25 years and 10 genre-defining albums into their storied profession, GRAMMY®-nominated Between the Buried and Me return their most immersive and eclectic document but: The Blue Nowhere, out Sept. 12 by way of InsideOutMusic. The discharge additionally serves because the band’s debut for the label.
Identified for his or her conceptual albums, vocalist Tommy Rogers explains that the 10-track assortment “exists in a world that’s not tied to a storyline. It’s extra a few feeling, the place the songs stay for me.” He describes the lyrical strategy to The Blue Nowhere as “journal entries, fleeting and introspective ideas – chaotic at instances, relying on the music.”
The band presents followers a primary really feel for the brand new album with at this time’s launch of “Issues We Inform Ourselves In The Darkish” (https://btbam.lnk.to/thingswetellourselvesinthedark) and its accompanying video.
Director Miles Skarin shares perception into the clip: “For ‘Issues We Inform Ourselves In The Darkish,’ we needed to create the lodge from the album idea and paintings – we 3D-modeled the lodge based mostly on the paintings and commenced to create photographs of it at totally different instances of day. Marigold is a theme throughout the document, so we now have a scene the place numerous marigold petals begin to cowl the lodge. This was fairly an intense particle simulation that took 17 hours to course of and render. We additionally added surreal components to the video, together with infinite lodge corridors and unusual area sequences with the doorways to the totally different rooms within the lodge. We’re actually happy with the ultimate look and hope that everybody enjoys seeing the lodge come to life!”
Get “Issues We Inform Ourselves within the Darkish”:
“This observe emerged from the maniac genius of Dan Briggs,” Rogers shares. “The track offers with the darkish cloud that’s ego, so I attempted to vocally strategy it with a distinct form of confidence than regular, nearly like a pop track… although it takes you down loopy avenues, you may sit again and sing alongside.”
Dan Briggs provides: “It’s one of many uncommon songs I began across the bass and that foundational funky thought, whereas additionally sustaining a fairly easy melodic thought beneath every part, regardless of how dense it received rhythmically. I like when we now have preparations that really feel like they’ve a web page flip into one other dimension, however I believed it was essential for this one to really feel actually seamless because it moved dynamically. Even when it will get heavy, I believed it’d be enjoyable on the core to nonetheless really feel prefer it was Prince’s band enjoying, protecting it funky.”
Watch “Issues We Inform Ourselves within the Darkish” on YouTube:
Produced by longtime collaborator Jamie King, The Blue Nowhere can be the primary Between the Buried and Me album to characteristic an intensive string and horn part. It’s obtainable as a Particular Version CD, Gatefold 2LP, and digitally. A Deluxe Gatefold Particular Coloured 2LP + 2CD version features a bonus observe on Aspect D, the complete album and instrumentals throughout 2CDs, an unique door-hanger, and alternate paintings. Pre-orders can be found tomorrow by way of Betweentheburiedandme.com.
The Blue Nowhere observe itemizing:
1. Issues We Inform Ourselves In The Darkish
2. God Terror
3. Absent Thereafter
4. Pause
5. Door #3
6. Mirador Uncoil
7. Psychomanteum
8. Gradual Paranoia
9. The Blue Nowhere
10. Superbly Human
Between the Buried and Me tour dates:
July 30 Istanbul, TR IF Efficiency Corridor
July 31 Râşnov, RO Rockstadt Excessive Fest
August 1 Budapest, HU Monolit Pageant 2025
August 2 Wien, AT Szene
August 3 München, DE Free & Straightforward Pageant
August 4 Berlin, DE Hole44
August 5 Katowice, PL Miçdzynarodowe Centrum Kongresowe
August 6 – 7 Jaroměř, CZ Brutal Assault 2025
August 9 Kortrijk, BE Alcatraz Steel Pageant
August 10 Utrecht, NL Pandora
August 11 Tilburg, NL 013 Subsequent Stage
August 12 Köln, DE Luxor
August 14 Dinkelsbühl, DE Summer time Breeze
August 15 – 16 Compton Martin, UK ArcTanGent
August 17 Carhaix-Plouguer, FR Pageant Motocultor
About Between the Buried and Me
Between the Buried and Me have constructed a popularity as one in all heavy music’s most forward-thinking and creatively bold bands. Over the previous 25 years, they’ve launched ten albums, from their 2002 self-titled debut to 2021’s Colours II, mixing technical mastery with conceptual depth. All through their profession their albums have constantly landed on year-end best-of lists, earned a GRAMMY® nomination in 2019 (with the award’s web site praising their music as “versatile, imaginative and completely crushing the band’s music”), been dubbed “prog metallic heroes” by Kerrang!, and praised by Guitar World for his or her “epic” and “vastly various” sound.
Between the Buried and Me is Tommy Rogers (vocals/keys), Paul Waggoner (guitars), Dan Briggs (bass/keys), and Blake Richardson (drums).