They are Gutting a Body of Water - "rl stine"

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Photo by Brian Karlsson

One thing the 2020's have provided are wildly new takes on shoegaze, and no one has put their own spin on the genre like They are Gutting a Body of Water. The Philadelphia band's latest single, "rl stine," is an explosion of sound, sometimes simply loud and others completely disjointed. It sweeps you up in a wave of fuzzy noise and then crashes you down into its devastating power. If heavy shoegaze is a current genre, "rl stine" destroys that very concept with volume and abrasiveness. There's a lot of crossover fandom between shoegaze and hardcore, and TAGABOW are the rare band that lands on both sides of that equation.

Band leader Doug Dulgarian says of his band's latest single:

“There is a guy who I see every day near my house. I always buy him a pack of Newport hundreds, knowing full well that he will trade it for crack. I wonder sometimes if it’s the addict in me, enabling the addict in him, or if I just fully understand his struggle. Perhaps we’re the same after all.”

You can watch the video for "rl stine" below. LOTTO is due out October 17 on Julia's War/Smoking Room/ATO Records, and is available for pre-order here. For more on They are Gutting a Body of Water, check out the band on Instagram and Bandcamp. Upcoming tour dates are below the video and include a December 9 show at Arts at the Armory in Somerville, MA.


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 - SOLD OUT
Sat. Dec. 13 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
Sat. Feb.  7 - Dublin, IR @ Whelans
Mon. Feb.  9 - Glasgow, UK @ The Classic Grand
Tue. Feb.  10 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Wed. Feb.  11 - Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
Thu. Feb.  12 - Bristol, UK @ Exchange
Fri. Feb.  13 - London, UK @ ICA
Sat. Feb.  14 - Brighton, UK @ Daltons
Tue. Feb.  17 - Ghent, BE @ Trefpunt
Wed. Feb.  18 - Amsterdam, NL @ Tolhuistuin
Thu. Feb.  19 - Cologne, DE @ Bumann & Sohn
Sat. Feb.  21 - Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen
Sun. Feb.  22 - Berlin, DE @ Neue Zukunft
Mon. Feb.  23 - Warsaw, PL @ Bardzo Bardzo
Tue. Feb.  24 - Prague, CZ @ Chapeau Rouge
Wed. Feb.  25 - Munich, DE @ Import Export
Thu. Feb.  26 - Luxembourg, LU @ Rotondes
Sat. Feb.  28 - Paris, FR @ Petit Bain

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