Microwave Death Warm Blanket

Microwave share song off much heavier new album, touring

Atlanta’s Microwave recently shared two new songs off their upcoming third album Death Is A Warm Blanket that showed the band going in a much heavier direction from their emo-y alt-rock roots, and the just-released third single “Float to the Top” is no different. It’s got elements of ’90s post-hardcore, sludge metal, and more, and it’s a dark, filthy song that’s truly like nothing they’ve done before. It reminds me of jumps like the ones Cloud Nothings made from self-titled to Attack on Memory, Citizen made from Youth to Everybody Is Going to Heaven, or Arctic Monkeys made from Favourite Worst Nightmare to Humbug. It’s a total reinvention, and it’s worth hearing for any fan of heavy rock music, whether or not you were already a Microwave fan. Listen to the new song and the two previous singles below. The album comes out September 13 via Pure Noise Records (pre-order), their first release for the label.

Microwave are also playing Riot Fest and going on a US tour opening for Boston Manor, alongside Heart Attack Man and Selfish Things. The tour hits NYC’s Gramercy Theatre on November 21 (tickets). All dates are listed below.

Tracklist
1. Leather Daddy
2. Float To The Top
3. DIAWB
4. The Brakeman Has Resigned
5. Hate TKO
6. Pull
7. Love’s Will Tear Us Apart
8. Mirrors
9. Carry
10. Part of It

Microwave — 2019 Tour Dates
09/13 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater & Ballroom
09/14 Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest
09/21 Southampton, UK @ 1865 *
09/22 Cardiff, UK @ The Globe *
09/24 Dublin, IR @ Grand Social *
09/25 Manchester, UK @ Academy 3 *
09/26 Glasgow, UK @ Slay *
09/27 Birmingham, UK @ Institute2 *
09/28 London, UK @ 02 Islington Academy *
09/30 Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg #
10/01 Paris, FR @ Supersonic #
10/02 Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique #
10/03 Cologne, DE @ Luxor #
10/04 Hamburg, DE @ Uebel & Gefarlich #
10/05 Liepzig, DE @ Felsenkeller #
10/06 Berlin, DE @ BiNuu #
10/08 Munich, DE @ Feierwerk #
10/09 Vienna, AT @ Flex #
10/10 Bologna, IT @ Locomotiv #
11/20 Boston, MA @ Sinclair ^
11/21 New York, NY @ Gramercy Theater ^
11/22 Baltimore, MD @ Ottotbar ^
11/23 Philadelphia, PA @ Foundry at The Fillmore ^
11/25 Charlotte, NC @ Amo’s ^
11/26 Orlando, FL @ Soundbar ^
11/27 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade – Hell ^
11/29 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada ^
11/30 Austin, TX @ Barracuda ^
12/02 Mesa, AZ @ The Nile ^
12/03 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction ^
12/04 Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy ^
12/05 San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s ^
12/07 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater ^
12/08 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon ^
12/10 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue ^
12/11 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater ^
12/13 Kansas City, MO @ Davey’s Uptown ^
12/14 Springfield, MO @ Outland Ballroom ^
12/15 Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge ^
12/17 Detroit, MI @ The Shelter ^
12/19 Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground ^
12/20 Hartfod, CT @ Webster Underground ^

* w/ Tiny Moving Parts
# w/ Tiny Moving Parts, Lizzy Farrall
^ w/ Boston Manor, Heart Attack Man, Selfish Things