Photo by: Ed Dominick
Official press release:
Earthless, the San Diego-based trio whose most recent release, the 2013 album From The Ages, was included on multiple best of year-end lists including Rolling Stone and Magnet magazines, return with the full-length album Black Heaven on March 16 (via Nuclear Blast).
The band is giving fans an early preview of the six-track, forty-minute album, with a stream of the first track on the album, “Gifted By The Wind”:
Pre-order bundles, with digital releases offering an instant download of “Gifted By The Wind”, are available now via Nuclear Blast, iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play.
Drummer Mario Rubalcaba says:
“We are proud to drop the first single ‘Gifted By The Wind’ today. Something that moves, grooves and wants to shake your brains! We hope you enjoy and of course blast the ‘F’ out of it.”
The song, which kicks off the album, marks a shift for the band, with four of the six songs featuring vocals whereas earlier albums only occasionally had vocals. Rubalcaba continues:
“It wasn’t a premeditated thing to do a record with vocals. On the older records, Mike [Eginton] was responsible for a lot of the riffs that would start these jams, but on this one, Isaiah [Mitchell] really brought his own pizazz and flavor to it. I’d say that’s one of the major differences on this album: It has more of Isaiah’s input. He took a risk bringing these ideas to us, not knowing if we’d like them. But as with everything we’ve done in the past, it felt very organic and natural.”
Black Heaven was recorded at Rancho de la Luna in Joshua Tree, California with Dave Catching (Eagles Of Death Metal) handling production.
Black Heaven track listing:
1. “Gifted by the Wind”
2. “End to End”
3. “Electric Frame”
4. “Volt Rush”
5. “Black Heaven”
6. “Sudden End”
Earthless recently announced both North American and European tour dates:
2/28 – San Rafael, CA | Terrapin Crossroads ^
3/01 – San Francisco, CA | Great American Music Hall *
3/02 – San Diego, CA | Casbah *
3/03 – San Diego, CA | Casbah *
3/04 – Los Angeles, CA | Teragram Ballroom *
3/05 – Santa Cruz, CA | The Atrium *
3/07 – Las Vegas, NV | Beauty Bar *
3/08 – Pioneertown, CA | Pappy & Harriet’s *
3/13 – Cleveland, OH | Grog Shop *
3/14 – Toronto, ON | Lee’s Palace *
3/15 – Montreal, QC | L’Astral *
3/16 – Brooklyn, NY | Market Hotel *
3/17 – Boston, MA | The Sinclair *
3/18 – Philadelphia, PA | Underground Arts *
3/20 – Washington, DC | Rock’n’Roll Hotel *
3/21 – Richmond, VA | The Broadberry *
3/22 – Nashville, TN | Mercy Lounge *
3/23 – St. Louis, MO | Blueberry Hill *
3/24 – Chicago, IL | Empty Bottle *
3/25 – Chicago, IL | Empty Bottle *
4/03 – Korkrijk, Belgium | De Kreun +
4/04 – Bristol, UK | The Fleece +
4/05 – Manchester, UK | The Deaf Institute +
4/06 – London, UK | Islington Assembly Hall +
4/07 – Paris, FR | Petit Bain +
4/08 – Frankfurt, DE | Zoom +
4/10 – Munich, DE | Feierwerk +
4/11 – Berlin, DE | Bi Nuu +
4/12 – Copenhagen, DK | Pumpehuset +
4/13 – Oslo, NO | BLA +
4/14 – Gothenberg, SE | Truckstop Alaska +
4/16 – Hamburg, DE | Molotow +
4/19-4/21 – Tilburg, NL | Roadburn 2018
* = w/ Kikagaku Moyo and JJUUJJUU
^ = only JJUUJJUU
+ = w/ Comet Control
