THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN To Go On 'Extended Hiatus' After 'Dissociation' Album

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN is readying what is to potentially be the final full-length album before an “extended hiatus.” “Dissociation”, out October 14, is a product of the recent collaboration of the band’s Party Smasher Inc. label with Cooking Vinyl and promises to be their most adventurous to date.

The group — vocalist Greg Puciato, guitarist (and original member) Ben Weinman, bassist Liam Wilson, drummer Billy Rymer and guitarist Kevin Antreassian — will play a limited run of intimate shows throughout North America in August, bringing their intense live set to Reading and Leeds in the U.K., then coming back to the U.S. for a full-on live assault.

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN tracked drums at Vudu Studio on Long Island. Guitars and bass were recorded at Party Smasher Studio in New Jersey with producer Steve Evetts. Half the vocals were recorded at Steve‘s studio in Long Beach and the others with producer Josh Wilbur at his home studio. Then additional guitars and sound design was done in Weinman‘s own personal studio. The album was then mixed by Kurt Ballou at Godcity in Boston, Massachusetts.

The album’s first single, “Limerent Death”, Weinman says, “is one of my all-time favorite DEP songs. I feel that this song is one of the rare instances where all the members are feeling, and conveying the same energy from start to end. A sharp, focused dagger plowing its way through thick heavy walls.”

“Dissociation” track listing

01. Limerent Death
02. Symptom Of Terminal Illness
03. Wanting Not So Much As To
04. Fugue
05. Low Feels Blvd
06. Surrogate
07. Honeysuckle
08. Manufacturing Discontent
09. Apologies Not Included
10. Nothing To Forget
11. Dissociation

Weinman spoke about THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN‘s upcoming album in an interview with The Void. He said: “It’s heavy, man. It’s super-heavy, it’s definitely dark, but I think it’s actually weirder than maybe our last record. There’s, like, ideas and riffs that just are so weird. I have to say when I hear it, I’m proud to say nobody sounds like DILLINGER, really. We may be the worst band in the world, but when I listen to it, I really don’t think anybody would ever write a riff like this. And that’s, I guess, what I’m most proud of. And that’s what you gotta do, that’s what we try to be, you know? A band that stands out.”

The guitarist added in a separate interview with Loudwire: “I’m never objective enough to actually say anything about the music, especially at this part of the process because I’m too close to it. It’s like asking someone if they’re crazy. If they’re crazy, they’re gonna say they’re not crazy. I will say, though, that there’s elements of the process that remind me of the ‘Calculating Infinity’ time. This record, we had our hands on every single thing. There’s also something different about the sound of it. It doesn’t sound like anything in our catalogue, production-wise. ‘Calculating’ didn’t sound like any record I had ever heard; it sounded cold and weird. In that respect, it’s kind of a bookend to ‘Calculating’.”

In preparation for a busy year of new music and worldwide touring, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN has announced a short run of intimate shows throughout North America.

Starting in Toronto on August 5, the band will be playing at Hard Luck, making their way down the East Coast through Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. Soon after, they will be continuing the tour towards the West Coast for shows throughout California.

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN‘s fifth full-length album, “One Of Us Is The Killer”, sold around 15,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 25 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD was released on May 14, 2013 through Party Smasher Inc., in partnership with Sumerian Records in North America.