Calling all fans of Slamming Gangster Groove! Oklahoma's PeelingFlesh are back with "Crackology," the latest single from their upcoming self-titled album. This new track follows the lead single, "Murderous Intent," which featured Mike Ryan of Missing Link. The album, entitled PeelingFlesh, arrives November 27th via Unique Leader Records.
Like so much of PeelingFlesh's growing oeuvre, "Crackology" is bolstered by a canny selection of samples and film clips that offset frontman Damonteal Harris's typically indecipherable vocals with knowing, sly humor. If the opening sample—a deep pull from 2003's Scary Movie 3 featuring Emmy-winner Jeremy Piven—"Crackology" is a play on "cracker" (meaning poor white folks) and the recently coined use of "crack" to denote sex (ex: "John Stewart out here cracking grandmas") to imply Harris taking part in some underhanded dealings of the carnal variety.
Here's the full Piven line, for the doubters out there:
I been cleanin' after this dumb-ass cracker Giggins for ten years, but I been hittin' it with his woman for twelve. Know what I'm sayin', n____? She likes her some chocolate. Sharpton for President y'all. I'm outie. Peace.
They even included the shout-out to Al Sharpton, who, at the time, had recently announced his candidacy for President of the United States. 2004 really was a different time.
Harris offers his thoughts on the track along with a glimpse into the band's creative process:
One of our personal favorites from the album even though all of them are our favorite. A lot of insane samples that we've been wanting to use for a very long time in this one.
Assuming Harris is referring to not just "Crackology" but PeelingFlesh as a whole, this suggests the band has had a strong hold on their brand of irreverent millennial/early 2000s/web 1.0-influenced sense of humor from the jump. The inclusion of a snippet from Method Man and Red Man's stoner classic How High ("With all due respect sir, suck my dick") supports this argument.
The track closes with an extended sample of Kingpin Skinny Pimp's intro from his 1996 track "Y’all Ain’t No Killaz," calling out the doubters. PeelingFlesh take being unserious very seriously.
Yeah, this song is dedicated to you n____ who forgot where the fuck you came from / You doubt trick-mouth trick-ass bitches who can't run shit but the bullshit you stressin' backwards / Made it behind my motherfucking eyes, y'all n____ ain't no killers / Real killers have no alibi; drop that shit
Here, for no good reason, is a shot of the band's bassist, Chip Smith, taken straight from the "Crackology" visualizer:
PeelingFlesh are currently in the middle of their North American tour leading up to the release of PeelingFlesh. Joining them as special guests are Grounds For Assault, Gridiron, Final Resting Place, and Two-Piece. In February, to celebrate the new album, the band will head over to Europe/the UK with support from SNUFFED ON SIGHT, Corpse Pile, and Girl Of Glass. The band was just announced as part of the 2027 editions of Sonic Temple and Motorcultor on May 16th and August 19th. Tickets are on sale now.
Check out all the dates and the visualizer for "Crackology" below.
OKC X GTHC, PeelingFlesh's split EP with Hounds of War, is out now on Slamnasium Recordings.
PEELINGFLESH FALL HEADLINER
10/23 New Orleans, LA @ House Of Blues $ ^ #
10/24 Fort Worth, TX @ Sick New World
10/25 Corpus Christi, TX @ House Of Rock $ ^ #
10/27 Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall $ ^ #
10/28 Tampa, FL @ Orpheum $ ^ # *
10/29 West Palm Beach, FL @ The Banyan Live $ ^ # *
10/30 Jacksonville, FL @ Albatross $ ^ # *
# with Grounds For Assault
$ with Gridiron
^ with Final Resting Place
* with Two-Piece
PEELINGFLESH EUROPE TOUR 2027
02/24 Karlsruhe, DE @ Substage
02/25 München, DE @ Technikum
02/26 Berlin, DE @ Hole⁴⁴
02/27 Hamburg, DE @ KENT Club
02/28 Tilburg, NL @ Poppodium 013
03/02 Exeter, UK @ Exeter Phoenix
03/03 Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy Birmingham
03/04 London, UK @ O2 Academy Islington
03/05 Manchester, UK @ Manchester Academy
03/06 Leeds, UK @ Stylus
03/07 Glasgow, UK @ Slay Glasgow
03/09 Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
03/10 Bristol, UK @ The Fleece
03/11 Southampton, UK @ Engine Rooms
03/12 Paris, FR @ Glazart
03/13 Bruxelles, BE @ Le Botanique
03/14 Köln, DE @ Essigfabrik
Sonic Temple
05/16 Columbus, OH @ Historic Crew Stadium
Motocutltor Festival
08/19 Brest, FR @ Site de Kérampuilh
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