American doom/shoegaze/post-rock collective BleakHeart return with second full-length album »Silver Pulse«; out now via Seeing Red Records!
Denver, Colorado based doom/shoegaze/post-rock collective BleakHeart return with their second full-length album, »Silver Pulse«, which was just released on May 24th, 2024 via Seeing Red Records.
Tracklist:
01. All Hearts Desire
02. Sinking Sea
03. Where I’m Disease
04. Let Go
05. Weeping Willow
06. Falling Softly
BleakHeart comments: “Our new album »Silver Pulse« is out everywhere now!
This album is dedicated to the fallen creatures, with caverns so deep of sick. A devotion to those who feel like a dog in a ditch With a weight that just won’t break that carries substance in every wake. Feeling lonely in all its carry. Craving a little bracing, wishing that someone can bear witness to the burden. To you, who host an ailing ceremony with every unofficial and unwelcome invite, the casual way it comes and goes. We see you.
We hope these sweeping winds gently remind you that we are wide as width can be. Embracing every crack that scratches the surface of what these limits may mean and bring in beauty unbecoming. Thank you for listening!”
Photo by Vanessa Cantu
Courtesy of Seeing Red Records:
“A haunting eclipse of sorrow and desire.”
To make sense of a senseless world, the crux behind BleakHeart’s second full-length album »Silver Pulse« expands beyond the mourning of »Dream Griever« (2020) into a lush, melancholic personal telling of cellular decay and the wish to understand and break down powers outside of our control. It both expresses the pain felt within the wake of disease, loss, and the unknown, as well as surrendering to its taking.
“Once you have grappled with the sheer physicality that your body will have to be in, and go through for the rest of your life,” explains backing vocalist, lyricist, synth player Kiki GaNun about her experience with dynamic disability, “then comes the waves of emotions, and the reality that although this is not a fully inclusive and complete identity, it absolutely will color every part of you and your experience.”
Sonically, BleakHeart intertwines raw, rich interweaving guitars with string quartets, pulsating bass, and celestial synths and pianos, all beautifully blended as the underbelly for emotive, ethereal vocals. Produced by Pete de Boer of World Famous Studios, the all analogue production amplifies BleakHeart’s expansive sound and somber songwriting, inviting the listener in for a heart wrenching, intimate experience.
Order »Silver Pulse« on Vinyl / CD / Digital through Seeing Red Records:
shop.seeingredrecords.com
bleakheart.bandcamp.com
Lyrics written by Kiki GaNun and Kelly Schilling.
Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Pete de Boer at World Famous Studios, April 2023.
Cover art by Brian d’Agosta of Gostworks Art.
String quartet written and arranged by Kelly Schilling. Performed by:
Amy Rosenberg – Violin
Ciarra Denman – Violin
Anthony Limon – Viola
Ron Schilling III – Cello
Bleakheart is:
JP Damron – Guitars
Mark Chronister – Guitars
Kiki GaNun – Vocals, Synth
Kelly Schilling – Vocals, Keys, Synth, Bass Guitar
Joshua Quinones – Drums (album)
Garrett B Jones – Drums (live)
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well