Schlock-Wire: Warner To Release Expanded Reissues of Devo’s DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE and NEW TRADITIONALISTS

Exciting news for all fans of new wave and soci­etal de-evolution: Warner Brothers Records is con­tin­u­ing the Devo reis­sue series they began last year with reis­sues of the group’s 2nd  and 4th albums, Duty Now For The Future and New Traditionalists.  If you only know Devo from their sin­gles and music videos, these albums will reopen your ears to who they really were.  Duty Now… is a mas­ter­ful bar­rage of punk-tinged new wave with scathing, satir­i­cal lyrics and is a brac­ing lis­ten, even by mod­ern stan­dards.  New Traditionalists has a slicker sound but is no less satir­i­cal, high­lighted by the pow­er­ful ironic state­ment of “Beautiful World.”  Both discs will fea­ture plen­ti­ful bonus tracks, includ­ing sev­eral fan-favorite clas­sics.  Remember that “we are all Devo” as you read on…

DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE AND NEW TRADITIONALISTS TO BE REISSUED:

Electro-art-rock icon­o­clasts DEVO cel­e­brate their early recorded works from the Warner Bros. Records vaults with remas­tered vinyl and expanded CD edi­tions of their sec­ond album, 1979’s “DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE,” and their fourth album, 1981’s “NEW TRADITIONALISTS.” “DUTY NOW” will be avail­able begin­ning on April 17th, Record Store Day, on vinyl while “NEW TRADITIONALISTS” will fol­low on May 11th.

Both albums have been re-mastered from the orig­i­nal ana­log record­ings and housed in DEVO-luxish pack­ages with a plethora of bonus tracks. Both titles will be released on CD as well as color vinyl album pack­ages and both will include the Bonus Tracks. Please see below for track list­ings. The reis­sues fol­low last year’s expanded first and third ground­break­ing albums: “Q: ARE WE NOT MEN? A: WE ARE DEVO!” and “FREEDOM OF CHOICE.”

Also avail­able on April 17th, will be a Warner Bros. Records Record Store Day Exclusive DEVO release of two brand new record­ings: “Fresh,” backed with “What We Do,” in pris­tine, Limited Edition 12″ color vinyl glory. These will dis­ap­pear fast so don’t delay on Record Store Day!

As pre­vi­ously announced, DEVO will per­form live at the annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA on Record Store Day — April 17th — where fans can buy RSD releases in the Zia Records tent on the fes­ti­val grounds. All the more rea­son to come out and hear some brand new, focus group-tested/approved DEVO songs and buy new DEVO music and merch.

As an added bonus, DEVO will host a rare sign­ing ses­sion in the Record Store Day Tent, pow­ered by Zia Records where fans can meet DEVO and have your new DEVOlicious pur­chases auto­graphed by the band on April 17th, at the Coachella Festival. Strangely enough, over 300 Record stores across the U.S. will cel­e­brate RSD in grand DEVO tra­di­tion as their employ­ees will be out­fit­ted in exclu­sive DEVO Energy Domes. Clearly, the Spud Patrol will be in full effect coast to coast and ready to serve YOU, the faith­ful, beloved Consumer.

Just a few days after Coachella on April 20th, DEVO will per­form live on the out­door stage of ABC TV’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” This is DEVO’s first live tele­vi­sion appear­ance in sev­eral years. Tune in to ABC TV at 12:05AM PST and 11:05 CT. Check local list­ings for details.

Want to get “Fresh,” now? Go to: www.clubdevo.com. Stay tuned for more details about DEVO’s plans for a new album to be released later this year.

DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE track listing:

Devo Corporate Anthem

Clockout

Timing X

Wiggly World

Blockhead

Strange Pursuit

S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain)

Triumph of the Will

The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize

Pink Pussycat

Secret Agent Man

Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA

Red Eye Express

Bonus Tracks:

General Boy Visits Apocalypse Now

Soo Bawlz

Be Stiff (Stiff Version)

Penetration in the Centerfold

Secret Agent Man (Live)

NEW TRADITIONALISTS track listing:

Through Being Cool

Jerkin’ Back ‘N’ Forth

Pity You

Soft Things

Going Under

Race of Doom

Love Without Anger

The Super Thing

Beautiful World

Enough Said

Bonus Tracks:

Nu-tra Speaks (New Traditionalist Man)

One Dumb Thing

Modern Life

Faster and Faster

Psychology of Desire (Demo)

Beautiful World (E-Z Listening Version)

In the mean­time, keep an eye on www.clubdevo.com for infor­ma­tion, details, merch and your chance to be a part of DEVO his­tory now. Until then, con­tact: Warner Bros. Records Publicity:

National Spudboy: Rick Gershon 818–953-3473 / rick.gershon@wbr.com

Regional Spudgirl: Amanda Van Goethen 818–953-3211

Amanda.vangoethen@wbr.com