We’ve been waiting YEARS for this news: remarkable Minneapolis hip-hop collective Doomtree has announced a new album All Hands, due to arrive January 27, 2015 on their own Doomtree Records label. To ring in the release, the group has unveiled the single “Gray Duck” from All Hands, which you can hear below.
As Crave readers will recall, we had an Artist of The Month feature run with Doomtree’s only female member, the spitfire siren named Dessa. It was an incredible experience, and further amplified our anticipation for her return to the beloved Minneapolis powerhouse group. Check out those performances, recorded in the Hollywood Hills on a beautiful Summer morning, right here. Then, of course, we have founding member P.O.S. showing up in 2012 and snatching up album of the year with We Don’t Even Live Here.
Interview: P.O.S. on Anarchy in a Rigged Society
Standard pre-order packages of All Hands will receive a 36-page lyric booklet, instant downloads of “Gray Duck” and “.38 Airweight” (as well as bonus track “High Water” upon the album’s release), an autographed poster and a glow-in-the-dark sticker. The deluxe pre-order option will also include a limited-edition t-shirt, a miniature ship in a bottle and custom matchbox (as a nod to the album artwork), a metal Doomtree pin and an All Hands cloth patch.
The group, which consists of Cecil Otter, Dessa, Lazerbeak, Mike Mictlan, P.O.S, Paper Tiger and Sims, has also announced a run of shows for early 2015, beginning on February 4 at Mojo’s in Columbia, MO, routing up and down both coasts, and concluding on March 17 at Launchpad in Albuquerque, NM. Tickets will be available for pre-order on Friday, December 5 and will be on sale to the public on Monday, December 8.
The newest Doomtree record is called All Hands, due January 27th 2015. The title nods to the nautical rally cry, “All hands on deck,” and the album stands as the most collaborative and cohesive project the crew has yet produced. The production from Cecil Otter, Lazerbeak, Paper Tiger, and P.O.S twists through 13 booming tracks, building the raw and epic soundscapes that the group has become well known for, while adding more of-the-moment musical elements and techniques for a genre-spanning effect. This is the sound of old friends fine-tuning their craft, both together and individually, for over a decade, and it shows. Lyrically, All Hands sounds hungry as all hell. The three-year gap between Doomtree albums has given each of the five emcees substantial time to grow as solo artists, and the group’s return finds everyone tour-tested with plenty to prove. Sims, P.O.S, Mike Mictlan, Dessa, and Cecil Otter drive home razor-sharp cadences, hard-hitting punchlines, and monstrous choruses, passing the spotlight back and forth until the house lights come up.
All Hands tracklist:
1. Final Boss
2. My Own Nation
3. .38 Airweight
4. Gray Duck
5. Heavy Rescue
6. 80 on 80
7. Mini Brute
8. Cabin Killer
9. Beastface
10. The Bends
11. Generator
12. Off In The Deep
13. Marathon
Doomtree tour dates:
12/6-13 – Doomtree Blowout – Minneapolis, MN
2/4 – Mojo’s – Columbia, MO
2/6 – Trees – Dallas, TX
2/8 – Fitzgerald’s Downstairs – Houston, TX
2/9 – One Eyed Jacks – New Orleans, LA
2/11 – The Earl – Atlanta, GA
2/12 – Motorco Music Hall – Durham, NC
2/13 – Boot & Saddle – Philadelphia, PA
2/14 – U Street Music Hall – Washington, DC
2/16 – The Sinclair – Cambridge, MA
2/17 – Highline Ballroom – New York, NY
2/19 – Blind Pig – Ann Arbor, MI
2/20 – Abbey Pub – Chicago, IL
2/21 – Majestic Theatre – Madison, WI
3/4 – The Waiting Room – Omaha, NE
3/5 – Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, CO
3/6 – Gothic Theatre – Englewood, CO
3/7 – Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT
3/9 – Neumo’s – Seattle, WA
3/10 – Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
3/12 – Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
3/13 – The Roxy Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
3/14 – The Glass House – Pomona, CA
3/16 – Club Red – Mesa, AZ
3/17 – Launchpad – Albuquerque, MN
