Loren

The early ‘90s young musicians following in the footsteps of the first wave of hardcore-punks sought to infuse their live performances with the same raw unrestrained energy of punk’s pioneering bands. Many talented and innovative bands came and went during the period, producing cassette demos before the availability of cheap recordable compact discs, pressing vinyl for their own pop-up labels, and starting home and basement recording studios before the emergence of readily available digital recording programs. Words a Game was one of those bands. Following the recording of a three-song demo cassette in late 1993, a small New York City label, Ides of March, offered the band the opportunity to record a full-length album and release it on compact disc a year later. Soon after recording its first album Words a Game broke up, a familiar story for teenagers in bands.
The second release of Words a Game in 23 years required cleaning up digital files, mastering the recording for vinyl, and reclaiming the album’s original artwork and lyrics. In 1995, the Words a Game disc came wrapped in a brown cardboard sleeve with a black and white booklet printed on gray card stock. Inside a short description of the band’s break-up told listeners Words a Game, “left record of their moment and moved on.” It remains the final word.

Words A Game is available for purchase from Coin Toss.

Tour dates (all dates are co-headlines with Deafheaven; Zeal & Ardor open):
March 8 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall
March 9 Austin, TX Emo’s
March 10 Dallas, TX Canton Hall
March 12 Phoenix, AZ The Van Buren
March 13 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
March 14 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
March 16 Berkeley, CA The UC Theatre
March 18 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
March 19 Seattle, WA The Showbox
March 20 Vancouver, BC Vogue Theatre
March 22 Edmonton, AB Union Hall
March 23 Calgary, AB The Palace Theatre
March 24 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
March 26 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
March 27 Denver, CO The Ogden Theater
March 29 Minneapolis, MN Skyway Theatre
March 30 Madison, WI The Sylvee
March 31 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
April 2 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall
April 3 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre
April 5 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
April 6 Worcester, MA The Palladium
April 7 Albany, NY Upstate Concert Hall
April 9 Cleveland, OH Agora Theater
April 10 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore
April 12 New York, NY Terminal 5 

TOUR DATES:
12/15 – Tulsa, OK – Mercury Lounge2/23 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theatre (ALBUM RELEASE SHOW)
Forever track listing:Miles and MilesTroublemakerAll on BlackFallen AgainSixteen YearsShoshone RoseBottom Dollar BoyCigarettes in the RainNowhere FastTumbleweed