Product description


Reissue of 2013 album that has only been on vinyl once and in a micro edition. Dreamviolence is Bambara’s full-length follow-up to their ac­claimed debut EP Dog Ear Days (2010). After playing countless deafening shows in their hometown of Athens, touring the US in sweaty house shows and sharing bills with Iceage, Grimes, Litur­gy, A Place to Bury Strangers, and Parts and Labor, Bambara decided to leave their beloved Athens and move to a basement apartment in Bushwick, Brooklyn for a change. Here they practiced, slept and recorded for the majority of 2012. Following the release of a Kate Bush cover and a 10 minute improv noise EP Rings early in the year, Bambara began to work on Dreamviolence.

With a minimal recording set-up and little sunlight, the band was able to completely capture the dark, grimy, noisy sound they are known for while maintaining the lush beauty that glues it all to­gether. Reid’s voice croons and snarls the fragmented images of the city. Blaze and William’s driving rhythm section plows and swings through the dirge of vocal noise with furious power. Bambara doesn’t want you to get comfortable in Dreamviolence. They prefer to send you through vortexes of haunting noise be­fore you reach the dreamy euphoria waiting in the wreckage.

Payments and Delivery


  • Spend $100 and get free shipping on all domestic US orders.
Icon image for https://images.prismic.io/roughtrade/ZpaY4h5LeNNTxNUc_RT_site_Icons_FreeShipping.png?auto=format,compress

Click & Collect from our New York store and pay $0 on shipping.

Icon image for https://images.prismic.io/roughtrade/ZpaMzB5LeNNTxNM4_RT_site_Icons_ClickandCollect.png?auto=format,compress

Tracked Global shipping is available on all products.

Global Icon

In-stock items dispatched in 24-48 hours.

Dispatch Icon

Carefully packaged in recycled packaging

Packaging Icon

For all information on Shipping and Orders click here.

Information Icon
Bambara

Dreamviolence

Wharf Cat
With Signed Postcard.
Translucent Blue
Rough Trade Exclusive
Signed Copy
Limited to 300 copies
Released10/13/2023Catalog NumberWCR140LP-C1Estimated dispatch between Wed 18 Jun and Thu 19 JunLearn more
Black
Released10/06/2023Catalog NumberWCR140LPEstimated dispatch between Fri 20 Jun and Sun 22 JunLearn more