This is the best worst news ever. Sheer Mag, one of the most compelling and interesting rock bands around, are apparently not imminently releasing a full-length, as could have been implied by the release of their recent single “Can’t Stop Fighting.” That song has instead been slated onto a new EP—their third such release, naturally titled III 7″—which has been shared today in full on Bandcamp.
Hard to be bummed when the music is so rad. Overall, this third EP is slightly cleaned up from the first two, but not in any way besides to make it more digestible on headphones (as opposed to say, in its natural environment: through the tape deck of a ’78 Trans Am).
You can watch a video for the EP closer “Nobody’s Baby” below, and listen to the whole EP below that. Below that are the band’s tour dates.
Sheer Mag tour dates
March
04 – Baltimore, MD – Windup Space *
05 – Richmond, VA Strange Matter *
06 – Raleigh, NC – Kings *
07 – Asheville, NC – Mothlight *
09 – Memphis, TN – Hi-Tone *
10 – Oklahoma City, OK – Everything Is Not O.K. Fest ‒ 89th Street Collective *
12 – Marfa, TX – Thunderbird Hotel
13 – Denton, TX – 35 Denton Festival
25 – McAllen, TX – Yerberia Cultura
26 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger ^
27 – Austin, TX – 611 Red River ^
28 – Dallas, TX – RBC ^#
30 – St. Louis, MO – Blank Space ^
31 – Chicago, IL – The Empty Bottle ^
April
01 – Detroit, MI – Marble Bar ^
02 – Toronto, Ontario – Silver Dollar Room ^
03 – Buffalo, NY – Mohawk Place ^
* = with Downtown Boys
^ = with Laffing Gas
# = with Slimy Member
The III 7” is out now via Wilsuns RC and Static Shock.
(via Pitchfork)
