Spotlights stream their fourth full-length album »Alchemy For The Dead«, out now via Ipecac Recordings
American shoegaze/sludge/post-rock trio Spotlights stream their fourth full-length album, »Alchemy For The Dead«, which was just released on April 28th, 2023 via Ipecac Recordings.
»Alchemy For The Dead« is available now on CD and digital format while vinyl is slated for release on August 4th, 2023.
Tracklist:
01. Beyond The Broken Sky
02. The Alchemist
03. Sunset Burial
04. Algorithmic
05. False Gods
06. Repeat The Silence
07. Ballad In The Mirror
08. Crawling Toward The Light
09. Alchemy For The Dead
Courtesy of Speakeasy PR:
Spotlights, the hypnotic trio featuring married couple Mario and Sarah Quintero with Chris Enriquez, released their new album, »Alchemy For The Dead«, on April 28 via Ipecac Recordings.
The band have simultaneously released the »Seance« EP, a five-song digital release featuring »Algorithmic« and »Sunset Burial« with three non-album bonus tracks: »Unalive«, »Should Time Stand Still« and »Your Morning Kill«.
The album, written and recorded following the band’s move to Pittsburgh, finds the trio once again balancing the tightrope of light and dark, toying with sonic texture, and as Invisible Oranges described Spotlights’ unique “magic” that’s “flickering with unnamable emotionality.” Mario Quintero shares the band’s mindset while writing and recording »Alchemy For The Dead«: “Our focus when making this record was to not repeat ourselves. I think we achieved our goal. Though we’re proud of all our releases, making just another ‘Spotlights’ album wasn’t an option. Pushing our own boundaries while creating something cathartic, yet strangely suffocating, with new sounds and textures as well as more personal and self-reflective themes, this album feels like a new fork in the path for us. Hopefully the listeners will follow.”
Photo by John Pope
Album pre-orders, which include two 2LP vinyl variants: a standard black version and a limited-edition gold edition available exclusively via Ipecac.com and on the band’s upcoming »Alchemy For The Dead« tour, can be found HERE. Vinyl is slated for an August 4 release.
Spotlights is Mario Quintero (guitar, vocals, keys), Sarah Quintero (bass, vocals) and Chris Enriquez (drums). The band has released three albums to date: »Tidals« (2016), »Seismic« (2018) and »Love & Decay« (2019). Consequence praised their “unique amalgam of sounds that is both heavy and heavenly,” Brooklyn Vegan said Spotlights “balances the pretty with metallic sludge,” and Invisible Oranges said they thrive “on the ambient and krautrock inspired edges of post-metal.” In the wake of their 2020 EP »We Are All Atomic«, Kerrang! observed, “That a band as heavy and romantic as Spotlights have become a fixture in the rock scene Is impressive; that they’ve done it in such a short period of time is tremendous.”
»Alchemy For The Dead« Tour:
May 14 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues*
May 16 Denver, CO Mission Ballroom*
May 17 Salt Lake City, UT Union Event Center*
May 19 Seattle, WA Showbox*
May 20 Seattle, WA Showbox*
May 21 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom*
May 23 Oakland, CA Fox Theater*
May 24 Oakland, CA Fox Theater*
May 27 Denton, TX Dan’s Silverleaf
May 28 Austin, TX Hotel Vegas
May 30 Tulsa, OK Whittier Bar
May 31 Shreveport, LA Bear’s
June 1 Little Rock, AR Mutants Fest
June 2 Nashville, TN Drkmttr
June 3 Atlanta, GA The Earl
June 4 Gainesville, FL The Backyard
June 9 Miami, FL Gramp’s
June 10 Tampa, FL The Orpheum
June 11 Orlando, FL TBA
June 13 Columbia, SC TBA
June 14 Charlotte, NC Snug Harbor
June 15 Asheville, NC The Odd
June 16 Knoxville, TN The Pilot Light
June 17 Louisville, KY Kaiju Bar
June 18 Columbus, OH Big Room Bar
June 21 Harrisonburg, VA The Golden Pony
June 22 Baltimore, MD Metro Gallery
June 23 Philadelphia, PA Ortlieb’s
June 24 Brooklyn, NY Saint Vitus
*Ipecac Geek Show performances
Dates between May 11 and 24 are the Ipecac Geek Show with labelmates Mr. Bungle and the Melvins.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well