GUSTAF DROPS NEW SONG + VIDEO FROM SOPHOMORE ALBUM PACKAGE PT. 2

Photo Credit: Erica Snyder 

YARD-ACT SUPPORT TOUR KICKS OFF NEXT MONTH WITH FULL US HEADLINE TOUR TO FOLLOW

Gustaf, the Brooklyn no wave / post-punk band announced their sophomore album last month and today they are back with a double single and video for “Here Hair / Hard Hair.” The first is a brooding, slow-motion growl peppered by birdsong and stabbed by pinpricks of guitar, while its chaser, “Hard Hair,” is 45-second outburst of energy, invective and regret. The songs were produced and mixed by Erin Tonkon with initial production from Carlos Hernandez. Its accompanying video directed by Lydia Gammill, features the band wigged out among heart shaped hair brushes and roses.

Gustaf, who assisted Yard Act on their Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon performance just last night, will also be joining the UK rock band on their upcoming UK tour next month. They’ve also just announced a London headline show during that tour for March 26th at The Shacklewell Arms. Shortly after that concludes they’ll be back in the US for a 23-date headline tour in support of the album.

Package 2, which arrives April 5th via Royal Mountain Records is Gustaf’s first album since 2021’s Audio Drag for Ego  Slobs, which nabbed the band a Beck cosign, tours with Idles, Sleaford Mods, and Yard Act, and critical acclaim. The album continues the endlessly fascinating world-building exercise of its forbearer. Where Audio Drag for Ego Slobs confronted the struggle to deal with the narrators surroundings, finding ways to behave in a way where their emotions and actions didn’t alienate most everyone, Package Pt. 2 becomes self-aware, wondering what they might change to make life, relationships, and love a little more manageable presented via a dizzying post-punk dream brought with an irrepressible energy with astounding vocal performances throughout. With Package Pt. 2, Gustaf is in full command of a lineage that radiates from obvious touchstones like the B-52s and Talking Heads to DNA and Teenage Jesus and the Jerks. 

The album was produced by Erin Tonkon, who worked on David Bowie’s Blackstar, the album was recorded at Studio G Brooklyn and Circular Ruin.

All streaming to “Here Hair / Hard Hair” HERE
Watch the previously released video for “Starting and Staring” HERE
Pre-Save Package Pt. 2 HERE

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