The wait is now over: Oakland thrashers Vale have unleashed their debut LP for public consumption (ahead of its May 24 release date). Burden Of Sight, Vale’s crushing foray into the world, is now streaming via Decibel Magazine. Providing a devastating soundtrack to a grim, post-apocalyptic future, Vale spend six tracks on the brink of sonic destruction.
Listen to Burden Of Sight in its scorching entirety via Decibel Magazine today.
Burden Of Sight can be viewed as a dirge against the pervasive exploitation and avarice that has taken root in the band’s own backyard. From rampant homelessness to classist hedonism, it’s all too easy to imagine the harsh reality of decomposing landscapes fraught with cannibalism and religious zealotry that Vale depicts across their rightfully nihilistic debut.
Vale formed in late 2015 and boasts a roster featuring members of Ulthar, Void Omnia and Abstracter. After recording a demo and hitting the pavement on tour throughout 2017 and beyond, the outfit sporadically composed the material that would become Burden Of Sight.
Burden Of Sight will be released via The Flenser this Friday, May 24. Preorders are available here.
Catch Vale on the road this summer — more updates to come.
Burden Of Sight — Track listing:
1. Final Flesh
2. Guilt Among the Dead
4. Starvation Eternal
5. Beyond the Pale
6. Grief Undone
VALE Tour dates:
June 17 San Louis Obispo, CA @ The Graduate
June 18 Ventura, CA @ Gigi’s Cocktail Lounge
June 19 Las Vegas, NV @ Naked City Collecive
June 20 Santa Fe, NM @ Zephyr
June 21 Colorado Springs, CO @ 110 Below
June 22 Denver, CO @ Hi Dive
June 23 Omaha, NE @ Lookout Lounge
June 24 Minneapolis, MN @ Hexagon
June 25 Milwaukee, WI @ Walkers Point Music Hall
June 26 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean Downstairs
June 27 Detroit, MI @ Fireside Inn
June 28 Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck
June 29 Rochester, NY @ Skylark
June 30 Montreal, QC @ Brasserie Beaubien
July 1 Quebec City, QC @ L’Anti
July 2 Manchester, NM @ Ohmen DIY
July 3 Portland, ME @ Geno’s
July 6 Brookyn, NY @ Kingsland
July 7 Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
July 8 Boston, MA @ Once Ballroom
July 9 Baltimore, MD @ Sidebar
July 10 Richmond, VA @ Wonderland
July 11 Chapel Hill, SC @ Local 506
July 12 Atlanta, GA @ 529
July 13 Jacksonville, FL @ Nighthawks
July 14 Miami, FL @ Las Rosas
July 15 Orlando, FL @ Uncle Lou’s
July 16 New Orleans, LA @ Santos Bar
July 17 Austin, TX @ Lost Well
July 18 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
July 19 Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar
July 20 Phoenix, AZ @ Yucca Tap Room
July 21 Los Angeles, CA @ Lexington