Tub Ring
Location
Chicago, Illinois
Website
Bio
Chicago, Illinois’s Tub Ring defies any easy categorization, but it’s just that quality that makes legions of fans move heaven and earth to witness their live shows and to stalk message boards awaiting word of new musical output. The past year, however, has found the band to be peculiarly quiet. Foregoing their typically busy touring schedule, and instead opting to write and record their fifth full-length, SECRET HANDSHAKES, due out August 31 on The End Records, Tub Ring have only surfaced to offer information on a need to know basis.
The group recorded the 14-track album at Chicago’s Electrical Audio and at keyboardist Rob Kleiner’s own Studio Edison, with Kleiner doing double duty as producer. “Secret Handshakes is definitely my favorite album to have made and favorite to listen to,” says Kleiner. “A whole year in the making - we had virtually unlimited time to do EVERYTHING until it was perfect. In the end, I feel that this is the first Tub Ring album where each recorded song captures every element we had envisioned in our minds and hearts.”
Renowned for their live show that teeters on the edge of utter calamity, Tub Ring’s performances are the equivalent of a live action Rube Goldberg device, complete with bells and whistles and bodies flying far and wide, their spectacle has engrossed countless numbers across the U.S., Canada, Japan and Europe.
