Superorganism unveil new single “crushed.zip”

Today Superorganism share “crushed.zip”, the third track from their upcoming second album World Wide Pop (due July 15th), it takes their sound in a more melancholic direction whilst still underpinned by a soaring chorus and their signature sound effects.

Harry says of the song: “It's a musical journey through the anxieties and isolation that can arise from being an artist, it's ultimately delicious though”, whilst Orono adds: “I was thinking about Kanye and Elliott Smith a lot (which is most of the time). I wanted to do like a really depressing and personal song but with the most deliciously obnoxious pop packaging. Stuart Price’s production really elevated it to the next level.”

The video is directed by AEVA - who directed the band’s previous videos for “It’s Raining” and “Teenager” – and features animations by Neirin Best, Dan W Jacobs, Wayne McCauslin and Nicholas Barnes that echo the emotions of “feeling so crushed”.

Alongside “crushed.zip”, the five-piece are pleased to announce a run of UK instores alongside the album release in July.

UK instore shows

• 15th July – Rough Trade East, London
• 16th July – Resident instore, Brighton
• 17th July (afternoon) - Pie & Vinyl instore, Portsmouth
• 17th July (evening) - Rough Trade instore, Bristol
• 18th July – Rough Trade, Nottingham
• 19th July – Jumbo, Leeds
• 20th July – Pryzm, Kingston

Superorganism have mutated and are now based around the core of Orono, Harry, Tucan, B and Soul but World Wide Pop also brings in an international set of collaborators including Stephen Malkmus, CHAI, Pi Ja Ma, Dylan Cartlidge as well as legendary musician and actor Gen Hoshino.

World Wide Pop blasts back with thirteen tracks that strike a balance between artifice and earnestness between sci-fi silliness and existential intensity. A showcase for Superorganism’s newly deepened understanding of each other’s interests and impulses, the kind of creative convergence you’d expect when online friends start spending time together IRL (their debut was completed before the whole band had ever been in the same room at the same time).

Upcoming live dates

• 3rd September – Doornroosje, Nijmegen
• 4th September – Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
• 5th September – Nochtspeicher, Hamburg
• 6th September – Hole 44, Berlin
• 7th September – Praga Centrum, Warsaw
• 9th September – Lucerna Music Bar, Prague
• 10th September – DasWERK, Vienna
• 12th September – Club Volta, Cologne
• 13th September – Rotonde – Botanique, Brussels
• 14th September – La Trabendo, Paris
• 16th September – Chalk, Brighton
• 17th September – Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds
• 18th September – SWG3 Warehouse, Glasgow
• 20th September – Gorilla, Manchester
• 21st September – Scala, London
• 27th September – Portland House of Music, Portland, ME
• 29th September – Warsaw, Brooklyn, NY
• 30th September – Space Ballroom, Hamden, CT
• 1st October – Paradise, Boston, MA
• 2nd October – L'Astral, Montreal, QC
• 3rd October – Axis, Toronto, ON
• 5th October – Skully's, Columbus, OH
• 7th October – Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL
• 8th October – Majestic, Madison, WI
• 9th October – Varsity Theater, Minneapolis, MN
• 11th October – Meow Wolf, Denver, CO
• 12th October – Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
• 14th October – Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
• 15th October – Neumos, Seattle, WA
• 16th October – Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, BC
• 19th October – The Ritz, San Jose, CA
• 20th October – August Hall, San Francisco, CA
• 21st October – The Regent, Los Angeles, CA
• 22nd October – The Music Box, San Diego, CA
• 24th October – Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix, AZ
• 25th October – Meow Wolf, Santa Fe, NM
• 27th October - Scoot Inn, Austin, TX
• 28th October - White Oak Music Hall, Houston, TX
• 29th October - Club Dada, Dallas, TX
• 1st November – Terminal West, Atlanta, GA
• 2nd November – Basement East, Nashville, TN
• 3rd November – Motorco Music Hall, Durham, NC
• 4th November – 930 Club, Washington, DC
• 5th November - Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA

Tickets

World Wide Pop is available to pre-order on exclusive “Earth coloured” gatefold vinyl signed print, standard gatefold vinyl, CD, cassette and digitally. Pre-order: Dom Mart Digital