NYC’s Ultra Deluxe have just dropped a new EP called Quests with two new songs, “The Hunters” and “The Argument.” The songs fuse bubbly synths with caustic post-hardcore, and here’s what the band says about it:
This EP is set in the distant future…
Climate change, unfettered capitalism and intergalactic imperialism have decimated the worlds of the future. The working class fight for scraps while the rich profit off endless production and constant war. Two individuals, Adrian Park and Rory Stojic, aim to survive in this universe as best as they can. They are bounty hunters and lovers. They realize that in order to survive, one must push themselves and their loved ones beyond the bounds of comfort and sanity.
This EP stands as a prequel to the Contact saga. Rory and Adrian end their relationship and go on two completely different paths. Rory becomes the leader of the anti-fascist resistance while Adrian joins the intergalactic military. In these two songs we are able to see their relationship and it’s eventual demise. We are able to see how they loved and how they drifted apart in a future not so far from our own.
Listen below.
Ultra Deluxe also have tour dates coming up in the US and Europe, including two hometown NYC shows: July 25 at Heaven Can Wait (169 Ave A) with Pop Music Fever Dream, The Bum Babies and Coffee Nap, and September 15 at Bar Freda. All dates are listed below.
Ultra Deluxe — 2023 Tour Dates
7/22 Merchantville, NJ at Old Post
7/25 New York, NY at Heaven Can Wait
8/8 Baltimore, MD at the Crown
8/9 Richmond, VA at The Wharf
8/10 Silver Spring, MD at Quarry House Tavern
8/11 Philadelphia, PA at Foto Club
8/12 Queens, NY at Bar Freda
8/24 Tulsa, OK at Whittier Bar
8/25 Denton, TX at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios
9/15 Queens, NY at Bar Freda
With Fear Not Ourselves Alone
9/23 Troy, NY at No Fun
9/24 Binghamton, NY at The Garden
Europe with H.C. Behrendtsen
10/16 Berlin, DE at Schokoladen
10/17 Prague, CZ at Café V lese
10/18 Bratislava, SK at T3 Kultúrny Prostriedok
10/19 Budapest, HU at Auróra Modularis
10/20 Cluj – Napoca, RO at a.casa