Band: Kayo Dot
Song: “Closet Door in the Room Where She Died”
Director: Toby Driver
Album: Every Rock, Every Half-Truth Under Reason
Release Date: August 1st, 2025
Label: Prophecy Productions
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Bandleader Toby Driver, who also directed the video, commented:
“The new song, ‘Closet Door in the Room Where She Died,’ is a meditation on haunting, not just in the supernatural sense, but in the way the past imprints itself on space. The ghost here is not a mere spectre, but a residue of an event that has left its mark on the house, on the walls, on the very air. The house itself is alive with memories, trapped in a state of suspended time, an echo that will not fade. The ghost watches, trapped in the mirror, unable to escape the house it once inhabited. This ghost is not a solitary figure, but part of a larger, more insidious force: the trauma of a past that will not be exorcised. And, like the world we live in, the house is inhabited by the past, the present, and the inescapable blur between them. The music builds on this sense of entrapment and distance. The foundation of microtonal organs, layers of clarinets, and violins creates a dense, suffocating atmosphere, reminiscent of György Ligeti’s work, where dissonant beauty holds us in place. There is no percussion here and no steady rhythm to anchor us. The long, drawn-out drones and expansive, reverb-heavy orchestration deepen the sense of isolation, as if we’re trapped in a space where time doesn’t move forward, but instead spirals inward. The house, like the world, becomes a place where past and present collide in an unresolvable tension, leaving us with nothing but the ghostly remnants of what once was.
The song features a special ultra-rare vocal performance from our own Jason Byron, whose voice was last heard on our 2013 album Hubardo on its opening track, ‘The Black Stone.’ The video—rather a miniature movie—was shot in Salem, Massachusetts this past winter.”
8/26 Bristol, UK – ArcTanGent Festival
8/28 Milano, IT – Barrio’s
8/29 Bologna, IT – Alchemica Music Club
8/30 Zagreb, HR – Primarius Craft Brewery
8/31 Belgrade, RS – KCGrad
9/03 Istanbul, TR – Noh Extended
9/04 Sofia, BG – Club Singles
9/05 București, RO – Quantic Club
9/06 Szeged, HU – Grand Cafe
9/07 Bratislava, SK – Žalár
9/09 Praha, CZ – Subzeros
9/10 Berlin, DE – Neue Zukunft
9/11 Eindhoven, NL – The Jack
9/12 Haarlem, NL – Patronaat
9/13 Balve, DE – Balver Höhle, Prophecy Festival
9/16 Karlsruhe, DE – Jubez
9/17 Brussels, DE – Rotonde
9/18 Caen, FR – La Demeureé
9/23 Toulouse, FR – Le Rex
9/25 Madrid, ES – Barracudas Rock Bar
Every Rock, Every Half-Truth Under Reason track listing:
- “Mental Shed”
- “Oracle by Severed Head”
- “Closet Door in the Room Where She Died”
- “Automatic Writing”
- “Blind Creature of Slime”
