting his guitar first and embracing a live-band sound. “In a world of perpetually increasing artifice, this record is my attempt to surface through the sea of false muck,” Dulgarian explained. “It’s rife with perceivable mistakes, ebbing and flowing with the most humanity I can place on one record. The more I utilized [technology], the softer I got. I return again and again to that world because it’s more comfortable than my physical body. The dopamine flooding my brain. And in moments of clarity, I am often very aware that we’re currently watching the homogenization of art right before our very eyes. I am afraid that technology and convenience will cure the world of life.”
LOTTO Cover Artwork:
LOTTO Tracklist:
1. the chase
2. sour diesel
3. trainers
4. chrises head
5. rl stine
6. slow crostic
7. violence iii
8. american food
9. baeside k
10. herpim
They Are Gutting a Body of Water 2025 Tour Dates:
Thu Oct 30 – Cleveland, OH – Mahall’s
Fri Oct 31 – Detroit, MI – Edgemen Printing
Sat Nov 1 – Chicago, IL – Subterranean
Sun Nov 2 – Minneapolis, MN – The Underground
Tue Nov 4 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre
Wed Nov 5 – Salt Lake City, UT – Soundwell
Thu Nov 6 – Boise, ID – Shrine Basement
Fri Nov 7 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
Sat Nov 8 – Vancouver, BC – Kingsway Club
Sun Nov 9 – Seattle, WA – Vera Project
Tue Nov 11 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
Thu Nov 13 – Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room
Fri Nov 14 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
Sat Nov 15 – Mesa, AZ – The Underground
Sun Nov 16 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
Tue Nov 18 – Austin, TX – 29th St. Ballroom
Wed Nov 19 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada
Fri Nov 21 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade: Purgatory
Sat Nov 22 – Raleigh, NC – Kings Barcade
Thu Dec 4 – Washington, DC – Black Cat
Fri Dec 5 – Pittsburgh, PA – Spirit
Sat Dec 6 – Toronto, ON – The Garrison
Sun Dec 7 – Montreal, QC – Bar Le Ritz
Tue Dec 9 – Somerville, MA – Arts at the Armory
Thu Dec 11 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
Fri Dec 12 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
