{"id":98711,"date":"2025-04-17T20:16:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T19:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=98711"},"modified":"2025-04-17T20:16:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T19:16:38","slug":"the-dirty-nil-the-lash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/the-dirty-nil-the-lash\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dirty Nil Look to Go Back-to-Basics on New Album"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canadian favourites\u00a0The Dirty Nil\u00a0<\/strong>have shared details of their fifth album,\u00a0‘The Lash’<\/em>. Due to be released on July 25th through\u00a0Dine Alone Records<\/strong>, it sees the Ontario duo step away from the glitter and glam of recent releases and favour a more visceral approach.\u00a0The album was recorded in just two weeks with up-and-coming producer and their actual front-of-house engineer, Vince Solveri.<\/p>\n

The album’s opening track,\u00a0‘Gallop Of The Hounds’<\/em>, has also been released as a single. It sees\u00a0The Dirty Nil<\/strong> maintain a brash yet hints at a brutality that is threaded through\u00a0‘The Lash’<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The creative spark for the album’s creation came from a trip The Dirty Nil<\/strong> vocalist\/guitarist Luke Bentham took to the Vatican. There, he was reminded of some forgotten artefacts in his basement. “They had these crazy bronze reliefs that were some of the most brutal things I’ve ever seen,”<\/em> 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.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Likewise, the album’s artwork is as harsh and stripped-back visual with skeletons and battle axes. \u201cWe thought, let\u2019s pull back this insane colour palette that we\u2019ve been using. Let\u2019s try a bit of a palette reset. Just make it harsh and simple and trim the fat. I think we were just tired of colour,” says Bentham on the design by UK-based Jack Sabbat<\/p>\n

Thematically, the album’s ten tracks see Bentham balance out his frustrations with tracks about music industry bullsh*t, and the dissolution of a relationship. It’s considerably a change from Luke’s usual happy-go-lucky romanticism, which sees drummer and co-conspirator Kyle Fisher joking, \u201cI\u2019ve been telling people that this is Luke\u2019s therapy record.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Here are the details of ‘The Lash’<\/i> by The Dirty Nil<\/h2>\n
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1. Gallop of the Hounds
\n2. Fail in Time
\n3. That Don’t Mean It Won’t Sting
\n4. Rock N’ Roll Band
\n5. This Is Me Warning Ya
\n6. Do You Want Me?
\n7. Spider Dream
\n8. They Won’t Beat Us
\n9. Hero Narrative
\n10. I Was A Henchman<\/p>\n

Pre-save\/Pre-order here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Listen to ‘Gallop Of The Hounds’<\/i> by The Dirty Nil<\/h2>\n