Taken From Forthcoming Album ‘PLAYDEAD’ Out On September 27 (via UNFD)
Genre-blending Japanese metal, punk, and reggae powerhouse SiM has today dropped their new single “DO THE DANCE“ alongside the accompanying visualizer. The track is taken from their upcoming new album ‘PLAYDEAD’, out on September 27 (via UNFD).
Prior to today, SiM released their track “RED“ which is also the theme song for the new season of the Netflix anime series ‘Kengan Ashura’ which has clocked up over 232,000 streams on Spotify alone and counting. Watch the visualizer for “DO THE DANCE“ in the thumbnail below, stream the track here, and pre-order ‘PLAYDEAD’ here.
PLAYDEAD
SiM
Tracklisting:
1. PLAYDEAD
2. RED
3. HiDE and SEEK
4. SWEET DREAMS
5. Die Alone
6. TOO LATE
7. KiSS OF DEATH
8. Sad Song
9. BBT
10. DO THE DANCE
11. Not So Weak
12. UNDER THE TREE (Full Length Ver.)
13. The Rumbling (Orchestra Ver.)
DO THE DANCE is an aggressive song that is the quintessential SiM song, which blends ska with heavy and danceable riffs. Its powerful, uplifting melody will trigger audiences to sing along wildly.
The new album PLAYDEAD will contain 13 songs in total, including popular anime tie-in songs such as THE RUMBLING (Attack on Titan), UNDER THE TREE (Attack on Titan), and RED (Kengan Ashura) that are all gaining momentum globally, as well as a robust collection of songs that fuse the essence of SiM and strike new direction.
Listen to RED here, the first single from the upcoming album and the opening song for the anime Kengan Ashura Season 2.
SiM is scheduled to kick off a 27-city tour in the U.S. starting in August and a 36-date run in Japan starting in October.
The well-anticipated new album PLAYDEAD is set to bring down the entire world.
◆Japan Tour Information
‘PLAYDEAD’ WORLD TOUR SEASON 1
Tour Dates
[2023]
10/24 (Tue) Ebisu, Tokyo@LIQUIDROOM
10/27 (Fri) Obihiro, Hokkaido@MEGA STONE
10/29 (Sun) Asahikawa, Hokkaigo@CASINO DRIVE
10/31 (Tue) Kitami, Hokkaido@Onion Holl
11/2 (Thu) Otaru, Hokkaido@GOLD STONE
11/5 (Sun) Aomori, Aomori@Quarter
11/6 (Mon) Morioka, Iwate@CLUB CHANGE WAVE
11/8 (Wed) Akita, Akita@club SWINDLE
11/10 (Fri) Yamagata, Yamagata@Music Showa Session
11/11 (Sat) Koriyama, Fukushima@HIP SHOT JAPAN
11/13 (Mon) Nagano, Nagano@CLUB JUNK BOX
11/15 (Wed) Kanazawa, Ishikawa@EIGHT HALL
11/17 (Fri) Fukui, Fukui@CHOP
11/18 (Sat) Toyama, Toyama@SOUL POWER
11/26 (Sun) Okayama, Okayama@CRAZY MAMA KINGDOM
11/28 (Tue) Shunan, Yamaguchi@RISING HALL
11/29 (Wed) Saga, Saga@GEILS
12/1 (Fri) Kumamoto, Kumamoto@DRUM B.9 V1
12/5 (Tue) Oita, Oita@DRUM Be-0
12/7 (Thu) Kouchi, Kouchi@CARAVAN SARY
12/11 (Mon) Kobe, Hyogo@Taiyo to Tora
12/12 (Tue) Kyoto, Kyoto@KYOTO MUSE
12/14 (Thu) Nara, Nara@EVANS CASTLE HALL
12/19 (Tue) Matsuzaka, Mie@M’AXA
12/20 (Wed) Gifu, Gifu@CLUB-G
12/22 (Fri) Hamamatsu, Shizuoka@Madowaku
[2024]
3/1 (Fri) Fukuoka, Fukuoka@DRUM LOGOS
3/3 (Sun) Takamatsu, Kagawa@festhalle
3/4 (Mon) Hiroshima, Hiroshima@Hiroshima CLUB QUATTRO
3/8 (Fri) Sendai, Miyagi@Rensa
3/11 (Mon) Sapporo, Hokkaido@PENNY LANE24
3/15 (Fri) Niigata, Niigata@LOTS
3/19 (Tue) Matsuyama, Ehime@WstudioRED
3/21 (Thu) Aichi@Zepp Nagoya
3/23 (Sat) Osaka@Zepp Osaka Bayside
3/27 (Wed) Tokyo@Zepp DiverCity Tokyo
※Ticket information will be announced at a later date.
Click below for details:
◆US Tour Information
THE JACKPOT JUICER US TOUR
Line-up： DANCE GAVIN DANCE / SiM / RAIN CITY DRIVE / Within Destruction
More details： https://sim.komi.io
▼Tour Dates (Local Time)
Aug 24 (Thu) Tempe, AX@The Marquee Theater
Aug 25 (Fri) Las Vagas@Brooklyn Bowl
Aug 26 (Sat) Los Angeles@The Shrine
Aug 29 (Tue) Seattle, WA@The Showbox SoDo
Aug 30 (Wed) Portland@Roseland Theater
Sep 1 (Fri) Boise, Idaho@Revolution Music Hall
Sep 2 (Sat) Salt Lake City, UT@Union Event Center
Sep 3 (Sun) Denver, CO@Mission Ballroom
Sep 5 (Tue) Austin, TX@ACL at Moody Theater
Sep 6 (Wed) Oklahoma City, OK@The Criterion
Sep 8 (Fri) Houston, TX@White Oak Music Hall
Sep 9 (Sat) Dallas, TX@The Factory In Deep Ellum
Sep 10 (Sun) Birmingham, AL@Iron City
Sep 12 (Tue) Fort Lauderdale, FL@Revolution
Sep 13 (Wed) Orland, FL@Hard Rock Live
Sep 15 (Fri) Nashville, TN@Wildhorse Saloon
Sep 16 (Sat) Atlanta, GA@Coca Cola Roxy
Sep 18 (Mon) Raleigh, NC@The Ritz
Sep 19 (Tue) Silver Spring, MD@The Fillmore
Sep 21 (Thu) Chicago, IL@Radius
Sep 22 (Fri) Louisville, KY@Highland Festival Ground (Louder Than Life Festival: https://louderthanlifefestival.com/)
Sep 23 (Sat) Milwaukee, WI@The Rave II
Sep 25 (Mon) Cleveland, OH@Agora Ballroom
Sep 27 (Wed) Boston, MA@MGM at Fenway
Sep 29 (Fri) NY, NY@The Rooftop at Pier 17
Sep 30 (Sat) Asbury Park, NJ@Stone Pony Summer Stage
Oct 1 (Sun) Philadelphia, PA@Mann Center (SwanFest：https://www.dgdswanfest.com/)
SiM – A four-member (or last time we used four-piece) reggae punk band from Shonan, Kanagawa, Japan.
“We’re a band that was born in a live house, grew up in a live house, and we’ll die in a live house.” With sold-out significant solo performances at the Nippon Budokan and Yokohama Arena as well as organized the outdoor festival “DEAD POP FESTiVAL” for 20,000 people, SiM has risen to the top of the rock scene by “breaking convention from the inside” both in name and action, headlining at large outdoor rock festivals across the country.
In 2022, the transfer of the record company to PONY CANYON was announced. The newly written song The Rumbling was released as the theme song for Attack of Titan Final Season Part 2, which won the No.1 spot on the US Billboard chart 7 times in a row.
In 2023, the theme song for the anime Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 1, UNDER THE TREEwas released, which exceeded 10 million streams within 10 days, sweeping the world’s music charts.
They have successfully signed a contract with an overseas management/label, and in June, they performed their first UK festival, captivating an audience of more than 10,000 people. Furthermore, their sell-out headline performance in London amassed huge excitement.
In August, they will go on a 70,000-capacity tour of 27 cities in the United States, marking the start of their full-scale global expansion.
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