Truck Violence sign to The Flenser for second album The weathervane is my body, due June

The band DIY's approach meant the new record's composition, recording, mixing and visual media was handled in‑house, with the cover photo shot on film by the band on Avenue du Parc in Montreal, depicting a bare-backed figure perched on a small house built from reclaimed materials.

Formed by guitarist and banjoist Paul Lecours and singer-poet Karsyn Henderson, the duo grew up in a small Alberta town of 600 people before relocating to Montréal as teenagers and later adding bassist Chris Clegg and percussionist Thomas Hart to the line-up. Their sound – which draws from punk, shoegaze and sludge, emerged from years of DIY experimentation in the absence of local infrastructure or industry support. Their 2024 Mothland Records debut Violence was a snapshot of his Henderson's early years in Alberta.

First single, “New Jesus”, is “a rant about the blatant fascistic slide occurring both to the south of our border and on screen," according to Henderson and arrives with a music video directed by a;skdjf;aksldf. Henderson cities the ABC–Trump settlement and post-6 January election fraud cases as the cause, adding: “There is surprising apathy among young people in regards to this slide, who believe the acquisition of power and the subsequent lording over that occurs, is merely nature… why not join the fascist grift, degenerate art through tiktok, etc.”

Truck Violence play a run of UK dates this summer including Outbreak Festival in Manchester and two nights at London’s Windmill Brixton on 29-30 June.

Album Title artwork

The weathervane is my body tracklist

“My dog would fuck the air”
“Jaundiced and reaching for a mother”
“Compelled by Christy”
“House caught fire”
“New Jesus”
“Your name, It’s walking”
“Stomach as a tower and the globules descending”
“Gerard, be quiet”
“Kindly, wash yourself”