· By Seth Werkheiser
HO99O9 DROP NEW ALBUM TOMORROW WE ESCAPE
TOUR TO KICK OFF NEXT MONTH
ANNOUNCE ADIDAS SNEAKER COLLAB
Los Angeles by way of New Jersey trailblazers Ho99o9 (horror) have released their third album, Tomorrow We Escape, featuring Chelsea Wolfe, Greg Puciato, MoRuf, Pink Siifu, and more (full tracklisting below). A true amalgamation of all the band’s influences—experimental hip-hop, digital hardcore, future-facing punk, metal, jarring industrial, and off-kilter electronics—the album is their most emotional offering to date, rooted in personal struggle and triumph. “It was a healthy challenge to focus on emotion. In the past, a lot of our material was politically charged. That element is present, but we wanted to take a more personal route. This mindset drove how we wrote songs. Everybody has a struggle. The goal is to find motivation for preservation.” Trayer Tryon of avant darlings Hundred Waters ( and with prod on recent breakthroughs - The Hellp, Sam Austins, 2Hollis, Alto Arc……) mixes and masters the album further refining a new sonic landscape, harnessing the very best of the chaos that fans have come to know and love, with a fresh injection of new found melodies, space, and crystalline production.
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The album drops with a video for standout track “Target Practice,” with a cameo from the OGM’s son. The video also features everyone wearing the band’s Adidas shoe collab. With more details to follow (see below for stills), the band notes, “Kobe Bryant has always been one of my favorite basketball players. I always wanted a pair of the Crazy 8’s. Growing up, my dad was a Brazil fan when the World Cup came around. Adidas always played a role in the culture, from seeing Bob Marley in Adidas track suits and jerseys to Run-DMC. Jeremy Scott putting wings on a high top, to name a few. We’re excited and honored to be part of such an all-star cast, as we’re set to release our first collaboration shoe with Adidas. Our version of the Superstar, aka the Roux Ga Roux’s Foot, is set to drop in October.”
The band has also been announced as support on the upcoming Grandson tour. The 20-date US tour will make stops in San Francisco. Seattle, Chicago, DC, New York, LA, and many more.
The New Jersey-bred outfit made its way to Los Angeles over a decade ago. Surging and seething just below the surface, the pair broke through as an apocalyptically fascinating outlier with their 2017 full-length debut, United States of Horror. In the meantime, their infamous live shows became the stuff of legend as they packed houses on their own and shared stages with everyone from Slipknot, Korn, Alice in Chains, Rob Zombie, Ministry, and The Dillinger Escape Plan to Lil Uzi Vert, Denzel Curry, Cypress Hill, and Ghostface Killah. Earning the respect of an elite cohort of peers, popular collaborations placed them toe-to-toe with Corey Taylor of Slipknot, The Prodigy, JPEGMAFIA, Ghostemane, HEALTH, 3TEETH, and N8NOFACE, to name a few. Jack Black made an appearance in their KULT CABLE series while they guested on The Eric Andre Show. They’ve received further acclaim from The New York Times, NME, The Guardian, Kerrang!, Metal Hammer, The FADER, Revolver, and more. They stand out as the rare phenomenon that can decimate Hellfest and Aftershock Festival and captivate on A COLORS SHOW.
HO99O9 TOUR DATES
Oct 21 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
Oct 23 – Portland, OR – McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
Oct 24 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
Oct 25 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
Oct 26 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rockwell at The Complex
Oct 28 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
Oct 31 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
Nov 1 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
Nov 2 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore Minneapolis
Nov 4 – Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre
Nov 6 – Boston, MA – Royale
Nov 7 – New York, NY – Warsaw
Nov 8 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
Nov 9 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Nov 10 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre
Nov 11 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
Nov 14 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
Nov 15 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
Nov 18 – San Diego, CA – Observatory North Park
Nov 19 – Los Angeles, CA – The Bellwether