Photo Credit: Pooneh Ghana
BODEGA have released a lyric video for their new single Thrown, taken from their forthcoming album Broken Equipment.
“Thrown was an attempt at a self-portrait track. The older I get the less I trust my own thoughts and perceptions of self ——> I realise most of my values and judgments come from the records, films, books, and advertisements I have consumed my whole life,” explains Ben Hozie. “Recognising this ‘thrown-ness,’ while slightly disturbing, has been a source of inspiration for my creative mind. If the mind can only output what has been presented —> provide it with the proper input. You can remake yourself entirely at the drop of a (top)hat. The inputs I selected for this lyric: James Joyce and Bob Dylan. The music, to me, is a synthesis of many of the stylistic motifs our group has developed over the past few years: syncopated bass over a slow-shifting sea of guitar harmonics, violent guitar spams with machine influenced but human-played drums; plus male/female vox alternating between spoken text raps and melody.”
Broken Equipment is due for release on 11th March 2022 via What’s Your Rupture?.
See BODEGA live at one of the following dates:
March 2022
Fri 11th – BRIGHTON, UK – Prince Albert SOLD OUT
Sat 12th – BRIGHTON, UK – Prince Albert (matinee)
Sat 12th – BRIGHTON, UK – Prince Albert (evening) SOLD OUT
Sun 13th – PORTSMOUTH, UK – Wedgewood Rooms
Mon 14th – CARDIFF, UK – Clwb Ifor Bach
Tue 15th – BRISTOL, UK – The Fleece
Thu 17th – BIRMINGHAM, UK – Hare & Hounds
Fri 18th – LEICESTER, UK – International Arts Centre
Sat 19th – BIRKENHEAD, UK – Future Yard
Sun 20th – NEWCASTLE, UK – The Cluny
Tue 22nd – GLASGOW, UK – Mono
Wed 23rd – GLASGOW, UK – Mono
Thu 24th – MANCHESTER, UK – Gorilla
Fri 25th – SHEFFIELD, UK – Yellow Arch
Sat 26th – LEEDS, UK – Brudenell Social Club
Mon 28th – CAMBRIDGE, UK – Portland Arms
Tue 29th – LONDON, UK – Moth Club
Wed 30th – LONDON, UK – Moth Club
Thu 31st – LONDON, UK – Moth Club SOLD OUT
April 2022
Sat 2nd – NIJMEGEN, NL – Doornroosje
Sun 3rd – AMSTERDAM, NL – Paradiso Noord
Mon 4th – MAASTRICHT, NL – Muziekgieterij
Tue 5th – TOURCOING, FR – Le Grand Mix
Wed 6th – PARIS, FR – La Maroquinerie
Thu 7th – ROUEN, FR – Le 106
Fri 8th – NANTES, FR – Stereolux
Sat 9th – BORDEAUX, FR – Rock School Barbey
Wed 13th – MADRID, ES – El Sol
Thu 14th – VALENCIA, ES – Loco Club
Fri 15th – BARCELONA, ES – La Nau
Sat 16th – SAN SEBASTIAN, ES – Dabadaba
Sun 17th – TOULOUSE, FR – L’Ecluse Saint-Pierre
Tue 19th – NIMES, FR – Paloma
Wed 20th – RIVOLI, IT – Circolo Della Musica
Thu 21st – PISA, IT – Lumiere
Fri 22nd – MILAN, IT – Magnolia
Sat 23rd – BOLOGNA, IT – Covo Club
Mon 25th – MUNICH, DE – Hansa 39 @ Feierwerk
Tue 26th – COLOGNE, DE – Bumann & Sohn
Wed 27th – HAMBURG, DE – Molotow
Fri 29th – ANTWERP, BE – Trix
Sat 30th – LUXEMBOURG, LU – Out of the Crowd Festival
