UNIFORM SHARE NEW VIDEO “THE SHADOW OF GOD’S HAND”
FROM SHAME – OUT NOW VIA SACRED BONES
ANNOUNCE SPRING 2022 EU TOUR
U.S. TOUR KICKS OFF NEXT MONTH WITH PORTRAYAL OF GUILT
Today industrial trail blazers Uniform have announced their return overseas. They’ll embark on a 27 date run across the UK and Europe in Spring 2022 with Pinkish Black along for support. In anticipation of this and their upcoming U.S. tour – their first since the release of the lauded 2020 heavy-hitter, Shame – they have released a new video, “The Shadow of God’s Hand“
Vocalist Michael Berdan explains, “The central theme behind ‘The Shadow of God’s Hand’ are the inherent contradictions present in conventional Christianity. I was brought up with this idea of ‘act right or you’re going to hell.’ I’ve listened to family members as they worried themselves to tears over the fate of a loved one’s soul. To me, the concept of a punitive God is antithetical to the comfort I derive from a spiritual practice. Does God serve to comfort or chastise? Does following Christ’s teachings serve to create a kinder, more equitable world or have those teachings become so perverted that they simply stand as tools of control? For many, there is a fine line in their belief structure between salvation and damnation. This song attempts to touch on these paradoxes.”
The video, directed by John Bradburn, is available today
For a full list of tour dates, see below and purchase tickets here. And keep up with the latest Uniform updates on Instagram here.
Album Artwork By Heather Gabel
UNIFORM UK/EU SPRING 2022 (TICKETS)
05/04: Budapest, HUN – Aurora
06/04: Brno, CZ – Kabinet Muz
07/04: Wien, AT – Chelsea
08/04: Innsbruck, AT – PMK
09/04: Winterthur, CH – Gaswerk
10/04: Geneva, CH – Cave 12
12/04: Lille, FR – La Malterie
13/04: Paris, FR – Supersonic
14/04: London, UK – Electrowerkz
15/04: Manchester, UK – The White Hotel
16/04: Newcastle, UK – The Cluny
17/04: Glasgow, UK – Audio
18/04: Nottingham, UK – The Chameleon Arts
19/04: Ramsgate, UK – Ramsgate Music Hall
20/04: Brussels, BE – Botanique
23/04: Leipzig, DE – Soltmann
24/04: Berlin, DE – Kantine Berghain
26/04: Copenhagen, DK – Loppen
27/04: Goteborg, SWE – Skjulet
28/04: Stockholm, SWE – HUS7
30/04: St. Petersburg, RUS – Serdce
01/05: Moscow, RUS – Bumazhnaya Fabrika
02/05: Tallinn, EST – Sveta Baar
03/05: Riga, LV – DEPO
04/05: Vilnius, LI – XI20
06/05: Warsaw, PL – Chmury
07/05: Prague, CZ – Underdogs
All shows w/ Pinkish Black
UNIFORM FALL US 2021 (TICKETS)
20/10: Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus
21/10: Boston, MA – Cambridge Elks Lodge
22/10: Berlin, CT – Berlin VFW
23/10: Washington, D.C. – DC9
24/10: Durham, NC – The Pinhook
26/10: Atlanta, GA – 529
27/10: Birmingham, AL – Seasick Records
29/10: San Antonio, TX – Events *
30/10: Austin, TX – Levitation
31/10: Albuquerque, NM – Sister
01/11: Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar
02/11: Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon
03/11: San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
04/11: Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
05/11: Seattle, WA – Vera Project
06/11: Boise, ID – Neurolux
07/11: Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
08/11: Denver, CO – HQ
10/11: Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
11/11: Cleveland, OH – Now That’s Class
12/11: Philadelphia, PA – PhilaMOCA
All shows w/ Portrayal of Guilt & Body Void
*w/ Portrayal of Guilt & Code Orange (no Body Void)
Over the past decade, Uniform’s Michael Berdan and Ben Greenberg have bulldozed a path to the forefront of the underground. Through their various projects and Greenberg’s production work (Bing & Ruth, Pharmakon, Johann Johannson and many more), the two have served as major forces and key members of NYC’s experimental, electronic, punk and metal scenes.
Shame marks the debut of Mike Sharp on drums, adding a natural fire to the engine. His presence grinds down their metallic industrial edge with a live percussive maelstrom. This time around, they’ve joined forces with Randall Dunn (Marissa Nadler, Sun O))), Earth) to perfect their powerful hybrid of digital and analog, electronic and acoustic, synthetic and actual that has become their hallmark.
For the first time, vocalist Michael Berdan made a conscious decision to include lyrics which focus on the static state of an antihero as he mulls over his life in the interim between major events, just existing in the world. On Shame, the trio strain struggle through an industrialized mill of grating guitars, warped electronics, war-torn percussion and demonically catchy vocalizations giving us 8 of Uniform’s most powerful tracks yet.
“Masterfully dark, invigorating stuff.” – 9/10 LOUD AND QUIET
“the raw emotional edge they bring to the table, alongside fast and rough punk overtones, render their music imperfectly human.” – 4/5 KERRANG!
“haunting, intelligent and quite beautiful” – OVERBLOWN ZINE
“one of the most exciting acts in alternative music” – 9/10 DISTORTED SOUND
“Uniform has a deconstructed take on the genre complete with a healthy serving of blast beats” – 8/10 GHOST CULT
“With Uniform there’s always been something atypically human about their music, with an individual sense of hurt and hostility characterising their sound. That sense of individuality and humanity is what shines through.” – ASTRAL NOIZE
“A mixture of militaristic early industrial metal harshness and sewer-worthy noise rock.” – METAL HAMMER
“It’s grim.. It’s noisy…” – THE NEEDLE DROP
“Noise-rock icons” – FLOOD
“If you, like me, are attracted to pummeling sounds at what so often feels like the end of the world, look no further” – JEZEBEL
“Blending elements of industrial, drone, and power electronics, the band unleash brutal landscapes and oppressive moods.” – CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND
“Furious and fast” – STEREOGUM
“Unhinged hardcore and metallic riffs” – PASTE
“Pummeling” – BROOKLYN VEGAN
“Crushing” – REVOLVER
“It’s thought-provoking music which is guaranteed to make listeners feel uncomfortable in their own skin; what more could you want from a new Uniform album?” – EXCLAIM!
“These songs bite, kick and strangle with a venom that is all too rare in extreme metal: shorn of all rock ‘n’ roll cliché and grittily austere on a sonic level” – BLABBERMOUTH