The new album from Deer Tick, ‘Divine Providence’, to be released on March 26th, was produced by the band along with Adam Landry and Justin Collins, who were also at the helm for lead singer, main songwriter John McCauley's highly acclaimed side project, Middle Brother.
Deer Tick's live shows and McCauley's overall stage aesthetic fuelled his desire to create the raw and spontaneous kerosene blaze that is ‘Divine Providence’. While the break-neck speed and damn-it-all fury could give one the sense that it all may fall apart in an instant, Deer Tick never loses sight of the song. It is insanity, but there's obviously a plan in place.
The album is the Rhode Island quintet's fourth album in just five years, and is the first one the band has recorded in their home state. It's a follow-up to their fantastic ‘Black Dirt Sessions’, that New York magazine called "flat-out great," and inspired the Late Show with David Letterman to give the band its network television debut. The new record features for the first time lead vocal turns on a couple of songs by guitarist Ian O'Neil and drummer Dennis Ryan.
Deer Tick will be touring Europe next year, with only one UK date announced to date – London’s Garage on 4 April 2012.
