Team Dresch - "Growing Underground"
Photo by JJ Gonson
Beloved indie rockers Team Dresch have a new single out from their comeback album, and it's one of the finest of the year. "Growing Underground" is a killer song from the queercore icons, filled with buzzing guitars and gang vocals. The song lands somewhere between 90's indie rock and punk, which is one of my favorite places for music to land. The drums are driving, the guitars seem to just be waiting to explode, and everything comes together into a big noisy finale. Team Dresch are one of those bands that have fallen under my radar for most of their existence, and I've always meant to give them more of a listen. "Growing Underground" just proves that I've big time dropped the ball on them.
Team Dresch says of their latest single:
“Boiled down to its core, ‘Growing Underground’ imagines a future rooted not in fear, but in love. It’s a place of germination. It’s the root system. The mycelial network. The place where growth begins long before anyone above the surface realizes it’s happening. The music mirrors the song’s message: the Right can try to erase us, but it will never extinguish the people who believe in the inviolability of all life and our planet. The closing images become increasingly expansive: ‘We become the ocean / We become trees’ - these aren’t simply symbols of survival, they’re ecosystems. Trees provide shelter. Oceans sustain life. The song imagines shared communities becoming the very thing that nutures future life. Love is embodied through chosen families, interconnection, and the networks that have always sustained one another.”
You can watch the video for "Growing Underground" below. Furthermore is due out September 18 on Jealous Butcher Records, and is available for pre-order here. For more on Team Dresch, check out the band's website. Upcoming tour dates are below the video.
August 18 – The Square - Portland, OR^
August 20 – Zootunes, Seattle, WA^
September 21 - Oberhausen, Germany @ Druckluft
September 22 - Berlin, Germany @ Neue Zukunft
September 24 - Bremen, Germany @ Tower
September 27 - Hamburg, Germany @ Betty
September 30 - London, UK @ Downstairs at The Dome
October 28th - Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall w/ Heavens to Betsy & Altar Girl
November 4&5 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill w/ Longstocking & The Third Sex
November 7 - Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon w/ Longstocking & The Third Sex
November 12th - Tacoma, WA @ Spanish Ballroom%
^ = w/ Breeders
% = w/ Neko Case