London post/noise metallers Wren have announced that they will be releasing a split EP with Slabdragger, entitled ‘Mothers of the Beef and the Magic of Invention’.
The release sees the band cover Captain Beefheart’s ‘Electricity’, whilst Slabdragger take on Frank Zappa’s ‘Muffin Man’. It will be released on the 27th October via Holy Roar Records and can be pre-ordered here. It follows Wren’s debut album ‘Auburn Rule’, which was released in July, and Slabdragger’s 2016 album ‘Rise of the Dawncrusher’.
Wren have also announced that they will be playing a weekender with Helpless and Watchcries next week. You can info on these shows, as well as their upcoming festival appearances, below.
SEPTEMBER
08 NOTTINGHAM Stuck On a Name* w/ Antre
09 LEEDS Bad Apples*
10 MANCHESTER The Peer Hat*
23 LONDON EpicFest, OTC Bar
OCTOBER
08 BRIGHTON Mammothfest
NOVEMBER
04 LEEDS Damnation Festival, Leeds University Students Union
* w/ Helpless + Watchcries
As for London doom/sludge metallers Slabdragger, they will be playing the following shows.
SEPTEMBER
30 SHEFFIELD HRH Doom vs Stoner 2017, O2 Academy
OCTOBER
02 COVENTRY The Phoenix w/ Saint Vitus, Mos Generator + Poseidon
19 LONDON The Garage w/ Church of Misery
NOVEMBER
25 BRIGHTON Riffmass 2017, Green Door Store
FEBRUARY
03 LONDON The Local Fuzz Vol. 3, The Underworld