Your favorite band’s favorite band, Self Defense Family enjoys a distinct renown within the punk community. Well-respected and critically lauded but difficult and idiosyncratic, the band has done things their way almost to a fault. Eschewing sing-alongs and easy anthems in favor of personal lyrics, they stand apart from their contemporaries in punk and hardcore. Their strangely tense guitar-work framed within otherwise hook laden songs lends the band an unmistakable sound. Opting to be heavy in emotion rather than heavy in sound. Led by vocalist, lyricist, and personality Patrick Kindlon, Self Defense Family have extended their branches to organically include touring and session musicians. Allowing them to evolve into a musical collective with more than ten active members at any given time. Interestingly enough, no member of the assemblage has played every show or played on every recording by the collective.
Try Me, Self Defense Family‘s latest full length offering, will be released January 7th, 2014 on Deathwish. Their new song,“Turn the Fan on”, can be heard here.
Self Defense Family is currently on a European tour with Touche Amore and has just announced U.S. tour dates in January below:
SELF DEFENSE FAMILY – ON TOUR
11/23: Warsaw, Poland @ Hydrozagadka
11/24: Bratislava, Slovakia @ Batelier
11/26: Budapest, Hungary @ Durer Kert
11/27: Vienna, Austria @ Flex
11/28: Salzburg, Austria @ Rockhouse
11/29: Stuggart, Germany @ Juha West
11/30: Monthey, Switzerland @ Pont Rouge
12/01: Zurich, Switzerland @ Dynamo
12/01: Zurich, Switzerland @ Dynamo
12/02: Paris, France @ Point Emphemere
12/04: Bristol, UK @ The Fleece
12/05: Leeds, UK @ Cockpit 2
12/06: Brighton, UK @ Audio
12/07: Norwich, UK @ Waterfront Studio
12/08: Nottingham, UK @ Rock City Basement
12/10: Glasgow, Scotland @ Stereo
12/11: London, UK @ Underworld
12/12: Manchester, UK @ Roadhouse
01/02: Pittsburgh, PA @ Smiling Moose w/ Pity Sex
01/03: Ypsilanti, MI @ Woodruffs w/ Pity Sex
01/04: Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen w/ Pity Sex
01/05: Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme w/ Pity Sex
01/17: Pawtucket, RI @ The Met w/ Pity Sex
01/18: Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary w/ Pity Sex
01/19: New York, NY @ Santos Party House w/ Pity Sex
01/27: Seattle, WA @ El Corazon Lounge w/ Creative Adult, Silver Snakes
01/28: Portland, OR @ Slabtown w/ Creative Adult, Silver Snakes
01/29: Sacramento, CA @ The Colony w/ Creative Adult, Silver Snakes
