The Death Set Reveal New Album “How To Tune A Parrot”

Brooklyn party punks The Death Set have released their third album, How To Tune A Parrot, on September 10th via Cobraside Records and Behemoth Records. This album finds the band distilled down to the duo of Johnny Siera and Dan Walker and is their first full-length release since 2011’s Michel Poiccard. How To Tune A Parrot follows on the heels of a sustained period of sobriety and personal introspection that brings a new depth to the band’s trademark incandescent bursts of twisted noise pop. Or, as Siera wryly reflects, “we went from being scumbags to taking a good look at ourselves.”

The Death Set’s 15-year journey has been an emotional rollercoaster; from international festival slots and a Super Bowl commercial sync, to the tragic passing of founding member Beau Velasco, and the critical acclaim that was bestowed on the album that paid tribute to Velasco’s spirit, Michel Poiccard. With How To Tune A Parrot the band find themselves back in an upswing with a renewed creative energy that reignites the hell-bent energy of a warehouse show. With its sweaty club scene cover art, to the non-stop sonic assaults within, and the tongue-in-cheek album name, a reference to Walker’s description of Siera’s vocal tone before he’s warmed up, the entirety of How To Tune A Parrot screams that, after far too long, the mayhem is back.

How To Tune A Parrot is now available via Cobraside Records (US), This Charming Man Records (EU) and Disk Union (JP)