With the upcoming release of their new record, Sunbather, on June 6th via Deathwish Inc., it was inevitable that Deafheaven would head out on the road. This time, the newgaze-black-metal-amalgamation band will headline a U.S. tour in June and July. Marriages will be joining them on this trek.
JUN 19, 2013 Yucca Taproom Tempe, AZ.
JUN 21, 2013 Club Dada Dallas, TX.
JUN 22, 2013 Red 7 Austin, TX.
JUN 23, 2013 Mango’s Houston, TX.
JUN 25, 2013 Will’s Pub Orlando, FL.
JUN 26, 2013 Earl Atlanta, GA.
JUN 27, 2013 The Forge Birmingham, AL.
JUN 28, 2013 The Milestone Club Charlotte, NC.
JUN 29, 2013 King’s Barcade Raleigh, NC.
JUN 30, 2013 Rock & Roll Hotel Washington, DC.
JUL 1, 2013 The Barbary Philadelphia, PA.
JUL 2, 2013 Saint Vitus Brooklyn, NY.
JUL 3, 2013 TT The Bears Cambridge, MA.
JUL 5, 2013 Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, OH.
JUL 6, 2013 Subterranean Chicago, IL.
JUL 7, 2013 Magic Stick Lounge Detroit, MI.
JUL 8, 2013 The Record Bar Kansas City, MO.
JUL 9, 2013 Marquis Theatre Denver, CO.
JUL 10, 2013 Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT.
JUL 12, 2013 El Corazon Seattle, WA.
JUL 13, 2013 Bunk Bar Portland, OR.
JUL 15, 2013 Bottom of the Hill San Francisco, CA.
Los Angeles-based hardcore five-piece Touche Amore announced that they’ve entered the studio with producer Brad Wood (Sunny Day Real Estate, mewithoutYou) to record their third full-length record. While few other details are available at this time, it’s slated for a fall 2013 release on Deathwish. If you’re like us you’ll be counting down the days until this comes out, but in the meantime, the band has released a short teaser video you can check out below:
At the rate they’re going, AC4 will have a video for each song off their new record, Burn the World, before the month is out. Here’s the new video for the title track, directed Jonathan Lindley. It’s not the usual video fare of no-frills punk rock but it is certainly eye-catching and there are plenty of nuances and little details to pay attention to.
Premiered and hosted by Spin.com, DEAFHEAVEN have released a short-form video of the band recording their upcoming album Sunbather. The video, directed by Bryan Proteau, captured the band in the midst of the process of recording and discussing the new album due out on June 11th via Deathwish Inc.
Throughout the duration of recording their new album Sunbather, Deafheaven welcomed director Bryan Proteau into the studio to capture footage that would become this special sneak peek video, which premiered exclusively on Spin.com today. The video, edited by Bryn Owens, showcases the band at their most natural state inside the confines of Atomic Garden Recording Studio in Oakland, CA. Deafheaven vocalist George Clarke commented, “Having the recording process openly viewed is strange and vulnerable, but with Bryan having a particular closeness with this band, his involvement really sold the idea and the project ended up being a fun and worthwhile experience. We’re happy to share this small glimpse into the making of Sunbather.” Check the video out here.
Sunbather was recorded and engineered by Jack Shirley (Funeral Diner, Comadre) and designed by Nick Steinhardt (Touche Amore), Sunbather deals with the profound sadness found in the quest for one’s personal perfection, serving as an artistic lucid dream of warmth despite the stinging pain of life’s cruel idealism.
With opener “Dream House”, George Clarke’s tortured vocals familiarly intertwine with Kerry McCoy’s hypnotic guitar work before crashing into a wash of post-everything melody. This leads to the moving instrumental “Irresistible”, a track that carries a twisted indie-like sensibility buried beneath glittery layers of guitar and piano. However, it is in the title track and beyond where the maturation and growth of Deafheaven brightly shines. On “Sunbather”, they explore sonic peaks and valleys created by superb percussionist Daniel Tracy (new to the band for this recording). Daniel’s inclusion brings new dynamics to light as an urgent pulse to the swirling musical chaos, pushing bleak epic “Vertigo” and the dark emotional closer “The Pecan Tree” to new, awe-inducing heights. Without question Sunbather is Deafheaven at the peak of their creative strength and vision of their young existence; a 7-song, masterfully crafted work of art that will be renowned for years to come.
Sunbather Track List:
1. Dream House
2. Irresistible
3. Sunbather
4. Please Remember
5. Vertigo
6. Windows
7. The Pecan Tree
Newgaze black metal fans rejoice! DEAFHEAVEN have revealed the cover art and track listing for their eagerly anticipated new album, Sunbather, via Deathwish Inc. The cover art (there on the right) in its very simplicity will more than likely reveal the great new music from the San Francisco band. The art was done by Nick Steinhardt of Touche Amore. The album is set to be released on June 11th on CD, LP, and digital formats. Check out the press release and track listing below. Get psyched!
Deafheaven also have a few European tour dates lined up with The Secret, as well as some in their hometown of San Franciso and L.A.
Sunbather is the highly anticipated new album from San Francisco-based Deafheaven. Recorded and engineered by Jack Shirley (Funeral Diner, Comadre) and designed by Nick Steinhardt (Touche Amore), Sunbather deals with the profound sadness found in the quest for one’s personal perfection, serving as an artistic lucid dream of warmth despite the stinging pain of life’s cruel idealism.
With opener “Dream House”, George Clarke’s tortured vocals familiarly intertwine with Kerry McCoy’s hypnotic guitar work before crashing into a wash of post-everything melody. This leads to the moving instrumental “Irresistible”, a track that carries a twisted indie-like sensibility buried beneath glittery layers of guitar and piano. However, it is in the title track and beyond where the maturation and growth of Deafheaven brightly shines. On “Sunbather”, they explore sonic peaks and valleys created by superb percussionist Daniel Tracy (new to the band for this recording). Daniel’s inclusion brings new dynamics to light as an urgent pulse to the swirling musical chaos, pushing bleak epic “Vertigo” and the dark emotional closer “The Pecan Tree” to new, awe-inducing heights. Without question Sunbather is Deafheaven at the peak of their creative strength and vision of their young existence; a 7-song, masterfully crafted work of art that will be renowned for years to come.
Sunbather Track List:
1. Dream House
2. Irresistible
3. Sunbather
4. Please Remember
5. Vertigo
6. Windows
7. The Pecan Tree
DEAFHEAVEN – ON TOUR WITH THE SECRET
18.04.13 Germany Karlsruhe @ Stadtmitte
19.04.13 Belgium Durbuy @ Durbuy Rock Fest
20.04.13 France Rouen @ 106
21.04.13 France Paris @ Le Fleche D’or
22.04.13 Delemont, Switzerland @ SAS
23.04.13 Germany München @ Feierwerk
24.04.13 Italy Bologna @ Freakout
25.04.13 Italy Milano @ Lo Fi Club
26.04.13 Slovenia Nova Gorica @ Mostovna
27.04.13 Hungary Budapest @ Dürer Kert
29.04.13 Germany Berlin @ Magnet
30.04.13 Denmark Lyngby @ Templet
01.05.13 Norway Oslo @ Revolver
02.05.13 Sweden Stockholm @ IOGT-huset i Skarpnäck
03.05.13 Germany Rostock @ Alte Zuckerfabrik
04.05.13 Holland Arnhem @ Willemeen
06.05.13 UK Nottingham @ Rock City Basement
07.05.13 UK Glasgow @ Ivory Blacks
08.05.13 UK Leeds @ The Library
09.05.13 UK London @ Borderline
10.05.13 Germany Köln @ MTC
13.05.13 Russia Moscow @ Plan B (Deafheaven only)
14.05.13 Russia St. Petersburg @ Arktika (Deafheaven only)
DEAFHEAVEN – ON TOUR
5.22.13 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Shop
5.23.13 Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
5.24.13 Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
In an announcement that needs to be prefaced by saying this is 100% serious and not at all a joke, Modern Life Is War will be releasing an all-new full length record later this year. While details are scarce, the band posted the image below to their Facebook page regarding the record as well as upcoming shows, which will include an appearance this year’s This Is Hardcore festival:
As confirmation that this is completely real, the band also posted the following on their Facebook page:
Ok everyone. The announcement is real in all respects. We have missed you too. Thanks for all the entertaining comments. We are heading out to record a new record our new record in May. We have been working on it for nearly a year and have made that our biggest priority with this reformation and not to see how many “big” shows we can play. This is Hardcore wasn’t initially in the plans, but we are honored that Joe has asked us to share the stage with so many great bands and it will be a fun weekend.
We’ll have more details on this announcement as they are released. In the meantime, please join us in uproarious applause and squealing like schoolgirls in anticipation.
Living Eyes
Who Will Remain?
Deathwish Inc.
Remember when hardcore and punk were completely pissed off and utterly miserable, and those bands let you know it in songs that clocked in at about a minute or so? Of course you don’t, you’re far too young and not jaded enough to remember those days. Luckily though we have a band like Living Eyes and their new record Who Will Remain? to remind you and/or show you what it was like back in the day. Or how it is still today, which is even better.
Who Will Remain? is a snarling and angry piece of hardcore captured on tape. From the moment the opening title track kicks into high gear with guitar feedback and a chaotic bassline, you know are in for a very frenzied and rageaholic ride. Living Eyes hold no punches here. It’s all about the raw and frenetic sound and sheer chaos that hardcore is.
With eleven songs clocking in at 13 minutes, what did you expect? Filler? Sing-songy ambient interludes? Hell no! This is hardcore! There is no room for anything else when you easily express what you want in a 51 second song. But there is room for heavy breakdowns in the crushing sound of the guitars all the while carried by the pained expressions in the vocals. Each track on Who Will Remain? will make you have a one-man mosh pit in your living room and by the time it’s over, you will have completely destroyed everything in sight. It will make you get off your lazy ass and move around, that’s for sure.
There is no reason to really “review” this record anymore. It has to be listened to and lived. You have to experience it for yourself and once you have picked up the pieces of wreckage that was once your living room, pray to Cthulhu that Living Eyes come through your town for a show and you get to dive in head-first into a real pit.
Chicago’s Harm’s Way have joined the Deathwish Inc. family. The band hailing from the Windy City meld a combination of metal attack, hardcore aggression, and industrial repetition into something completely new and still heavy. And surely intense as evidenced from previous releases on Organized Crime and Closed Casket Activities labels. The band will drop their Blinded 12″EP later this Spring on Deathwish. Illustrated by Florian Bertmer (Converge, Pig Destroyer, etc) and recorded at Brick Top Recordings by engineer Andy Nelson (Weekend Nachos). According to DW, “Blinded is a crusher of a record, fueled by vitriol, cynicism, and rage that Harm’s Way are known for.”
Harm’s Way will be touring the U.S. and Europe this Spring & Summer:
03/22: Racine, WI @ My Wicked Way w/ Malfunction
03/23: Ann Arbor, MI @ Refuge Skatepark w/ Malfunction
03/24: Buffalo, NY @ Funeral Home w/ Malfunction
03/25: Toronto, ON @ Parts and Labor w/ Malfunction
03/26: Montreal, QC @ Salla Rossa w/ Malfunction
03/27: Haverhill, MA @ Anchors Up w/ Malfunction
03/28: Philadelphia, PA @ O’Reillys w/ Malfunction
03/29: Richmond, VA @ United Blood Festival w/ Malfunction
03/30: Richmond, VA @ United Blood Festival w/ Malfunction
04/05: Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
04/06: Camarillo, CA @ Rock City Studios
05/10: Owensboro, KY @ BBQ Youth Festival w/ Ringworm
05/11: Owensboro, KY @ BBQ Youth Festival w/ Ringworm
06/28: Southampton, UK @ Unit
06/29: Leeds, UK @ Ghostfest
06/30: Plymouth, UK @ White Rabbit
07/01: Birmingham, UK @ The Rainbow
07/02: Bristol, UK @ The Croft
07/03: London, UK @ 229
07/04: Eindhoven, Netherlands @ Dynamo
07/05: Ludenscheid, Germany @ Die Stadtmitte
07/06: Salzburg, Austria @ United People Festival
07/07: Karlsruhe, Germany @ Die Stadtmitte
07/08: Paris, France @ TBA
07/09: Marseille, France @ Le Molotov
07/10: Bordeaux, France @ The Bootleg
07/11: Nantes, France @ Le Floride
07/12: Antwerp, Belgium @ Antwerp Metal Fest
07/13: Aschaffenburg, Germany @ Katakombe
07/14: Berlin, Germany @ Cassiopeia
07/15: Hamburg, Germany @ Hafenklang
07/16: Orebro, Sweden @ Kulturhuset
07/17: Stockholm, Sweden @ IOGT-huset
07/18: Copenhagen, Denmark @ KB 18
07/19: Lichtenstein, Germany @ JZ Riot
07/20: Warsaw, Poland @ Radio Luxembourg
07/21: Kosice, Slovakia @ Colloseum Club
07/22: Budapest, Hungary @ Durer Kert
07/23: Wein, Austria @ Arena
07/24: TBA @ TBA
07/25: Munchen, Germany @ Free and Easy Festival
07/26: Czech Republic @ Rokycany Fluff Fest
07/27: As, Belgium @ TBA Vlamrock
Everyone’s favorite aggressive music label, Deathwish Inc. has released a Spring 2013 26-song sampler from bands in their roster as well as some of their distributed titles. Of note in the sampler are previously unreleased tracks from AC4, Loma Prieta, The Mongoloids, Stomach Earth, and Cold Cave.
Deathwish are proud to present the Punk/Hardcore/Metal soundtrack to your spring aptly titled “Spring 2013″, our newest FREE Digital Sampler. “Spring 2013″ is a monstrous 26 song (hour and a half long) dive into the Deathwish world. Listen to great songs from Deathwish artists, as well as Deathwish Distributed labels Black Market Activities, React!, Sealegs, Secret Voice, and Six Feet Under.
Bands in order of appearance: Touche Amore, AC4 (unreleased), Blacklisted, Loma Prieta (unreleased), Code Orange Kids, Heiress, Birds In Row, Narrows, Gaza, Oathbreaker, Converge, Hesitation Wounds, Punch, Living Eyes, Mindset, Vigilante, New Lows, The Mongoloids (unreleased), Palm, Whips/Chains, Single Mothers, Stomach Earth (unreleased), Deafheaven, Cold Cave (unreleased), Self Defense Family, and Dad Punchers.
Download and experience the quality and diversity within the world of aggressive music we represent.
To download this monster of a sampler, click here.
Cold Cave, the long-running solo outing from Wes Eisold (American Nightmare, Some Girls) will see the release of a new 7″ EP via Deathwish Inc. No set release date, the 7″ EP picks up right from where “A Little Death To Laugh” EP (Heartworm, 2012) left off and will feature two new tracks.
Cold Cave is the creative rebirth of acclaimed musician and writer Wesley Eisold.
Cutting his teeth in underground bands American Nightmare (Give Up The Ghost) and Some Girls, Eisold’s body of work has truly effected a generation of listeners. Through constant cross-pollination Eisold has gained mass appeal, influencing underground and popular culture with his ever evolving artistic vision.
With an already prolific number of releases, Cold Cave has become a name synonymous with the contemporary resurgence of Darkwave and Synth Pop sub-genres. Propelling Cold Cave to perform at world class museums The Getty and the Guggenheim, as well as performances with legends Sonic Youth, The Jesus and Mary Chain, among others.
“Oceans With No End” EP is the latest offering from Cold Cave; a two song industrial indulgence that picks up where “A Little Death To Laugh” EP (Heartworm, 2012) left off. Title track “Oceans With No End” uses upbeat electronics to create a melodious wash for Eisold’s pensive vocals to tread within. While B-side “People Are Poison” plods forth with an angry swagger in direct juxtaposition to the title track’s driving urgency. Together they are a blindingly beautiful example of morose music at its very best.
And here is the official preview of “Oceans With No End”
