Today, KUBLAI KHAN has shared the visualizer for “Taipan.” It’s just over a minute and it’s a brutally efficient and metallic blast that the band is known for. Watch and listen above.
Kublai Khan TX will release their new EP, Lowest Form of Animal, on April 1 via Rise Records. Pre-order it here.
“‘Taipan’ expresses the reality of waste,” the band offers. “Wasting time, wasting brain power. Wasting away because we are preoccupied with fast sex, low ambition, and creature comforts. Paralleling the cursed existence of a reptile in a cage with our own lives. Never seeing the sun, desiring freedom. But never seeing past our own noses because the appetites of the flesh have the ability to keep any man sedated and free from growth. 8 billion people on the planet. 8 billion personal cages. What’s confining you?”
Earlier this year, Kublai Khan TX captured national attention when actress Kate Beckinsale posted a video while coloring and rocking out to one of the band’s songs on her Instagram feed.
Kublai Khan TX will return to the road at the end of the month with Knocked Loose, Movements, and Koyo. All dates are below.
WITH KNOCKED LOOSE, MOVEMENTS, + KOYO:
3/31 — Nashville, TN — Brooklyn Bowl
4/1 — St. Louis, MO — Red Flag
4/2 — Joliet, IL — The Forge
4/3 — Columbus, OH — The Athenaeum
4/5 — Baltimore, MD — Baltimore Sound Stage
4/6 — Reading, PA — Reverb
4/7 — Norfolk, VA — The NorVa
4/8 — Asheville, NC — The Orange Peel
4/10 — Orlando, FL — House of Blues
4/12 — Atlanta, GA — The Masquerade
4/15 — Austin, TX — Emo’s
4/16 — Ft. Worth, TX — Ridglea Theater
4/17 — Oklahoma City, OK — Beer City Music Hall
4/19 — Albuquerque, NM — Sunshine Theater
4/20 — Tucson, AZ — Encore
4/21 — Los Angeles — The Belasco
4/22 — San Diego, CA — SOMA
4/23 — Sacramento, CA — Swan Fest
4/24 — Pomona, CA — Fox Theater
4/26 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Complex
4/27 — Denver, CO — Ogden Theatre
4/28 — Des Moines, IA — Val Air Ballroom
4/29 — Milwaukee, WI — The Rave II
4/30 — Ft. Wayne, IN — Piere’s Entertainment Center
5/1 — Grand Rapids, MI — The Intersection
5/3 — Buffalo, NY — Town Ballroom
5/4 — Albany, NY — Empire Live
5/5 — Providence, RI — Fete Music Hall
5/6 — Sayreville, NJ — Starland Ballroom
5/7 — New Haven, CT — College Street Music Hall
5/8 — Huntington, NY — The Paramount
WITH TERROR SANGUISUGABOGG, + PAIN OF TRUTH:
5/11 — Louisville, KY — Portal
5/13 — Cambridge, MA — Middle East
5/14 — Albany, NY — Empire Underground
5/15 — Brooklyn, NY — Elsewhere
5/16 — Philadelphia, PA — First Unitarian Church
5/17 — Baltimore, MD — Ottobar
5/18 — Columbus, OH — Skullys
5/19 — Pittsburgh, PA — Enclave
5/20 — Detroit, MI — Magic Stick
5/21 — Chicago, IL — Bottom Lounge
5/22 — Indianapolis, IN — Hoosier Dome
5/24 — Durham, NC — Motorco Music Hall
5/25 — Atlanta, GA — The Earl
5/27 — Houston, TX — Secret Group
5/28 — Austin, TX — Come and Take It Live
5/29 — Dallas, TX — So What?!
FESTIVALS:
9/8-9/11 — Alton, VA — Blue Ridge Rock Festival
9/25 — Birmingham, AL — Furnace Fest
