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Megative Premieres New Single "Megative No Fear" from Self-Titled Debut album out July 27 on Last Gang Records
New York City collective MEGATIVE, fresh off a tremendous performance at Montreal Jazz Fest, premiered a new single, “Megative No Fear”, via LargeUp prior to its official release today, leading in to their self-titled, debut album arriving July 27 on Last Gang Records.
In addition, MEGATIVE has announced fall tour dates, including Chicago, Toronto, Washington DC and New York (see below).
Featuring vocalist Tim Fletcher (The Stills) and producer/bassist Gus Van Go (Me, Mom & Morgentaler), with producer/mixer/songwriting tandem Likeminds, aka Jesse Singer and Chris Soper (Wu-Tang Clan, The Roots, Snoop Dog, Kanye West), plus legendary dancehall veteran Screechy Dan (co-founder of Ruff Entry Crew), MEGATIVE’s music is an addictive pulse shot through with the immediacy of the moment.
Fusing the spirit of late-70’s UK punk and reggae with today’s sense of
urgency and foreboding to create a deep, dense, subterranean
dub, MEGATIVE aspire to stand up tall amidst the noise and confusion of
the world with a big, bold, defiant sound. Part Gorillaz,
part The Clash, laced with King Tubby-style dubt FX and swirling sirens
straight out Jah Shakka’s sound system, MEGATIVE is the sound of all
these jamming together in an underground basement after-party at the end
of the world.
MEGATIVE emerged in 2017 with first single “More Time” b/w a cover of
The Clash’s “Ghetto Defendant”, performing live through the northeast of
the U.S. and Canada - “More Time” was remixed by Mike Skinner of The
Streets along with Dubmatix.
Since the beginning of 2018, MEGATIVE has released a string of singles,
“Can’t Do Drugz (Like I Used To)”, “One Day This Will Be Gone” and
“Have Mercy”, returning to the road this spring and now summer,
including Festival D’ete in Quebec and Hillside Festival this week.
With echoes of Two-Tone, UK-punk, the trance of nocturnal dub and the
aggressive insistence of modern hip-hop, these are songs that fuse
space-and-time with the vibe of a monstrous global megacity sprawl… an
urban ghost-walk through the haunted negative space that exists
invisible within the accelerating hyper-noise of
incessant information. “There’s a lot of great music out there,
but what we missed was the bass-heavy grooves and delay-soaked effects
of ’70’s reggae and dub, along with the biting wit of the early UK punk
scene. The mission is clear,” Van Go explains, “We aim to inject
American mainstream culture with the idea that these sounds are not some
retro, clichéd thing. They can be dark, ominous, and also lyrically
relevant and challenging.”
Lyrical themes of paranoia and existential dread, and doomsday
prophesying as a warning call to social consciousness and awakening
from the great ignorance of our time, flood the record from start to
finish. A call for the brave living in dark ages. “The world is in an
unprecedented state of precariousness, and the lives we lead in this age
of extremity — and our absurd, heart-breaking grasping for meaning, for
connection, for some sense of a common shared humanity in this age —
that yearning is what creates our songs”, adds Fletcher “and its
byproduct becomes more than just positive or negative… it’s MEGATIVE.”
About Last Gang:
Last Gang is a music company founded in 2003 and credited with
launching the careers of Metric, Death From Above 1979 and MSTRKRFT. The
company is also well known for its work with Arkells, Ryan Hemsworth,
Operators, Lights, and Chromeo. Last Gang is an Entertainment One
company.
Entertainment One Music is home to Last Gang, Dualtone, Death Row, and
Light Records releasing some of the most popular music in the world
including The Lumineers, The Game and Lalah Hathaway.
www.lastgang.com / www.entertainmentone.com
Tour dates:
07/12 – Quebec City, PQ @ Festival D’ete
07/14 – Guelph, ON @ Hillside Festival
07/17 – Toronto, ON @ Longboat Hall
09/25 – Chicago, IL @ Cobra
09/27 – London, ON @ Rum Runners
09/28 – Toronto, ON @ Longboat Hall
09/29 – Hamilton, ON @ Mills Hardware
10/11 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
10/13 – Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory
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