Portland, OR’s Muscle and Marrow will release their sophomore album Love on Friday, May 27th on The Flenser.  Today, the band has unveiled another new track from the album, “The Drooling Mouth”, on Flood Magazine.  The song is one of their most powerful and fragile yet, bringing the band to the forefront of dark experimental music.  Additionally, Muscle and Marrow are thrilled to announce an extensive North American tour spanning July 5 through August 8 supporting Marissa Nadler and Wrekmeister Harmonies - check out the tour dates below.

Formed in 2013 by Kira Clark (voice, guitar) and Keith McGraw (drums, sounds), Muscle and Marrow’s debut album The Human Cry was released in June, 2014 by Belief Mower Records. Its songs were arresting and hysterical, but also distinctly feminine. Pitchfork called it “gorgeous,” with Clark’s voice alternating between plaintive wails and guttural moans that soared over waves of pulsing drums and stifling guitars. Muscle and Marrow toured across the United States and in October, 2015, the duo posted up at Machines with Magnets (The Body, Lightning Bolt, Deer Tick) in Providence, RI to record what was to become their sophomore album, Love. The band took their time in the studio and laid down seven tracks that delve further into deep electronic territories, but still incorporate the familiar droning guitars, ethereal vocals and tribal drums throughout.  Along with themes of death and loss, Love touches on feminism and female archetypes, a topic that Kira Clark is very interested in. “It’s cathartic and alluring for me to delve into feminine madness because, of course, that character is inside me somewhere all of the time and to give her permission to surface in my art is powerful,” comments Clark.

Love will be released May 27th and is up for pre-order now through Flenser.

Love - out 5/27/16 - Track Listing:

1. My Fear
2. Black Hole
3. Womb
4. The Drooling Mouth
5. Sacs of Teeth
6. Bereft Body
7. Light

MUSCLE & MARROW - ON TOUR w/ Marissa Nadler and Wrekmeister Harmonies:

July 5  Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge

July 6  Boise, ID @ Neurolux

July 8  Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court

July 9  Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge

July 10  Omaha, NE @ Reverb

July 11  Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry

July 12  Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle

July 13  Detroit, MI @ El Club

July 14  Toronto, ON @ The Drake

July 15  Montreal, QC @ La Salla Rossa

July 16  Hudson, NY @ Half Moon

July 19  Boston, MA @ Great Scott

July 20  Providence, RI @ Aurora

July 21  New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

July 22  Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brendas

July 24  Washington, DC @ DC9

July 25  Raleigh, NC @ Cats Cradle Back Room

July 26  Atlanta, GA @ The Earl

July 27  New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa

July 29  Austin, TX @ The Sidewinder

July 30  Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves

August 1  Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar

August 2  San Diego, CA @ Casbah

August 3  Los Angeles, CA @ Echo

August 4  San Francisco CA @ The Chapel

August 5  Big Sur, CA @ Henry Miller Library

August 7  Vancouver, BC @ The Cobalt

August 8  Seattle, WA @ Barbosa

photo by Marilia Maschion