Photo credit: Luca Braico
Concrete Vehicles has only recently come to the attention of DeClunk HQ. The band is drawing us in so we encourage you to step in. This is the latest, ‘Text Stop’, an old fashioned AA single. The other A is ‘Cut Ties’. Both links are here for your convenience and enjoyment. There’s tour dates too. Get on it!
On the new single, Ben Lock (Vocalist, Guitarist) said “‘Text Stop’ was inspired by driving through very rural parts of Ontario and trying to imagine a life of a character that never left one of those towns – to attempt to have empathy with that situation and imagine looking back on your life, the dreams you could have seen through, but chose to stay comfortable.”
“It wasn’t until Ricky played the drums on it and Kenan played the synth melody in the verse that it felt alive. I don’t think there’s any rules per se, but we do try to stray away from structures and arrangements that come easiest to us. All of the new music is surprising us and challenging us in different ways than the first record. It’s still early on in the process of new music but we’re really excited about where it’s headed!”
On the video, directorKit Baronas said “Taking inspiration from the retro sci-fi of the 1960s and ’70s, I sought to create a scenario that explores the textures of science fiction. The body laces with its environment, gradually losing its individuality as our cities become increasingly uniform. We follow the band, clad in black ski masks, as a group of revolutionaries. They plot in dark basements and pound the pavement while despotic structures loom overhead. Some of their bodies are coated in textures of silver, leaden grey beneath cloud-choked skies.”
Concrete Vehicles – Cut Ties (Official Music Video)
Tour dates:
Aug. 21, 2026 — Montreal, QC — Warped Tour Montreal 2026
Aug. 23, 2026 — London, UK — All Points East Festival
Aug. 25, 2026 — Southampton, UK — Papillon
Aug. 26, 2026 — London, UK — The Windmill Brixton
Aug. 27, 2026 — Manchester, UK — The Deaf Institute w/ Clarion
Aug. 28, 2026 — Bristol, UK — The Lanes
Aug. 29, 2026 — Coventry, UK — Priory Visitor Centre
Aug. 30, 2026 — Nottingham, UK — Billy Bootleggers
Aug. 31, 2026 — Sheffield, UK — Hallamshire Hotel
Sept. 1, 2026 — Liverpool, UK — Heebies Tunnel w/ Clarion
Sept. 2, 2026 — Leeds, UK — Hyde Park Book Club
Sept. 3, 2026 — Edinburgh, UK — Sneaky Pete’s
Sept. 5, 2026 — Gateshead, UK — Central Bar
Sept. 9, 2026 — Nantes, FR — La Ferrailleur
Sept. 10, 2026 — Laval, FR — La Fosse
Sept. 11, 2026 — Paris, FR — Supersonic
Sept. 12, 2026 — Leffinge, BE — Leffingeleuren Festival
Sept. 15, 2026 — Amsterdam, NL — Cinetol
Sept. 16, 2026 — Berlin, DE — Schokoladen
Sept. 17, 2026 — Hamburg, DE — Reeperbahn Festival
Sept. 19, 2026 — Duisburg, DE — Platzhirsch Festival
Sept. 20, 2026 — Rotterdam, NL — V11
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