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If Life Is A Gift, It's In Very Poor Taste

Posted by Loren on November 30, 2019

If Life Is A Gift, It's In Very Poor Taste
photo by Mike Manewitz

The final, fourth, installment in Street Sects' Gentrification EP series released this month, with the post-industrial duo sharing a video to track "If Life is a Gift, It's in Very Poor Taste," to whet fans' appetites.

Watch it after the bump.

The band kicks off a US tour in Denton, TX on Monday, Dec. 3.

Gentrification IV — Track Listing:

1. If Life is a Gift, It’s in Very Poor Taste
2. Tomorrow is a Trap

Street Sects — On Tour:

December 3 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves *
December 4 Wichita, KS @ DIYMCA *
December 5 Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room *
December 6 Minneapolis, MN @ Barfly *
December 7 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean *
December 8 Detroit, MI @ Sanctuary ^
December 9 Toronto, ON @ Baby G ^
December 10 Montreal, QC @ Casa Del Popolo ^
December 11 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus ^
December 12 Boston, MA @ O’Briens #
December 13 Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie #
December 14 Washington, DC @ Atlas Brew Works #
December 15 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 #
December 16 Atlanta, GA @ 529 #
December 17 Nashville, TN @ Dark Mttr #
December 18 New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa #
December 19 Houston, TX @ Secret Group #

*w/ Fire-Toolz
^ w/ METH
# w/Elizabeth Colour Wheel

January 10 Phoenix, AZ @ Club Red %
January 11 San Diego, CA @ Space %
January 12 Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell %
January 13 Costa Mesa, CA @ The Wayfarer %
January 15 Oakland, CA @ Elbo Room Jack London %
January 16 Eugene, OR @ Old Nicks %
January 17 Portland, OR @ High Water Mark %
January 18 Seattle, WA @ Substation %
January 19 Tacoma, WA @ The Plaid Pig %
January 20 Boise, ID @ RamaPong %
January 21 Salt Lake City, UT @ Diabolical Records %
January 22 Laramie, WY @ The Great Untamed %
January 23 Denver, CO @ High Dive %
January 24 Wichita KS, @ DIYMCA %

% w/ Portrayal of Guilt

If Life Is A Gift, It's In Very Poor Taste
photo by Mike Manewitz

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