Dragged Up are an off-kilter psych-garage proto-punk band. Formed in Glasgow in late 2018 by Eva Gnatiuk (Las Mitras), with Simon Shaw (Trembling Bells) & the writer Lisa Jones. In 2019, Chas Lalli (Vom/Bad Aura) & Julian Dicken (The Cosmic Dead) joined. In 2022 Stephan Mors (The Owsley Sunshine) replaced Dicken on drum duty.
Their debut mini-album D/U was released in 2020, show-casing their seamless cross-pollination of doom, psych, proto-punk, garage, and spoken word, to positive reviews and critical acclaim from the likes of Louder Than War: “like classic CBGBs proto-punk transplanted to rain-drenched Scottish streets” and Record Collector magazine: “an all-seeing, culture-cannibalizing slacker classic.”
Cruel Nature Records are releasing their new EP Hex Domestic on 8 September. The band will be playing some UK shows to promote it, including supporting The Bevis Frond in Glasgow on the 10th. They are currently working on their second album.
UK Tour dates:
September:
Sun 10 – Old Hairdressers, Glasgow (supporting The Bevis Frond)
Thursday 14 – The Keg, Paisley
Friday 15 – The Twa Tams, Perth
Saturday 16th – Leith Depot, Edinburgh (with Amateur Cult and Errant Boy)
Thursday 28 – Centrala, Birmingham (with The Courtesy Group & Ray Vorg plus Fliss Kitson DJing)
Friday 29th – Salty Dog, Northwich (with Pill Fangs)
Saturday 30th – Little Buildings, Newcastle upon Tyne (with Pound Land and Lovely Wife)
October:
Saturday 7th – Queen’s Hotel, Dundee (all-dayer presented by Gulls Revenge)
Hex Domestic (EP) is released on cassette 8 Spectember, 2023 via Cruel Nature Records and can be downloade and pre-ordered HERE
