Warm Blanket, by Worriers

Warm Blanket

by Worriers

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Tim Bray It's just gorgeous!! Favorite track: Warm Blanket.

Sanden Totten This album grew on me and now I am obsessed. I listen about once a day. It soothes me while also painting so many pictures in my head. Favorite track: Doom Scrolling.

Lars Gotrich I tend to love everything Lauren Denitzio makes. I joke that Worriers' genre is "might as well call it punk," but this feels like new moves. Favorite track: Pollen In The Air.

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1.	Doom Scrolling 03:26	buy track
2.	Prepared To Forget 04:20	buy track
3.	Warm Blanket 03:19 video	buy track
4.	Power Pop Mixtape 02:14	buy track
5.	Creep 02:17	buy track
6.	Pollen In The Air 02:58 video	buy track
7.	Murder Ballad 02:19	buy track
8.	Never Quite Kicks In 01:29 video	buy track
9.	Provisional Hope 03:33	buy track
10.	You Dont Need Me 03:04	buy track

about

Lauren Denitzio has always been the type of songwriter to say exactly what’s on their mind. Over the course of the past decade with their band Worriers, they’ve addressed gender liberation, capitalist violence, and searing heartbreak, all over the band’s signature style of triumphant chords and subtle pop sensibilities. Worriers was always a band that shined with the feelings of ecstatic potential; offering a sense of liberation amidst the chaos of the world.

And yet, on their newest album Warm Blanket, they’ve never sounded more free.

The band’s fourth full length record has the feel of an exciting debut and there’s a reason: it marks the first time that Denitzio accepted that the group they had been trying to treat as a band is actually a solo project. After a pace of touring and recording that would be breakneck for most, but de rigueur in the underground scene which forged them, Denitzio found themselves in the summer of 2022 with a chance to finally catch their breath. “I realized I could write whatever I wanted.”

The DIY ethic that Denitzio developed on a thousand punk tours, playing squats, house parties and rowdy warehouses is never far from their mode of operation. And so—with no proper training in audio recording—they recorded and mixed the entirety of Warm Blanket at home. Atom Willard (Against Me!, Social Distortion) contributed drums remotely, adding an orchestral element of weight and emphasis to the proceedings.

The result is a collection of songs that reflects Denitizio “unlearning the expectations of being in a band” and writing music “that’s more in line with my actual influences.” Written during a particularly fertile creative period—Denitzio had already completed an entirely separate new album to be released later—Warm Blanket marked a chance to write the kind of songs they had always appreciated but were unsure of how to place in the Worriers catalog.

The album reveals a songwriter tossing off former constrictions, giving themselves the space and time to properly reflect on all they’ve learned. There’s a somber yet tender unpacking of the past; songs littered with mix tapes, motorola phones, Brooklyn bars in their heyday, house shows, broken bikes and doomed love.

On “Prepared to Forget”, Denitzio delivers an aching paean to the time when they had friends who still thought they could get away with anything; even the most self-destructive things.

And lest you think their signature critical edge has dulled, “Never Kicks In”—which functions as a sonic tribute to the Magnetic Fields—offers a biting send-up of Denitzio’s non-committal musical peers who seem to perpetually coast by on doing the bare minimum for their art.

There’s also a new tenderness at work in their writing, perhaps best seen on “Pollen in the Air”, which sees them literally sprawling out all over the landscape declaring: “we could be anywhere,” marking the terms of their new perspective.

The album finds Denitzio as a vigilante seeking revenge, a lover ready to be hurt and a weary traveler, meditating on heartache and loss, all while wanting to continue the beautiful, exhausting struggle.

In short, they are anyone they want to be.

Few bands have the luxury of writing a first album a decade into their discography. But for Worriers, Warm Blanket is exactly that: a staggering debut from a songwriter who is just getting started.

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released April 7, 2023

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Worriers Brooklyn, New York

Worriers are a band from Brooklyn, New York, led by songwriter Lauren Denitzio. They've toured with acts like John K Samson, Against Me!, Julien Baker, Anti Flag, The Wonder Years, and more. Worriers' debut album "Imaginary Life" was produced by Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! ... more

shows

May 9

G Man Tavern

Chicago, IL
May 10

Vivarium

Milwaukee, WI
May 11

The Pyramid Scheme

Grand Rapids, MI
May 12

The Hub

Kitchener, ON
May 14

The Broom Factory

Kingston, ON
May 15

The Axis Club Theatre

Toronto, ON
May 18

Brass Monkey Bar & Billiards

Ottawa, ON
May 19

Foufounes Électriques

Montreal, QC
May 21

The Grand

Sudbury, ON
May 22

Biltmore Theatre

Oshawa, ON
May 24

El Club

Detroit, MI
May 25

Grog Shop

Cleveland Heights, OH
May 26

Madison Live

Covington, KY

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