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Regents throwing 'Antietam After Party' on new album (stream a new track)

Regents LP art by Brian Montouri
Regents LP cover

Regents is the amalgamation of members of Sleepytime Trio, Frodus, Acid Tiger and Thursday in to a singular, spazzy post-hardcore beast. After releasing a 7″ last year, Regents did their share of touring, hitting Acheron and eventually shooting down to SXSW to play a memorable BrooklynVegan/Chaos in Tejas event on Lamar Pedestrian Bridge. Live shows are their forte, but only because they haven’t had much recorded material to use as a basis for comparison.

Until now. Regents are welcoming their new LP, Antietam After Party, via Lovitt Records on November 20. Featuring the insane cover art of Brian Montouri (above, part of a bat-shit-crazy-gatefold), the quartet again returns to the spazz on their new effort, as the track “Night Soil” can clearly attest. Stream it below for the first time, and if ya dig then scoot on over to Lovitt for some pre-order action.

Vocalist/guitarist Drew Ringo commented on his thoughts on “Night Soil”:

Lyrically the song focuses on the power, furtiveness and patience of addiction. The song also takes a personal tact, commenting on the unexpected impacts of recovery on ego and emotion. As for the song title, while traveling in China I learned of the practice of using human excrement as farm fertilizer, termed night soil. It’s a dangerous practice because of the potential to spread disease. I couldn’t help but note the similarities – disease feeding on disease, human’s poisoning themselves, shit and desperation.

And here I thought it was just about ripping guitar and being a wildman. #knowingishalfthebattle

Song stream and Southwest tour dates for Regents, which include Fun Fun Fun Fest, are listed below.

REGENTS – 2012 TOUR DATES
11/2: Ten Eleven- San Antonio, TX
11/3: Fun Fun Fun Fest Nights- Austin, TX
11/4: Rubber Gloves- Denton, TX
11/6: Yucca Tap Room- Tempe, AZ
11/7: The Bunkhouse Saloon- Vegas, NV
11/8: The Hood, Palm Desert, CA
11/9: Tower Bar- San Diego, CA
11/10: Unit B- Santa Ana, CA