Premiere: Listen: Tobacco Unveils ‘Streaker’ Single

Venturing through the trail of Tobacco’s progression is a dangerous task. It’s easy enough to follow, but the sludgy grimace of ‘Streaker’ sounds like the end of the line. The deadly fall off the cliff at the end of the path, ‘Ultima II Massage’ is the resulting corpse, and ‘Streaker’ is the funeral.

Punishing his already broken sound into further cacophony, Tom Fec has taken the next logical step as Tobacco. His upcoming album ‘Ultima II Massage’, which is out May 13th via Ghostly, finds him working at his most uncomfortably comfortable. Obviously that’s an oxymoron, but his sound thrives in its anxiety.

‘Streaker’ begins the record at its most austere, with an unrelentingly harsh gallop towards stridency. Featuring the guttural yelps of Notrabel, it’s a warning of what’s to come. ‘Streaker’ replaces the uneasy pop security of initial McGuffin ‘Eruption’ with unbridled antagonism.

Tobacco, ‘Streaker’ (DIY Premiere):