‘Success’

Photo by Vladislav Grach

Winnipeg power-trio KEN MODE will record their new album, titled ‘Success’ (on Season Of Mist), with Steve Albini (HIGH ON FIRE, NEUROSIS, NIRVANA, HELMET, and more). Albini and the band will convene on November 23 at Winnipeg’s Empire Recording to start the process. The album will be mastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service.

‘Success’ will feature art by the band’s longtime artist Randy Ortiz, and feature guest performances by Eugene Robinson (OXBOW) and members of FULL OF HELL. Some early song titles include: “Blessed”, “Absolutely Not”, “Failing at Fun Since 1981”, “Dead Actors”, “A Catalog of Small Disappointments”, “Management Control”, “A Passive Disaster”, and “I Just Liked Fire”. The band will be debuting a multitude of new material on their current European tour.

Frontman Jesse Matthewson describes the album as being “a decidedly stripped down northern noise rock apocalypse to be unleashed on the world. Time to take this back to our roots.”

KEN MODE are commencing their European tour tonight alongside label-mates HARK. The Terrorizer-sponsored tour begins in the Netherlands, and runs across the continent before ending on October 19 in the UK. A list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.

KEN MODE, who are fresh off the heels from their full North American tour this past September will be touring in support of their JUNO and Polaris award nominated album, ‘Entrench’. ‘Entrench’ is currently streaming here.

HARK and KEN MODE Tour Dates
9/25 Amsterdam, NL @ Winston
9/26 Oss, NL @ Groene Engel
9/27 Copenhagen, DK @ Stengade
9/30 Brussels, BE @ Magasin4
10/1 Orleans, FR @ L’Astrolabe
10/2 Nantes, FR @ Ferrailleur
10/3 Barcelona, ES @ Razzmatazz
10/6 Toulouse, FR @ Saint des Seins
10/7 Montpellier, FR @ Black Sheep
10/8 Milan, IT @ LoFi
10/9 Innsbruck, AT @ PMK
10/10 Chemnitz, DE @ AC17
10/12 Liege, BE @ La Zona
10/14 London, UK @ Our Black Heart
10/17 Glasgow, UK @ Audio
10/19 Swansea, UK @ Garage