David Cronenberg's Wife Tickets

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With a wink towards the body horror auteur, David Cronenberg’s Wife (or DCW) are the house band in the biology theatre at the end of the world. They loop riffs in relentless cycles till they stop being riffs and become psychological conditions; the bass maintains the pulse; the guitars sharpen the knives; the drums suggest they’re growing extra limbs. Then, removing an eye from his microscope, the deadpan lecturer with the twinkle in his eye details narratives of the absurd and the macabre, all the while waiting for the weaker stomached of his audience to exit the room in despair. Told with devilish wit and displaying a vulnerability beneath the jagged edges, the musicians don’t so much soundtrack these stories as stalk them. The songs of DCW are unhinged to the point where the door at the dark side of the corridor falls off into the seediest underbelly of fun. DCW are undertaking a second tour in support of their fifth studio album 'Department of Biology' released on Blang Records in May 2026.

Some praise for 'Department of Biology' album:

‘Preposterously exceptional’ (Classic Rock magazine)

‘They are a one-off and should be valued as such’ (The Arts Desk)

‘The record builds on DCW’s mission to expand the bounds of subject matter for indie rock while adding some of their finest songs to date to the discography.’ (Whispering & Hollering)

‘This, for me, is very probably the most beautiful album released this year’ (Enrico Silvestrin)