KEN mode releases “Throw Your Phone in the River,” the fourth single from upcoming new album NULL; official music video now streaming

14th September 2022 0 By Jon Deaux

KEN mode’s new single “Throw Your Phone in the River” is now streaming on all platforms. The track appears on the band’s eighth full-length album, NULL, out September 23rd on Artoffact Records.

Stream the single, here: https://open.spotify.com/album/1tGRUI9RiQv5D7J0w5JGIe

Pre-order the album, here: https://kenmode.bandcamp.com/album/null

With an ironclad rhythm section churning beneath frontman Jesse Matthewson’s unhinged vocals, “Throw Your Phone in the River” is the fourth single to be released from upcoming new album NULL. The song is a searing new slice of the band’s metallic hardcore, by way of noise rock.

The video, directed by Christopher Mills and Tyler Funk, captures the white-knuckle intensity of the band’s live assault, then shrouds it in layers of VHS-style glitches.

Matthewson, who has stated that the new album was born from the isolation and alienation of the COVID-19 pandemic, describes the origins of “Throw Your Phone in the River”: “‘I can’t help you if I can’t even help myself. I’m drowning in this cyclical mess, and it just won’t finish me off.’ This is pretty much the sentiment of this one. I wrote it in about an hour one afternoon in the thick of the worst part of 2020. Just banged it all out. It felt perfect in its simplicity.”

Recorded and mixed by Andrew Schneider (Cave In, Unsane), NULL is the first KEN mode release to feature collaborator Kathryn Kerr (saxophone, synth, piano, percussion, backing vocals) as a full-fledged member of the band.

Founded by Matthewson and his brother Shane, KEN mode has come to define intensity and dedication, via tours with Russian Circles, Torche, and Full of Hell, and releases produced by the likes of Steve Albini, Kurt Ballou, and Matt Bayles. New album NULL sees this warhorse of a band emerge from the darkest of times with new energy, evolved and ready to carry on into its next chapter.

The band embarks on a US tour in October, with support from Frail Body (Deathwish Inc).

Oct 20 – St Paul, MN @ Turf Club

Oct 21 – Davenport, IA @ Raccoon Motel

Oct 22 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen

Oct 23 – Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle Brewing Co.

Oct 24 – Columbus, OH @ Big Room Bar

Oct 25 – Nashville, TN @ DRKMTTR

Oct 26 – Little Rock, AR @ Vino’s

Oct 27 – Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street

Oct 28 – Austin, TX @ The Lost Well

Oct 29 – Houston, TX @ Black Magic

Oct 30 – Denton, TX @ No Coast Fest