Bleak, sinister, haunting; rock band Gatherers have broken a year’s silence to announce that they have signed with renowned indie label No Sleep Records. The band embarks on this new partnership with the premiere of their new single “Ad Nauseam, I Drown,” on FLOOD. Gatherers have also announced an exclusive 7” square lathe – limited to 60 copies and available for pre-order at nosleeprecords.com/collections/gatherers.
“The song is about the facade of relevance. And where it sits on the spectrum between purposeful art and undignified bullshit,” the band shares. “These days it often feels like we’re being smothered in the latter.”
Vocalist Rich Weinberger adds: “We’re proud to have a new home at No Sleep. Over the years, Chris and the label have championed a beautiful culture around music, community and work ethic (coffee) that was very much needed. To have those things attached to our band is a breathe of fresh air. We’re excited to undertake our fourth album alongside our new family.”
Written between April 2019 and March 2020, the band – completed by guitarists Anthony Gesa and Rob Talalai, new bassist Siddhu Anandalingam and drummer Adam Cichocki – also wrote in a way that accommodated Weinberger’s voice more than they had before on previous records.
The result is less a collection of conventional songs than of dark clouds of feeling and atmosphere – a set of bruised, desperate, searching songs that Weinberger refers to as “a panic attack in slow motion.”
It’s proof that, while Gatherers may have moved away from the more traditional post-hardcore template of their earlier records, the swathes and swirls and layers of sound present on these songs are just as powerful. It’s also the sound of a band who are fully in tune with one another. It helped, too, that the record – which was entirely self-produced – was recorded at New Jersey’s Timber Studios, which just so happens to be owned by Adam Cichocki. It meant the band, who have found a home for this album at No Sleep Records, was able to hone their sound precisely and get it to be exactly what they wanted.
Gatherers will return with their fourth full-length album later this year. Until then, fans can listen to “Ad Nauseam, I Drown,” as well as pre-order the accompanying 7” lathe square at www.gatherersband.com.
For More Info on Gatherers:
Website: www.gatherersband.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/gatherersband
Twitter: www.twitter.com/gatherersband
Instagram: www.instagram.com/gatherersband
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