THE DREADED LARAMIE SHARE NEW SINGLE "FISHNETS" — LISTEN

BAND ALSO ANNOUNCES A CO-HEADLINING SPRING TOUR WITH VIRGINITY — DATES AND INFO HERE

Watch the music video for "Fishnets" below.

"Fishnets" follows the release of "Breakup Songs," which the band released in 2023.

"As much as I would love for recovery to be straightforward (in breakups, grief, or really any context), it seems unavoidable that it is a non-linear process where you can be fine one day and a wreck the next. We wanted 'Fishnets' to reflect that pendulum between emotional stability and totally freaking out. The meter change between the verses and the choruses feels disorienting to me in a way that is authentic to an experience like, I don't know, getting an out-of-the-blue text from an ex asking to be guest listed for a show." — MC Cunningham, Vocalist of The Dreaded Laramie

The Dreaded Laramie have been melting faces while making people think since 2019, with their own brand of cock rock-coded femmecore. This Nashville quartet delivers high-energy hooks and first-rate musicality, with trademark guitarmonies that scratch that very specific itch in your brain.

Their new album Princess Feedback is an album filled with riffs made of liquid magma and heavy-hitting rhythm section ferocity. But it's also a breakup record. It's a controlled blast — a sonic explosion performed with deliberate precision, clearing the way for what lies beneath. Songs that might sound joyful on first listen are, in time, revealed to be introspective meditations on self-doubt and healing.

On the standout track "Breakup Songs," guitarist/vocalist MC Cunninghamdelves into the healing process post-split: "I can't control the way I heal, feel, or bleed / 'Cause healing isn't the lips, it's the teeth."

Cunningham explains, "The line about the lips is evoking kissing, something tha'’s fun, it's sweet, it's soft, but it isn't nourishing in any way. And what healing is, you're actually taking a bite of something, you're actually giving yourself nourishment, you're growing as a person. And it's also like getting bitten a lot of the time. It's the teeth."

The album was produced, mixed, and engineered by Grammy winner Dave Schiffman (PUP, The Bronx), who managed to capture the band at its very best, maintaining the live energy that makes them an instant hit with crowds of all sizes. "We did most of the guitar harmony tracking at the same time, which was a highlight of the recording process for me," says guitarist Zach Anderson. "We had everything set up in the control room, and so many pedals and dozens of guitars laying around, and we were just grabbing them and trying them out. It was so fun to have Dave in the captain's chair, and getting to play them in real time was a total blast."

The Dreaded Laramie subvert expectations without being in your face about it, and Princess Feedback is an album crafted firmly in that spirit.

The Dreaded Laramie + Virginity Tour Dates
Tickets and info are available here.

4/19 - Atlanta, GA @ Ideal Sports Bar w/ New Junk City + Big Computer

4/20 - Greenville, SC @ Swanson’s Warehouse w/ Sawyer Norman + Sitris

4/21 - Savannah, GA @ The Sentient Bean w/ Off Work + Crimson Fever

4/22 - Charleston, SC @ Tin Roof w/ Newgrounds Death Rugby + Never Any Ordinary

4/23 - Daytona, FL @ Tir Na Nog w/ Porch Coffin + Orange Blossom Trail

4/24 - Tampa, FL @ Hooch And Hive w/ Post Sex High + NowInColor*

4/26 - Gainesville, FL @ Loosey’s w/ Mikey Erg! + Off Day + Trust Fall

4/27 - Orlando, FL @ Will's Pub + Lil Indies - Fanarchy Fest w/ Mikey Erg! + Tightwire + Rational Anthem + Vicious Dreams + more!

4/29 - Nashville, TN @ The East Room w/ Arbor & 76th Street*

* = No Virginity

ABOUT SMARTPUNK RECORDS:
Smartpunk has been a recognizable name in the scene for a long time (Remember that sponsored Warped Tour stage?!). After exchanging several hands and countless ideas of what it could and should be, they decided to start a record label in 2016 with the main idea of focusing solely on reissuing records that have been out of print or never on vinyl. After all, they're a label of vinyl dorks themselves! After releasing Set Your Goals' Mutiny and Gameface's Good, they started to venture into signing newer bands. They actively balance in between many worlds — putting out amazing music from friends and bands that rock, reissuing older titles, and partnering with other incredible labels in our scene and doing exclusive color variants of their releases.

Since forming the record label, Smartpunk Records has released timeless albums such as Less Than Jake's Anthem, Nominee's Lowlife, RIVALS' Sad Looks Pretty on Me, Virginity's POPMORTEM, and melodic skate punkers The Swellers' My Everest.

ALT-ROCKERS VIRGINITY AND FEMMECORE BAND THE DREADED LARAMIE ANNOUNCE SPRING 2024 TOUR DATES

The tour, which the bands jokingly call "The Dreaded Virginity Tour," spans Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee. The shows are an exciting run of dates following their appearances at Smartpunk Records' showcase at SXSW, which is being held in March.

Their setlists will feature new songs and old fan favorites as both bands anticipate a big year ahead.

"We're so excited to get out on the road with The Dreaded Laramie. We've had the pleasure of sharing the stage with them several times and it's always a blast. I feel like every band has a band or two they really get along with and connect with and TDL is definitely one of those bands for us. We're buds. They are also just one of the best live bands to see right now. They're so energetic and good at setting an atmosphere of fun. Virginity doesn't get the opportunity to tour that often, so to be able to do it with folks we really like is great. We have a new record coming out this summer and we’re really looking forward to road-testing some of these new tunes and going to quite a few cities we’ve never been to." —Casey Crawford, Vocalist of Virginity

Guitarist Chris Pfister followed up with "I'll be there — just tell me what song is next."

"This is a total dream tour. We were actually big fans of Virginity before we met them. I've been keeping up with the band since I heard their incredible album POPMORTEM a few years ago. Last year it was really exciting (and I was kind of starstruck) when we were planning a tour in Florida and they agreed to play the Orlando date with us. We totally hit it off at that show--on top of being an amazing band, they're wonderful people--and it's unbelievably cool that we now get to call Virginity friends, labelmates, and tourmates!" — MC, Vocalist of The Dreaded Laramie