Today, SQUID PISSER — the brainchild of Tommy Meehan (Grodius Maximus of GWAR) — unleashes their new single "Tumors," taken from their long-awaited full-length EP, 'Throat Slave,' set for release on August 28th via Skin Graft Records / Sweatband Records. The new track arrives alongside an official music video.
On the new single, Baxter Yogurt explains:
"A tumor is just a chaotic mass of cells growing out of control without a purpose. A destructive a**hole feeding off another life form because it can't survive on its own."
He continues, "The song is about people who spread chaos wherever they go while hiding behind manipulation, posturing, fear, and false confidence. People like that can seem larger than life until you realize they're just total parasites with no real personality of their own. They're faking everything they pretend to be, scrambling desperately and loudly for attention, conflict, and other people's pain because there's nothing of substance underneath. Even their identity is borrowed... Stitched together from the people they've used, envied, and tried to become. It's about seeing through that illusion and recognizing these people for what they really are: cowardly, pathetic, and ultimately insignificant."
Watch the Music Video Premiere for "Tumors" Below:
Following the sensory overload of 2024's 'Dreams of Puke,' Los Angeles slime merchants SQUID PISSER return with 'Throat Slave,' a "full-length EP" featuring five original songs, six demented remixes, and a foreboding introduction that pushes the band's increasingly strange universe into darker territory.
While retaining the band's trademark volatility and sonic intensity, 'Throat Slave' marks a significant evolution, embracing greater groove, atmosphere, and dynamic tension. It also serves as the first SQUID PISSER release to prominently feature the creative contributions of guitarists Michael Armendariz and Raz Azraai, expanding the band's sonic palette while preserving its uniquely unstable identity.
Side A explores paranoia, confrontation, self-examination, and release, using imagery of decay and mutation to examine the struggle to reclaim one's identity from manipulation and illusion. Side B transforms that vision through remixes by Plack Blague, Hyper Gal, Drumcorps, Fartbarf, Ecology: HomeStones, dj Embryonic Petit Sac, and KK Null (Zeni Geva), reimagining the material as electronic hallucinations, industrial rituals, mutant dance music, and psychedelic fever dreams.
Paired with the luminous, unsettling artwork of Bora Murmure, 'Throat Slave' emerges as SQUID PISSER's most immersive and adventurous release yet, occupying a space between nightmare and revelation.
As Baxter Yogurt puts it, “'Throat Slave' is a collection of songs about defending your identity from parasites... Whether they're people, institutions, bad habits, or the voice in your own head telling you to play it safe. The record is filled with bodily fluids, vermin, disease, and decay because that's what these forces feel like when they're attached to you and feeding. Every song is a battle between self-determination and surrender. The answer isn't self-improvement or enlightenment... It's trusting yourself enough to reject what's false. Don't become somebody else's 'Throat Slave.'”
SQUID PISSER are excited to be getting back on the road for their "Tumors Across America Tour" kicking off August 19th in Long Beach, CA.
SQUID PISSER Live:
"Tumors Across America Tour"
August 19 - Long Beach, CA @ Alex's Bar
August 20 - Sacramento, CA @ Cafe Colonial
August 21 - Petaluma, CA @ Phoenix Theatre
August 22 - Palmdale, CA @ Transplants
August 23 - Cottonwood, AZ @ Queen B Vinyl
August 24 - Silver City, NM @ Whiskey Creek
August 25 - El Paso, TX @ EP Underground
August 27 - Austin, TX @ Lost Well
August 28 - Houston, TX @ The End
August 29 - New Orleans, LA @ Poor Boys
August 30 - Birmingham, AL @ The Nick
August 31 - Atlanta, GA @ 529
September 1 - Piedmont, SC @ Tribbles
September 2 - Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor
September 3 - Asheville, NC @ Static Age Records
September 4 - Cookeville, TN @ Muddy Roots
September 5 - Harrisburg, PA @ Capitol City Music Center
September 6 - Montague, MA @ RPM Fest
September 7 - Wallingford, CT @ Cherry Street Station
September 8 - Philadelphia, PA @ Nikki Lopez
September 9 - Youngstown, OH @ Westside Bowl
September 10 - Chicago, IL @ Livewire
September 11 - Sioux Falls, SD @ The Den
September 12 - Lincoln, NE @ Reverb
September 13 - Kansas City, MO @ MiniBar
Supporting The Dillinger Escape Plan
October 25 - Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
October 26th - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
October 27th - Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
