Punchlove Share New Single “(sublimate)”
The Brooklyn band's 2024 album, Channels, was one of our favorite debuts from last year.
Photo by Ave Davis
Last year, Brooklyn shoegazers Punchlove came viscerally into view with their debut album, Channels. Critic Grace Ann Natanawan wrote that the band “centers itself around an electrifying and buzzy sound that is always in motion: flexing, contorting, sauntering and sprinting throughout the tracklist of their debut album.” True to those words, Punchlove started from a small bedroom project and graduated into this majorly evocative, eclectic force of guitar-piling nature. The album was not just a cohesive, awing feat, but one of our very favorite debuts of 2024.
Today, Punchlove are back with a new single, “(sublimate),” and a new tour announcement. The band will be sweeping across the US, UK and other parts of Europe. Vocalist Jillian Olesen says of “(sublimate)”: “I realized and then I couldn’t stop realizing. Ecliptic totality created a very stark before and after that felt a bit like suddenly noticing a portal in a room you’ve spent your whole life in that for better or worse, you now cannot unsee. This was my experience on the brink of that inflection point.”
Watch the music video for “(sublimate)” and check out Punchlove’s upcoming tour dates below.
Punchlove’s Upcoming Tour Dates:
2/05 Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
2/12 Rome, IT @ 30 Formiche
2/14 Florence, IT @ Ex Fila
2/15 Ravenna, IT @ Bronson Club
2/17 Luxembourg, LX @ Les Rotundes
2/18 Rouen, FR @ Le 3 Pieces
2/19 Paris, FR @ Super Sonic
2/20 London, UK @ Dalston Victoria
2/21 Cardiff, UK @ The Paradise Garden
2/22 Brighton, UK @ The Green Door Store
2/23 Helmond, NL @ Lokaal 42
2/24 Kusel, DE @ Kinnet SK
2/25 Hamburg, DE @ Ms Stubnitz
2/26 Copenhagen, DK @ Råhuset
2/27 Stockholm, SE @ Slaktkyrkan & Hus 7
2/28 Jonkoppin, SE @ The Hush Hush Club
3/01 Oslo, NO @ Goldie Oslo
3/03 Berlin, DE @ Urban Spree
3/04 Wroclaw, PL @ Centrum Reanimacji Kultury
4/18 Austin, TX @ Far Out Lounge *
4/19 Houston, TX @ TBC *
4/20 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada *
4/22 Davenport, IA @ Raccoon Motel *
4/23 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen *
4/25 Philly, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie *
* w/Lucid Express