Author and Punisher Shares New Single and Video “Drone Carrying Dread” – New Album Coming Soon


Eclectic electronic Synth-Doom artist Author & Punisher has dropped a new single and video “Drone Carrying Dread!” The solo-project is the brainchild of musician-meets-mechanical engineer Tristan Shone and the track comes off of the highly-anticipated new album, Krüller due out on February 11th, 2021 via Relapse Records. The album features Shone’s upgrades to his hand-crafted machines, now upgraded for the new album, and a handful of guest players including Tool’s Danny Carey and Justin Chancellor. The clip was directed by Monte Legaspi and features illustrations from album cover artist Zlatko Mitev, and you can watch it now!

 

Pre-Orders are available now:

https://orcd.co/authorandpunisher-kruller

 

“’Drone Carrying Dread’ was the first song I wrote on Krüller,” explains Shone of the album that thematically was inspired by Octavia E. Butler’s Parable series. “I had just gotten home from the final tour of the Beastland album cycle and I spent a couple weeks updating my overall tones with a nice balance of sub, saw/synth and tube amp. This track was basically the one where it all clicked and I had these chords that resonated just right, shaking the entire warehouse. It’s a simple but raw progression that was ripe for the addition of melodic guitars, as well as synthesizer programming from myself and co-producer Jason Begin (Vytear). Lyrically, it’s about escape and survival, as the events that were unfolding in 2020 were prophesied by the books I was reading throughout the year.”

 

Krüller cover, artwork by Zlatko Mitev

Krüller tracklist:

Drone Carrying Dread

Incinerator

Centurion

Maiden Star

Misery

Glorybox (Portishead cover)

Blacksmith

Krüller

Author & Punisher has announced two rounds of 2022 European tour dates with North American performances to be announced soon.

Headlining dates:

February 7 Tallin, Estonia Sveta Bar

 

February 8 Riga, Latvia Melna Piektdiena

 

February 9 Vilnius, Lithuania XI 20

 

February 12 Haarlem, Netherlands Complexity

 

February 13 Antwerp, Belgium Kavka

 

February 14 Brighton, UK Patterns

 

February 15 London, UK The Underworld

 

February 16 Leeds, UK Brudenell Social Club

 

February 17 Glasgow, UK Stereo

 

February 18 Newcastle, UK Cluny

 

February 19 Birmingham, UK Castle and Falcon

 

February 20 Bristol, UK Fleece

 

February 21 Manchester, UK Deaf Institute

 

w/Perturbator and Health:

 

October 6 Lille, France Aeronef

 

October 7 Paris, France L’Olympia

 

October 12 Bordeaux, France Krakatoa

 

October 13 Toulouse, France Bikini

 

October 14 Madrid, Spain La Riviera

 

October 15 Barcelona, Spain Razzmatazz 2

 

October 16 Nantes, France Stereolux

 

October 18 Lyon, France Le Transbordeur

 

October 19 Strasbourg, France La Laiterie

 

Oxtober 20 Lausanne, Switzerland Les Docks

 

October 21 Munich, Germany Freheiz

 

October 22 Vienna, Austria Arena

 

October 23 Budapest, Hungary Akvarium Nagyhall

 

October 25 Prague, Czech Republic Lucerna Music

 

October 26 Wroclaw, Poland Zaklete Rewiry

 

October 27 Warsaw, Poland Progresja

 

October 28 Berlin, Germany Heimathafen

 

October 29 Goteborg, Sweden Tradgar N

 

October 30 Stockholm, Sweden Berns

 

November 1 Helsinki, Finland Tavastia

 

November 3 Oslo, Norway Vulkan Arena

 

November 4 Copenhagen, Denmark Pumpehuset

 

November 5 Hamburg, Germany Uebel & Gefahrlich

 

November 6 Utrecht, Netherlands Tivoli

 

November 8 Cologne, Germany Kantine

 

November 9 Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxermbourg Rockhall

 

November 10 Brussels, Belgium Ancienne Belgique