ON TOUR NOW WITH PROTEST THE HERO AND MOON TOOTH
The Callous Daoboys have released their immense new EP, God Smiles Upon The Callous Daoboys, out now through MNRK Heavy and Modern Static Records. Following 2022’s highly praised and chaotic album Celebrity Therapist, God Smiles Upon The Callous Daoboys takes the experimental noise the band have become known for and unleashes it into their most confident and transcending body of work yet.
The EP opens on the cinematic opening violin tones of “Pushing the Pink Envelope,” which goes on to merge the band’s trademark mathy riffing with a hilarious muzak section and a Eurodancey electronic breakdown. The chorus of this one was an attempt at emulating the power-chord, four-on-the-floor catchiness of Fall Out Boy, yet the unhinged edge they bring to it is unmistakably Daoboys. “The way it came out instrumentally was this total mishmash of ambitious sounds that we had never really played around with,” vocalist Carson Pace says. Second track, lead single “Waco Jesus” wedged open a new door for their sound, crushingly heavy and infectiously melodic at once, rolling from vibrant hooks to massively creative riffs.
Then there’s the final track, “Designer Shroud of Turin” — according to Pace, “my favorite song that we’ve ever made, period.” The groove-driven song gets fired up by a rap-rock verse atop free-wheeling saxophone, courtesy of post-hardcore peers pulses., and a surprise samba section. The song is ridiculously audacious, but that’s The Callous Daoboys for you, and it leaves a lot to look forward to for the future of the band.
“I don’t think anyone’s gonna be expecting these songs and how crazy they are,” Pace says. “We’re at this point where we’re not trying to prove anything. We just wanna be ourselves and we wanna write the exact music that we would wanna hear out of this band.”
'GOD SMILES UPON THE CALLOUS DAOBOYS' EP OUT NOW
THE CALLOUS DAOBOYS ON TOUR!
The Callous Daoboys will be going on tour with Protest The Hero, along with Moontooth in October.
This is a full U.S. tour, and the band's first time in Canada. The tour kicks off on October 12th and runs through November 17th. Get your tickets soon!
10/20 Calgary, AB @ The Palace Theatre
10/22 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
10/23 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
10/25 Sacramento, CA @ Goldfield Trading Post
10/26 Los Angeles, CA @ 1720
10/27 San Diego, CA @ Music Box
10/28 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
10/31 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
11/02 Dallas, TX @ South Side Music Hall
11/03 Austin, TX @ Come And Take It Live
11/04 San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
11/05 Houston, TX @ RISE Rooftop
11/07 Orlando, FL @ The Abbey
11/08 Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum
11/09 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
11/11 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
11/12 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
11/14 New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
11/15 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
11/17 Toronto, ON @ History
The Callous Daoboys will be kicking off 2024 with a bang, touring the UK and Europe in support of TesseracT.
January 18 - Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU
January 19 - Villeurbanne, FR
January 20 - Barcelona, ES
January 21 - Madrid, ES
January 23 - Paris, FR
January 25 - Strasbourg, FR
January 26 - Antwerp, BE
January 27 - Stuttgart, DE
January 28 - Milan, IT
January 30 - Zurich, CH
February 1 - Prague, CZ
February 2 - Munich, DE
February 3 - Vienna, AT
February 4 - Budapest, HU
February 6 - Berlin, DE
February 7 - Warsaw, PL
February 9 - Tampere, FI
February 10 - Helsinki, FI
February 12 - Stockholm, SE
February 13 - Oslo, NO
February 15 - Copenhagen, DK
February 16 - Hamburg, DE
February 17 - Cologne, DE
February 18 - Utrecht, NL
February 20 - Nottingham, UK
February 21 - Birmingham, UK
February 22 - Bristol, UK
February 23 - London, UK
February 24 - Manchester, UK
February 25 - Glasgow, UK
February 27 - Dublin, IE
