Today industrial trail blazers Uniform have announced their return overseas. They’ll embark on a 27 date run across the UK and Europe in Spring 2022 with Pinkish Black along for support. In anticipation of this and their upcoming U.S. tour - their first since the release of the lauded 2020 heavy-hitter, Shame - they have released a new video for “The Shadow of God’s Hand”.
Vocalist Michael Berdan explains: “The central theme behind ‘The Shadow of God’s Hand’ are the inherent contradictions present in conventional Christianity. I was brought up with this idea of ‘act right or you’re going to hell’. I’ve listened to family members as they worried themselves to tears over the fate of a loved one’s soul. To me, the concept of a punitive God is antithetical to the comfort I derive from a spiritual practice. Does God serve to comfort or chastise? Does following Christ’s teachings serve to create a kinder, more equitable world or have those teachings become so perverted that they simply stand as tools of control? For many, there is a fine line in their belief structure between salvation and damnation. This song attempts to touch on these paradoxes”.
The video, directed by John Bradburn, is available today - watch it below.
For a full list of tour dates, see below and purchase tickets here.
European & UK Tour Dates 2022:
05/04: Budapest, HUN - Aurora
06/04: Brno, CZ - Kabinet Muz
07/04: Wien, AT - Chelsea
08/04: Innsbruck, AT - PMK
09/04: Winterthur, CH - Gaswerk
10/04: Geneva, CH - Cave 12
12/04: Lille, FR - La Malterie
13/04: Paris, FR - Supersonic
14/04: London, UK - Electrowerkz
15/04: Manchester, UK - The White Hotel
16/04: Newcastle, UK - The Cluny
17/04: Glasgow, UK - Audio
18/04: Nottingham, UK - The Chameleon Arts
19/04: Ramsgate, UK - Ramsgate Music Hall
20/04: Brussels, BE - Botanique
23/04: Leipzig, DE - Soltmann
24/04: Berlin, DE - Kantine Berghain
26/04: Copenhagen, DK - Loppen
27/04: Goteborg, SWE - Skjulet
28/04: Stockholm, SWE - HUS7
30/04: St. Petersburg, RUS - Serdce
01/05: Moscow, RUS - Bumazhnaya Fabrika
02/05: Tallinn, EST - Sveta Baar
03/05: Riga, LV - DEPO
04/05: Vilnius, LI - XI20
06/05: Warsaw, PL - Chmury
07/05: Prague, CZ - Underdogs
(All shows w/ Pinkish Black)
US Tour Dates 2021:
20/10: Brooklyn, NY - Saint Vitus
21/10: Boston, MA - Cambridge Elks Lodge
22/10: Berlin, CT - Berlin VFW
23/10: Washington, D.C. - DC9
24/10: Durham, NC - The Pinhook
26/10: Atlanta, GA - 529
27/10: Birmingham, AL - Seasick Records
29/10: San Antonio, TX - Events *
30/10: Austin, TX - Levitation
31/10: Albuquerque, NM - Sister
01/11: Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
02/11: Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon
03/11: San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop
04/11: Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
05/11: Seattle, WA - Vera Project
06/11: Boise, ID - Neurolux
07/11: Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
08/11: Denver, CO - HQ
10/11: Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
11/11: Cleveland, OH - Now That’s Class
12/11: Philadelphia, PA - PhilaMOCA
(All shows w/ Portrayal of Guilt & Body Void)
* [w/ Portrayal of Guilt & Code Orange (no Body Void)]
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/uniformnewyork
unifuckingform.bandcamp.com
Vocalist Michael Berdan explains: “The central theme behind ‘The Shadow of God’s Hand’ are the inherent contradictions present in conventional Christianity. I was brought up with this idea of ‘act right or you’re going to hell’. I’ve listened to family members as they worried themselves to tears over the fate of a loved one’s soul. To me, the concept of a punitive God is antithetical to the comfort I derive from a spiritual practice. Does God serve to comfort or chastise? Does following Christ’s teachings serve to create a kinder, more equitable world or have those teachings become so perverted that they simply stand as tools of control? For many, there is a fine line in their belief structure between salvation and damnation. This song attempts to touch on these paradoxes”.
The video, directed by John Bradburn, is available today - watch it below.
For a full list of tour dates, see below and purchase tickets here.
European & UK Tour Dates 2022:
05/04: Budapest, HUN - Aurora
06/04: Brno, CZ - Kabinet Muz
07/04: Wien, AT - Chelsea
08/04: Innsbruck, AT - PMK
09/04: Winterthur, CH - Gaswerk
10/04: Geneva, CH - Cave 12
12/04: Lille, FR - La Malterie
13/04: Paris, FR - Supersonic
14/04: London, UK - Electrowerkz
15/04: Manchester, UK - The White Hotel
16/04: Newcastle, UK - The Cluny
17/04: Glasgow, UK - Audio
18/04: Nottingham, UK - The Chameleon Arts
19/04: Ramsgate, UK - Ramsgate Music Hall
20/04: Brussels, BE - Botanique
23/04: Leipzig, DE - Soltmann
24/04: Berlin, DE - Kantine Berghain
26/04: Copenhagen, DK - Loppen
27/04: Goteborg, SWE - Skjulet
28/04: Stockholm, SWE - HUS7
30/04: St. Petersburg, RUS - Serdce
01/05: Moscow, RUS - Bumazhnaya Fabrika
02/05: Tallinn, EST - Sveta Baar
03/05: Riga, LV - DEPO
04/05: Vilnius, LI - XI20
06/05: Warsaw, PL - Chmury
07/05: Prague, CZ - Underdogs
(All shows w/ Pinkish Black)
US Tour Dates 2021:
20/10: Brooklyn, NY - Saint Vitus
21/10: Boston, MA - Cambridge Elks Lodge
22/10: Berlin, CT - Berlin VFW
23/10: Washington, D.C. - DC9
24/10: Durham, NC - The Pinhook
26/10: Atlanta, GA - 529
27/10: Birmingham, AL - Seasick Records
29/10: San Antonio, TX - Events *
30/10: Austin, TX - Levitation
31/10: Albuquerque, NM - Sister
01/11: Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
02/11: Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon
03/11: San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop
04/11: Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
05/11: Seattle, WA - Vera Project
06/11: Boise, ID - Neurolux
07/11: Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
08/11: Denver, CO - HQ
10/11: Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
11/11: Cleveland, OH - Now That’s Class
12/11: Philadelphia, PA - PhilaMOCA
(All shows w/ Portrayal of Guilt & Body Void)
* [w/ Portrayal of Guilt & Code Orange (no Body Void)]
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/uniformnewyork
unifuckingform.bandcamp.com