Dream Police Bring “Pouring Rain”

DREAM POLICE (FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE MEN)
SHARE “POURING RAIN” VIA STEREOGUM

PLAYING SACRED BONES CMJ SHOWCASE
HYPNOTIZED OUT 11/11/14 ON SACRED BONES

Having recently announced their debut LP as Dream Police, Mark Perro and Nick Chiericozzi (best known as the founding members of The Men) are sharing “Pouring Rain” from Hypnotized with us today.

“Pouring Rain” sees the band still utilizing the driving pulse of their Roland 707 drum machine that we first heard on the title track “Hypnotized” paired with some of Nick Chiericozzi’s most impressive guitar work to date — bursts of tremolo bar washes not unlike Loveless-era My Bloody Valentine soar in and out throughout the track. “Pouring Rain” is a perfect example of what Perro and Chiericozzi do best: working together.

Back in the summer of 2013, The Men had just come home from five straight months of touring. For Perro and Chiericozzi, the desire to create was still strong, so they did what they used to do when they first started the band — they started jamming.

Although the production began using the most conservative rock n’ roll devices, Chiericozzi suggested adding the drum machine to the song “Pouring Rain,” and everything changed. Over the next six months, the two Men and their collaborator Kyle Keays-Hagerman spent countless hours reshaping every song, constructing them from nothing. They obsessed over every tone, every part. They’d spend an entire day on one snare crack.

The album slowly plumed into a cloud of future primitive psychedelia bursting with glimmering electronics and cinematic, vibrato storytelling. The result of that process is Hypnotized: something borne from The Men, but free of it.

Dream Police is a new realization for the original brains behind The Men’s psychedelic & sonically stimulating vision.

The band will be playing the Sacred Bones Records CMJ showcase at Trans Pecos alongside Amen Dunes, Marissa Nadler, and Moon Duo before throwing a record release party at Saint Vitus in Brooklyn, NY with their comrades & In The Red signees Pampers. Stream “Pouring Rain” below and catch them at one of these NYC shows or at one of their many upcoming U.S. tour dates
LISTEN: Dream Police – “Pouring Rain”

PRE-ORDER: Dream Police – Hypnotized
Hypnotized

READ: An interview with Dream Police –
http://noisey.vice.com/blog/hear-the-opening-track-from-dream-polices-debut-album-hypnotised
TOUR DATES:

10/24 Ridgewood, NY @ Trans Pecos (w/ Moon Duo, Amen Dunes, Marissa Nadler)
11/08 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus​ (Record Release w/ Pampers)​
11/11 Philadelphia, PA @ Black Box in Underground (w/ Honey)
11/12 Washington, DC @ Black Cat (w/ Honey)
11/13 OH @ Ace of Cups (w/ Honey)
11/14 St. Louis, MO @ The Demo (w/ Honey)
11/15 Iowa City, IA @ The Mill (w/ Honey)
11/16 Indianapolis, IN @ White Rabbit (w/ Honey)
11/17 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle (w/ Honey)
11/18 Detroit, MI @ Lagerhouse (w/ Honey)
11/19 Toronto, ON @ Smiling Buddha (w/ Honey)
11/20 Montreal, QC @ Casa del Popolo (w/ Honey)
11/21 Boston, MA @ Church of Boston (w/ Honey)
12/03 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
12/05 Los Angeles, CA @ Jewels Catch One
12/06 San Francisco, CA @ Brick and Mortar Music Hall
12/07 Oakland, CA @ Leo’s
12/08 Sacramento, CA @ Witch Room
12/09 Reno, NV @ Holland Project
12/10 Portland, OR @ Holocene
12/11 Vancouver, BC @ The Fox Cabaret
12/12 Seattle, WA @ Black Lodge
12/16 San Diego, CA @ ​Soda Bar