Cult of Youth have been keeping quite busy since the release of their magnum opus Final Days. In keeping with their ambitious touring schedule, the band are slated to head back to Europe for most of the month of October. In conjunction with this announcement the band are sharing two videos from their recent KEXP sessions which give really great insight to their power and energy as a live band.
Pitchfork says of their recent album: "Final Days’ exhilarating, cathedral-toppling spectacle could prove to be the career game-changer that ensures his band remains a cult no more."
Sean Ragon has been active in the DIY punk, industrial and experimental music communities on the east coast for over 15 years while also running a record store and label in Brooklyn (Heaven Street and Blind Prophet Records, respectively). He has been recording under the moniker of Cult of Youth for the last seven years.
Ragon, once the project’s lone member, is now flanked by Jasper McGandy on bass and Christian Kount on electric guitar (both of whom were members of seminal Sacred Bones band The Hunt). Cory Flannigan on drums and Paige Flash on cello complete the five-piece. The end result is Cult of Youth as they were always meant to sound. Final Days feels like a full realization of the project, it's everything Cult of Youth has been moving towards for the past seven years — post-industrial, post-punk, and post-enlightenment.
Watch the KEXP sessions for"Roses" and see their fall tour dates below!
OUR DATES
Oct 6, 2015: Paris, FR - La Machine du Moulin Rouge
Oct 7, 2015: Nantes, FR - Pôle Étudiant
Oct 8, 2015: Bayonne, FR - Le Magneto
Oct 9, 2015: Madrid, ES - Wurlitzer Ballroom
Oct 10, 2015: Lisbon, PT - Sabotage
Oct 11, 2015: Porto, PT - Cave 45
Oct 12, 2015: Oviedo, ES - Late de Zinc
Oct 13, 2015: Bermeo, ES - Beleza Malandra Ateneo Kulturala
Oct 14, 2015: Barcelona, ES - Rocksound
Oct 16, 2015: Marseille, FR - Poste à Galène
Oct 17, 2015: Athens, GR - Death Disco
Oct 18, 2015: Bologna, IT - Freakout Club
Oct 19, 2015: Zagreb, HR - Klub Attack
Oct 20, 2015: Innsbruck, AT - PMK
Oct 21, 2015: Basel, CH - Hirscheneck
Oct 22, 2015: Brussels, BE - Le Brass
Oct 23, 2015: Amsterdam, NL - Sugar Factory
