THE DIRTY NIL release cathartic, hardcore-laced new single, ‘Fail In Time’ |
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New album, ‘The Lash’, out July 25 onDine Alone Records |
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Hamilton, Ontario’s The Dirty Nil fire back with “Fail in Time,” the latest single off their upcoming fifth album, The Lash, out July 25th via Dine Alone Records. Following the searing charge of “Gallop of the Hounds,” the snarling honesty of “Rock N’Roll Band,” and the delicate introspection of “Spider Dream,” this new track drives the knife even deeper, pairing triumphant verses with a stark chorus that confronts the inevitable fade of happiness. “Fail in Time” is a perfect example of The Lash’s stripped down, black-and-white approach: raw, loud, and refreshingly bleak. “When true joy enters your life, you know it’s got a return ticket to wherever it came from. I wrote the chorus of the song first and wanted to make the verses as triumphant as possible – we even got an I Think You Should Leave reference into the second. Then we hit the pre-chorus where happiness begins to fade. The chorus is about knowing it’s over… that little spark is gone. [Engineer] Vince [Solivari] insisted we put a hardcore breakdown in at the end and I’m glad we listened to him.” – Luke Bentham (guitarist/vocalist) |
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THE DIRTY NIL – ‘Fail In Time’ |
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All over their new record, The Dirty Nil dive headfirst into something far more visceral and back-to-basics. Without a moment to overthink, The Lash poured out of them, and they recorded the entire record in just over two weeks with up-and-coming producer and their actual front-of-house engineer, Vince Solveri. The result finds the band sounding more urgent and alive than ever before. Everything about The Lash evokes a certain sort of brutality. During a trip to the Vatican, vocalist / guitarist Luke Bentham found inspiration in some of its forgotten art. “I was in a very dusty part of the basement, and they had these crazy bronze reliefs that were some of the most brutal things I’ve ever seen,” he recalls. “There was a particular one called The Horrors of War. It was two guys fighting over a knife. That image ended up guiding a lot of this record.” From there, the band brought in UK designer Jack Sabbat for his acerbic, bootleg punk-flyer style, assuring The Lash would look right at home in a beat-up bin of old Crass records or in a Medieval torture dungeon. Thematically, the album’s ten tracks trade Bentham’s usual happy-go-lucky romanticism for a cathartic vent session about everything from music industry bullsh*t to the dissolution of a relationship. Drummer and co-conspirator Kyle Fisher jokes: “I’ve been telling people that this is Luke’s therapy record.” |
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THE LASH – Tracklisting 1) Gallop of the Hounds 2) Fail in Time 3) That Don’t Mean It Won’t Sting 4) Rock ‘n’ Roll Band 5) This Is Me Warning Ya 6) Do You Want Me? 7) Spider Dream 8) They Won’t Beat Us 9) Hero Narrative 10) I Was A Henchman Pre-Order/Pre-Save: https://thedirtynilstream.com/thelash |
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Formed in 2006, The Dirty Nil have always leaned more towards the flashier side of punk, but The Lash finds them stripping everything back to what matters most: no frills, just playing like their lives depend on it. For fans of bands like The Jesus Lizard, The Bronx, and Metz, The Lash is a high-stakes rock record from a group that’s spent over a decade delivering unrelenting live performances, building a global fanbase, and even winning a Juno Award for Breakthrough Band in 2017. They’ve played the game and done the dance for long enough; this is The Dirty Nil back on their own terms. |
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FORTHCOMING LIVE DATES JULY (w/ Heart Attack Man)
10: CHICAGO Bottom Lounge
11: HAMILTON Because Craft Beer Festival (The Dirty Nil only)
12: RAPID CITY Aby’s Rapid City
13: DES MOINES Wooly’s
16: OMAHA The Waiting Room
18: LAWRENCE The Bottleneck
20: COLORADO SPRINGS The Black Sheep
21: DENVER Marquis Theater
23: SALT LAKE CITY Soundwell
24: BOISE Shrine Social Club
25: SEATTLE The Crocodile
26: VANCOUVER Rickshaw Theater
27: PORTLAND Hawthorne Theatre
29: SACRAMENTO Goldfield Trading Post
30: BERKELEY Cornerstone Berkeley
31: FRESNO Strummer’s AUGUST (w/ Heart Attack Man)
01: LOS ANGELES Lodge Room Highland Park
02: MESA The Nile Theater
04: EL PASO Lowbrow Palace
05: DALLAS RBC
06: SAN ANTONIO Paper Tiger
08: AUSTIN Come and Take It Live
09: OKLAHOMA CITY Beer City Music Hall SEPTEMBER 11: BARRIE Rec Room (w/ Heart Attack Man)
12: LONDON London Music Hall (w/ Heart Attack Man)
13: ST. CATHARINES Warehouse (w/ Heart Attack Man)
14: ST. CATHARINES Warehouse (w/ Heart Attack Man)
16: OSHAWA Biltmore Theatre (w/ Heart Attack Man)
18: PETERBOROUGH The Venue (w/ Heart Attack Man)
19: KINGSTON Broom Factory (w/ Heart Attack Man)
20: OTTAWA Bronson Centre (w/ Heart Attack Man)
21: MONTREAL Café Campus (w/ Heart Attack Man)
23: VANDORF Harmony Hall
25: BURNSTOWN Neat Café
26: GALT Farm League Brewing
27: WINDSOR Meteor
28: WINDSOR Meteor OCTOBER (with Spanish Love Songs + on the Common Thread tour)
09: VIENNA Szene
10: STUTTGART Club Cann
11: SCHWEINFURT Statbahnhoff
12: MILAN Legend 54
14: ZURICH Dynamo
15: WIESBADEN Schlachthof
16: HAMBURG Knust
18: OBERHAUSEN Common Thread Tour
19: BRUSSELS Common Thread Tour
20: HAARLEM Common Thread Tour
22: BIRMINGHAM O2 Institute
23: MANCHESTER New Century Hall
24: NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms
25: LONDON Common Thread Tour
26: LEEDS Common Thread Tour |
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