Death By Gong unveils anthemic new single »Heavy Air« with video from upcoming album »Descalator«; announces October tour dates!
Berlin, Germany based alternative/noise rock supergroup Death By Gong (with members of Radare, Zahn, The Ocean and Heads.) has unveiled new single and music video »Heavy Air« taken from their upcoming debut album, »Descalator«, set to release on September 20th, 2024 via Crazysane Records.
Available now on all major streaming platforms!
Tracklist:
01. Troy Toy
02. Until It Breaks
03. Heavy Air
04. Angel Cake
05. Everything Is Given
06. Negativity
07. Descalator
08. Noise Floor
09. Distant (Bonus Track 7″)
10. In Despair (Bonus Track 7″)
Courtesy of Crazysane Records:
Death By Gong unveils anthemic new single »Heavy Air« with video from upcoming album »Descalator«, announces October tour dates
Stream the Single on Spotify, iTunes and more HERE
Jobst M. Feit (guitar, vocals) comments: “»Heavy Air« is the song with the biggest tension between the lyrical and musical levels of expression. What is probably the most downbeat lyric is contrasted with what might be the most anthemic musical moment on the album – and then dissolves into an ether of synthesised sounds.
The thematic pillars of the song – delusion and disintegration of the self – served as a catalyst for finding the visual influences for the video clip: the F.A.C.S. (Facial Action Coding System) research by Paul Ekman on one hand and the “Voight-Kampff” test sequence from Blade Runner on the other. The latter is something I have been in awe of since first seeing the movie as a teenager.”
Death By Gong are a new band featuring Jobst M. Feit (Radare), Peter Voigtmann (SHRVL, ex-The Ocean) and Chris Breuer (Zahn, Heads.). »Descalator« is driven by a tension of heavyness and vulnerability, fusing the epic sound of Failure or Torche with the soft vocal delivery and song craftsmanship of Elliott Smith, shoegaze guitar clouds in the vein of My Bloody Valentine or DIIV and synthetic textures that could have been penned by Geoff Barrow (Portishead, Beak). A sonic exploration of human decline in all its facets.
The album was recorded by Peter Voigtmann at Die Mühle in Gyhum and mixed as well as mastered by Joe Joaquin (Slut, Van Holzen, Muff Potter). Artwork and graphic design by Fabian Bremer (AUA, Radare, Velcros).
The two previously digitally released non-album tracks »Distant« and »In Despair« will only be available as a bonus 7-inch in an exclusive vinyl bundle which is limited to only a 100 copies!
Pre-order here:
crazysanerecords.com/shop
deathbygong.bandcamp.com/album/descalator
Death By Gong on tour in October:
26.10.2024 Berlin (DE), Loge
27.10.2024 Dresden (DE), Zentralwerk
29.10.2024 Mainz (DE), Schon Schön
31.10.2024 Nürnberg (DE), Z-Bau
01.11.2024 Jena (DE), KuBa
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well