– August twenty ninth, 2024 –
Verify Halloween Present With Unto Others
Pøst-Punk Band Indicators to Unhealthy Omen Data; Debut LP, ‘Nachtmusik’, Coming October twenty fifth
Albertan deathrock denizens, Pøltergeist, have signed with unbiased music label Unhealthy Omen Data (Watch Hazel, Devil’s Satyrs). The Canadian new musick trio will launch its debut LP, ‘Nachtmusik‘, on October twenty fifth. Described as a mixture of Submit-Punk, conventional steel, and shoegaze from the frostbitten plains, Pøltergeist performs propulsive, crypt-kicking coldwave that charts a pathway from the catacombs to the cosmos. Pre-order/save ‘Nachtmusik‘ at this location.
Right this moment, Pøltergeist conjures up the brand new monitor, “Ethereal Nightmare“, and its accompanying video, created by Jamie Ward. Stream the spectral “Ethereal Nightmare” at this location.
“I think about us in the beginning a Submit-Punk band, however heavy steel will all the time play an vital function,” says entrance particular person Kalen Baker, citing the likes of In Solitude, Unto Others and Tribulation as bands who’ve explored the hinterlands between the 2 worlds. “Once I received actually into Goth Rock, one factor I seen was that it was simply as chilly and bleak as black steel however another way“.
Having a longstanding love for the magical metallic strains of Angel Witch, Cauldron and Blue Öyster Cult, Baker discovered himself moved by each Vancouver modern post-punk act Spectres and the epochal British melancholia of The Chameleons‘ ‘Script From The Bridge‘, to not point out gothic and post-punk legends like Sisters Of Mercy and The Sound, and paradigms of the ethereal like Cocteau Twins, Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine. Bolstered by the lyrical affect of non secular progenitors like Moorcock, Lovecraft, Poe and the David Lynch of Twin Peaks, the sound of Pøltergeist was born; a gritty however magickal realm the place crepuscular depth is joined in psychic battle by metallic fortitude.
For these new to Pøltergeist‘s sound, Baker has created a Spotify playlist highlighting “the assorted musical and creative influences of Poltergeist“. Hear now at this location.
An ideal distillation of the Pøltergeist type arrives with lead monitor, ‘Youngsters Of The Darkish‘, a catchy, stormy minimize that Baker, deems “a name to arms for individuals who share a ardour for underground music.” “Youngsters of the Darkish” will be seen at this location.
Pøltergeist will maintain an album launch present on October 25 at Calgary’s Palomino Smokehouse and Social Membership (particulars right here) and can carry out on Halloween at Edmonton’s Jackknife Brewery as particular visitors of Unto Others (particulars right here).
For up-to-the-minute updates, observe Pøltergeist on-line at Bandcamp, Fb, Instagram, Spotify, TikTok, and YouTube.
‘Nachtmusik‘ monitor itemizing:
01. Einfürung
02. Burning Sword
03. Ethereal Nightmare (watch VIDEO)
04. Chilly in September
05. Yesterday Fades
06. Nachtmusik
07. Youngsters of the Darkish (watch VIDEO)
08. Swallowed by the Ocean
09. Will We Ever Reside Once more
10. Strolling Alone
11. Dammerung (Outro)
Pre-order/save ‘Nachtmusik’ at this location.
‘Nachtmusik‘ is true to Baker’s imaginative and prescient of ‘a kaleidoscope of feelings, sounds and concepts‘. This can be a document which, at coronary heart might yearn for the non secular realm of the Eighties, however with ft firmly treading the twenty-first century right here and now. As storm clouds collect overhead, Pøltergeist‘s journey into darkness is simply starting.
Along with Baker, Pøltergeist options Jacob Ponton (guitar), Ben Wytham (bass), and Amy Moore (drums; though Al Lester from Unhealthy Omen labelmates Spell carried out on the document).
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