San Francisco band Deafheaven’s forthcoming LP Infinite Granite is coming August 20th via Sargent House and here is their next offering. “The Gnashing” is grand in scope; an urgent rock masterstroke driven by shimmering, technicolor guitar work and Clarke’s newfound shift in vocal approach. The song follows the first single “Great Mass of Color”, which brought to light the vocal shift to their fans with Pitchfork commenting “it’s shocking to hear the band turn their carefully crafted aesthetic inside out just because they can.”
The band has also announced a 25 date tour. With two previously announced shows this October in Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA the tour will kick off in Phoenix on February 22, 2022 wrapping at Treefort Music Festival on March 24th making stops in Austin, DC, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Toronto, Denver, Seattle and more (full dates below). Tickets go on sale tomorrow, July 9th at 10:00 am local time. You can go to deafheaven.com for more info.
Infinite Granite is yet another giant leap forward for Deafheaven – a band that has been defying genre conventions for the past decade. With production from Justin Meldal-Johnsen, known for his stellar work with M83, Wolf Alice, Paramore, Metric, among others, Deafheaven embarks on a new chapter of defiant beauty and their most goosebump-inducing album to date. Jack Shirley, who recorded all the previous Deafheaven albums, remained on board to engineer part of Infinite Granite at his Atomic Garden East studio in Oakland, CA with additional engineering and mixing coming from nine-time Grammy Award winner Darrell Thorp (Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Beck).
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DEAFHEAVEN TOUR DATES
2021
10/15 – Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre
10/16 – Los Angeles, CA – The Theatre at the Ace Hotel
2022
2/22 – Phoenix, AZ – Pressroom
2/23 – Sante Fe, NM – Meow Wolf
2/25 – Fort Worth, TX – Tulips
2/26 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
2/27 – Houston, TX – W******** Music Hall
3/01 – Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
3/02 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade (Hell)
3/03 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
3/04 – Richmond, VA – The Broadberry
3/05 – Washington, DC – Black Cat
3/06 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
3/08 – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
3/09 – Boston, MA – Royale
3/10 – Montréal, QC – Théâtre Fairmount
3/11 – Toronto, ON – Opera House
3/12 – Detroit, MI – El Club
3/14 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
3/15 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
3/16 – Lawrence, KS – Granada Theater
3/18 – Denver, CO – Summit
3/19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
3/21 – Vancouver, – Crocodile
3/23 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
3/24 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Fest
INFINITE GRANITE TRACKLISTING
Shellstar
In Blur
Great Mass of Color
Neptune Raining Diamonds
Lament for Wasps
Villain
The Gnashing
Other Language
Mombasa
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