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NYC's bloodsports share new single “Ten Thousand Feet” ahead of Pitchfork Paris and London shows
Brooklyn post-hardcore/noise-rock band bloodsports have released new single “Ten Thousand Feet”, their first new music since debut album Anything Can Be A Hammer. They tour Europe through November, including dates at Pitchfork's Paris and London festivals.
The four-piece wrote “Ten Thousand Feet” with each member contributing parts and sections shaped by live performances. Its lyrics circle a restless boredom and draw on the life of former MLB player Joe Sprinz. The band said the song is “an attempt to explain a certain malaise or boredom that I was feeling at the time, and the sort of restless, unknowing, bird's-eye view anger that comes with that, referencing a story about a baseball player named Joe Sprinz, which we encourage everyone to read if they get the chance.” The TL;DR is that Sprinz attempted to beat the world record for catching a baseball dropped from a great height. It didn't end well.
The single follows the band’s debut LP Anything Can Be A Hammer, released last October via Good English Records.
bloodsports are currently on their first European tour, which began at Mucho Flow Festival in Guimarães, Portugal. The run includes Pitchfork Festival in Paris on 6 November and London on 7 November, London Calling Festival in Amsterdam on Halloween night, and Les Nuits Weekender in Brussels on 1 November. Club dates follow across Belgium, Luxembourg, and the UK, closing on 14 November in Manchester. The band’s current lineup is Sam Murphy (guitar/vocals), Jeremy Mock (guitar), Liv Eriksen (bass/vocals), and Scott Hale (drums).
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