Philadelphia shoegaze band They Are Gutting a Body of Water have announced a lengthy tour and a new album. “Lotto”, their fourth studio LP, arrived October via Julia’s War/Smoking Room/ATO Records. Bolstering the record is new single “Trainers,” which comes with a Ben Turok–directed video.
What began as the solo project of singer Doug Dulgarian has since been expanded into a proper four-piece, with bassist Emily Lofing, guitarist PJ Carroll, and drummer Ben Opatut joining the fold. Their new LP is billed as a step away from the digital collage work of 2022’s “Lucky Styles” and the compilation “Swanlike (Loosies 2020 – 2023)”, with Dulgarian instead putting the emphasis on his guitar again—as evidenced in “Trainers” and the previously released track “American Food.”
The American group are a ferocious proposition – caustic guitar music that unfurls in squalls of noise, they don’t sit easily into any one bracket.
The band will play a full UK tour in February, with new single ‘rl stine’ out now. The title may refer to the famed Goosebumps and Point Horror author, but the lyrics hone in on more personal details, with the volume rising around the words.
“There is a guy who I see every day near my house,” bandleader Doug Dulgarian reflects. “I always buy him a pack of Newport hundreds, knowing full well that he will trade it for crack. I wonder sometimes if it’s the addict in me, enabling the addict in him, or if I just fully understand his struggle. Perhaps we’re the same after all.”
released October 17th, 2025
all songs written by they are gutting a body of water except ‘slo crostic’ written by: canty, lally, mackaye, piccciotto. originally recorded by fugazi
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