Vundabar – "Burned Off"
Boston duo Vundabar are following up 2018’s excellent Smell Smoke with a new album later this year. It’s called Either Light, and they’re announcing it today alongside lead single “Burned Off.” It’s a bit groovier than anything on Smell Smoke, swapping out the fiery theatrics for more a simmer. “Shaken but couldn’t shake it f me/ Saw it, cloud levity,” Brandon Hagen sings in one the verses. “You were the nightingale, I was the wretched rail that takes the train away/ To chase elusive dollar on some breathless day.”
“Burned Off details time spent waiting out a low. It’s bad, it’s bad, it’s bad, then it’s not, it burns f,” Hagen said in a press release. “The song explores that surreal and sometimes inexplicable moment interior shift, the fog lifting, and the way our internal state informs our external experience. It could turn light into a puddle or a puddle into light, but then it burns f! Temporary and dual. We see our protagonist wet, we see our protagonist dry, we see our protagonist ruminating and then looking to the future, finally finding solace in the ephemeral, the chorus a reassurance what’s now known.”
Listen and watch a self-directed music video for it below.
TRACKLIST:
01 “Out Of It”
02 “Burned Off”
03 “Codeine”
04 “Petty Crime”
05 “Easier”
06 “Never Call”
07 “Montage Music”
08 “Jester”
09 “Paid For”
10 “Other Flowers”
11 “Wax Face”
TOUR DATES:
03/18 Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place +o
03/19 Toronto, ON @ The Garrison +o
03/20 Cleveland, OH @ The Grog Shop +o
03/21 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall +o
03/22 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry +o
03/24 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre ^&
03/25 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court ^&
03/26 Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Festival
03/28 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios ^
03/29 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret ^
03/30 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile !
04/01 San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel ! *
04/02 Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room ! *
04/03 San Diego, CA @ House Blues Voodoo Room ! *
04/04 Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room ! *
04/05 Phoenix, AZ @ The Rebel Lounge ! *
04/07 Austin, TX @ Barracuda ! *
04/08 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada ! *
04/09 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall ! *
04/11 Orlando, FL @ Soundbar ?+
04/12 Atlanta, GA @ The Masqurade-Purgatory ?+
04/13 Nashville, TN @ The High Watt ?+
04/14 Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight ?+
04/15 Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall ?+
04/16 Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall ?+
04/17 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church ?+
04/24 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club ?+
04/29 Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade ?+
04/30 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom ?+
+ = Boyscott
& = Ohmme
o = The Ophelias
^ = Great Grandpa
! = Destroy Boys
* = Boyo
? = Dehd
Either Light is out 3/13 Gawk Records. Pre-order it here.