Acclaimed California based band Deafheaven have released the first new song “Brought to the Water” off their upcoming album New Bermuda which arrives October 2.
Offering an audacious amalgamation of frenetic black metal, hypnotic shoe gaze and the aural atmospherics of post rock, Deafheaven deliver an extraordinarily innovative sound, simultaneously captivating and cathartic. New Bermudais the anticipated follow up to 2013’s Sunbather, which the New York Times heralded as “an extremely seductive album” and NPR called “intensely personal and incredibly universal.”

The track “Brought to the Water,” with its intensifying interplay between dissonance and melody, offers an ideal introduction to the sound of New Bermuda and the next developmental step forward for Deafheaven. As vocalist George Clarke explains, “We wanted to share ‘Brought To The Water’ first because it gives a good idea of the overall sonic tone of the record and really evokes feelings that come with uprooting and throwing oneself into the complacent, monotonous routine of adulthood.”
George Clarke (vocals), Kerry McCoy (guitar), Dan Tracy (drums), Stephen Lee Clark (bass), and Shiv Mehra (guitar) recorded New Bermuda live to tape at 25th Street Recording in Oakland, CA and Atomic Garden Recording in East Palo Alto, CA in April 2015. It was produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Jack Shirley who has worked with the band on their previous releases.
Clarke says that he came up with the idea of “New Bermuda” to describe a new destination in life, a nebulous point of arrival, and an unknown future where things get swallowed up and dragged into darkness.
The album artwork for New Bermuda is an oil painting, dense in brush strokes of darker tones and deep blues, by Allison Schulnik. The layout was designed by art director Nick Steinhardt.
Deafheaven will be embarking on a 30-date headlining tour of North American beginning on October 15 at The Casbah in San Diego and wrapping up on November 21 in Los Angeles at The Roxy. Digital pre-orders for New Bermuda are available at smarturl.it/DeafheavenNB with CD and vinyl copies at http://found.ee/DeafheavenNBstore.
Oct 15 San Diego, CA – The Casbah
Oct 16 Pomona, CA – The Glass House
Oct 17 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
Oct 19 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
Oct 20 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
Oct 21 Seattle, WA – Neumos
Oct 23 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
Oct 24 Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
Oct 25 Lawrence, KS – The Granada
Oct 26 St. Louis, MO – The Ready Room
Oct 28 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
Oct 29 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
Oct 30 Chicago, IL – Metro
Oct 31 Detroit, MI – Shelter at St. Andrews
Nov 01 Toronto, ON – Opera House
Nov 02 Montreal, QC – Club Soda
Nov 03 Boston, MA – Royale
Nov 05 New York, NY – Webster Hall
Nov 06 Washington, DC – The Howard Theatre
Nov 07 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
Nov 08 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
Nov 10 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade – Downstairs
Nov 11 Orlando, FL – The Social
Nov 13 Houston, TX – Warehouse Live Studio
Nov 14 Austin, TX – Mohawk
Nov 15 Dallas, TX – Trees
Nov 17 Albuquerque, NM – Sister
Nov 18 Phoenix. AZ – Crescent Ballroom
Nov 20 Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy
Nov 21 Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy
Oct. 15 – Nov. 21 with Tribulation
Oct. 30 – Nov. 7 with Tribulation and Envy