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Pharmakon shares "Body Betrays Itself" from forthcoming LP, drops off Death By Audio show, adds Chinese dates w/ Liars

by Wyatt Marshall

Pharmakon at Drone Activity in Progress in 2013 (more by PSquared Photography)

Pharmakon is streaming “Body Betrays Itself” off of her forthcoming album Bestial Burden, the followup to her critically acclaimed 2013 debut Abandon. The song’s a good one — it pulses ominously along with Temple of Doom drums, while  one-woman force Margaret Chardaret screams and wails over top. You can listen to it below. If you want to hear more, the album is out on Sacred Bones on October 14.

As we’ve mentioned, Pharmakon is touring Europe with Swans (again!) this fall. She was also scheduled to play an NYC show at Death By Audio on August 29 with Una Bestia and La Misma, but she’s since had to drop off — she’s traveling to China for a couple dates with Liars, including Bejiing’s Modern Sky Festival (which is getting a NYC edition) — so NYC fans will have to wait.

Pharmakon recently sat down with Pitchfork to talk about the new album–head over there to read their Q&A. Otherwise, all tour dates are listed, along with the new song stream, below…

Pharmakon – 2014 Tour Dates
Aug 29, 2014: Shanghai, CN Mao Livehouse (w/ Liars)
Aug 30, 2014: Beijing, CN Modern Sky Festival
Sep 25, 2014: Brussels, BE AB Club (w/ Swans)
Sep 26, 2014: Amsterdam, NL Paradiso Music Hall (w/ Swans)
Sep 28, 2014: Paris, FR Le Marioquinerie (w/ Swans)
Sep 30, 2014: La Rochelle, FR La Sirene (w/ Swans)
Oct 1, 2014: Barcelona, ES Sala Apolo (w/ Swans)
Oct 2, 2014: Madrid, ES Shoko (w/ Swans)
Oct 3, 2014: Durango, ES Plateruena (w/ Swans)
Oct 4, 2014: Porto, PT AmpliFest (w/ Swans)
Oct 7, 2014: Fribourg, CH FRI-Son (w/ Swans)
Oct 8, 2014: St. Gallen, CH Grabenhalle (w/ Swans)
Oct 9, 2014: Torino, IT Hiroshima Club (w/ Swans)
Oct 10, 2014: Bologna, IT Estragon Club (w/ Swans)
Oct 11, 2014: Rome, IT DNA Concerti (w/ Swans)
Oct 12, 2014: Milan, IT Alcatraz Milano (w/ Swans)
Oct 14, 2014: Zagreb, HR Pogon Jedinstvo (w/ Swans)
Oct 15, 2014: Budapest, HU A38 Ship (w/ Swans)
Oct 16, 2014: Ljubljana, SLO Kino Kiska Centre For Urban Culture (w/ Swans)
Oct 17, 2014: Vienna, AT Arena Big Hall (w/ Swans)
Oct 18, 2014: Krakow, PL Unsound Fest (w/ Swans)
Oct 20, 2014: Prague, CZ Lucenra Music Bar (w/ Swans)
Oct 21, 2014: Berlin, DE Berghain (w/ Swans)
Oct 23, 2014: Leipzig, DE Schauspiel Leipzig (w/ Swans)
Oct 24, 2014: Cologne, DE Gebaeude 9 (w/ Swans)
Oct 25, 2014: Hannover, DE MusikZentrum (w/ Swans)
Oct 27, 2014: Hamburg, DE Kampnagel (w/ Swans)
Oct 29, 2014: Dresden, DE Beatpol (w/ Swans)
Oct 30, 2014: Frankfurt, DE Mousonturm (w/ Swans)
Oct 31, 2014: Karlsruhe, DE Jubez (w/ Swans)
Nov 1, 2014: Munich, DE Feierwerk (w/ Swans)