Miami’s sludge/noise/post-metal trio Bleeth announce new EP »Lázara« out May 29th; lead single & Hole cover »Pretty On The Inside« out May 15th!

Miami, Florida based sludge/noise/post-metal trio Bleeth has announced their new three-track EP, »Lázara«, which will be released on May 29th, 2026.

Bleeth will drop the lead single and Hole cover »Pretty On The Inside« on May 15th, 2026. Pre-save at this location!

Tracklist:
01. Pretty On The Inside (Hole cover)
02. Bent
03. Porcelain

Courtesy of Good Boy PR:

Drive around any neighborhood in Miami, and you’ll see it. The statue of a single saint dotting the many manicured lawns of southwest Dade – San Lázaro.

Often, you see him standing alone out in the sun or encased within a glass enclosure full of fronds and flowers. Always positioned somewhere eerily between life and death, the divine and the mundane.

For Miami-based queer sludge noise band Bleeth, the origin of their latest release, »Lázara«, traces back to one of those statues in particular. While writing in a cramped side room of guitarist Lauren Palma’s home, a human-sized figure of San Lázaro would stare back at the members of Bleeth.

At first, it was all just a joke. A funny – and creepy – visitor gazing in on their sessions. But eventually, the image of Lazarus himself became a sort of talisman – a quiet presence that worked its way into the fabric of their latest EP, »Lázara«.

That shift didn’t happen in a vacuum.

The stretch between their 2021 EP »Harbinger« and their most recent full-length »Marionette« (Seeing Red Records, 2025) tested the band in ways that would have sidelined most. Label disputes. Job losses. The departure of their original drummer just ahead of a planned 2023 tour.

And it wasn’t just these personal trials that weighed on the members either.

In a world where the rights of LGBTQIAAP+ people are more precarious than ever, the songwriting sessions became an outlet to channel their collective rage at the ills of the Trump administration and the far-right grandstanding gaining mass acceptance in the world. A way to process anger, uncertainty, and everything building beneath the surface.

Somewhere in that mix, the figure of Lazarus took on new meaning. Not just as a religious symbol, but something refracted through a queer lens – a figure marked, cast aside, and brought back to life.

That tension – between collapse and renewal, death and resurrection – runs through »Lázara«.

And that’s really what this whole new set is about. A new start after a period of turbulence that might’ve destroyed any other band – wrapped up in some of the most eclectic, heaviest, and left-of-center songs Bleeth have ever recorded.

Recorded quickly with Ryan Haft in the winter of 2025, the new material is also their most focused – a lean, three-song statement that wastes no space.

From a visceral reworking of Hole’s »Pretty On The Inside« to the churning, slow burn of »Porcelain« and »Bent«, »Lázara« is a fresh restart that shows this 10-year strong Miami institution is still hungry for blood.

Bleeth – »Lázara« EP out May 29th, 2026 (self-release)

Recorded and mixed by Ryan Haft at Sunburn Sound.
Mastered by Adam Matza at Magic Ears Mastering.

Bleeth is:
Lauren Palma – Guitar, Vocals
Ryan Rivas – Bass, Vocals
Hector Mojena – Drums

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well