Philadelphia shoegaze quartet They Are Gutting a Body of Water (TAGABOW) have just announced their latest album LOTTO. The new album is a follow up to their 2022 album Lucky Styles, and is out October 17 via Julia’s War x Smoking Room x ATO Records.

In conjunction with the album's announcement, the band has released a new single "trainers". This is the second single released from the record, and it is accompanied by a music video. Check out "trainers" below:

Doug Dulgarian, the band's lead singer, says "trainers" is:

“...a vignette, a day in the life; desiring something wholesome while still grappling with the reality presented clearly by my subconscious. I’ve built this life for myself, idealizing escape like we all do, I live in this house built on what I can only perceive to be bad decisions and shame, of comfort and distraction. I walk to the store to buy some dumb thing that won’t help, after fantasizing about escaping it all. I glance back at the comfort of my house and consider staying outside in the world tonight, because the escape isn’t big enough, it just never is.”

According to a press release, LOTTO is the sound of four musicians in a room surrounded by a world full of automated scam calls and AI content mean to keep us scrolling. Dulgarian delves into what makes technology a personal crutch, and why he decided to cast it aside to focus on working with his guitar on the new album:

“It’s rife with perceivable mistakes, ebbing and flowing with the most humanity I can place on one record. The more I utilized [technology], the softer I got. I return again and again to that world because it’s more comfortable than my physical body. The dopamine flooding my brain. And in moments of clarity, I am often very aware that we’re currently watching the homogenization of art right before our very eyes. I am afraid that technology and convenience will cure the world of life.”

TAGABOW has also announced they are going on a North American tour starting in October. Tickets will be available to purchase this Friday July 18 at 10am local time.

LOTTO is out October 17. Pre-order here. Tracklist below:

1. the chase
2. sour diesel
3. trainers
4. chrises head
5. rl stine
6. slow crostic
7. violence iii
8. american food
9. baeside k
10. herpim


Tour dates:

10/30 Cleveland, OH @ Mahall’s
10/31 Detroit, MI @ Edgemen Printing
11/01 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
11/02 Minneapolis, MN @ The Underground
11/04 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
11/05 Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell
11/06 Boise, ID @ Shrine Basement
11/07 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
11/08 Vancouver, BC @ Kingsway Club
11/09 Seattle, WA @ Vera Project
11/11 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
11/13 Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
11/14 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
11/15 Mesa, AZ @ The Underground
11/16 Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
11/18 Austin, TX @ 29th St. Ballroom
11/19 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
11/21 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade: Purgatory
11/22 Raleigh, NC @ Kings Barcade
12/04 Washington, DC @ Black Cat
12/05 Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit
12/06 Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
12/07 Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz
12/09 Somerville, MA @ Arts at the Armory
12/11 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
12/12 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church

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