Gel have returned with an aggressive new single, ‘Mirage’ and introduced a brand new EP, ‘Persona’.
The New Jersey hardcore band will launch their new five-track EP on August 16, which is the follow-up to 2023 album ‘Solely Fixed’. It additionally marks their first launch on new label Blue Grape, which can be the house of bands corresponding to Code Orange and Religious Cramp.
Notably, ‘Mirage’ is the band’s longest single to this point, clocking in at simply shy of three minutes.
“We actually needed to fill out the songs extra and make them extra nuanced,” defined vocalist Sami Kaiser in a press launch. “It’s a step ahead, it’s completely different, it’s catchy, nevertheless it nonetheless actually feels like us.”
Take a look at ‘Mirage’ and the tracklist under:
The tracklist for ‘Persona’ is:
‘Mirage’
‘Disgrace’
‘Persona’
‘Martyr’
‘Vainness’
Gel may also be touring the UK in June, throughout which they may also be acting at this yr’s Obtain Competition. Discover the complete listing of dates under and purchase tickets right here.
JUNE
2 – Southampton, Joiners
3 – Oxford, Bullingdon
4 – Exeter, Cavern
5 – Guildford, Boiler Room
12 – Manchester, Star and Garter
13 – Glasgow, Good & Sleazy
14 – Leeds, Brudenell Social Membership
15 – Donington Park, Obtain Competition
17 – London, The Storage
18 – Brighton, Inexperienced Door Retailer
19 – Bristol, Change
Final month, Gel had been one in every of quite a few acts to drag out of SXSW over the occasion’s ties to the US Military amid the present Israel-Hamas battle.
In an announcement posted to their social media accounts, they mentioned: “We can be pulling out of all official SXSW reveals subsequent week.
“There’s no motive for @sxsw to contain the music of our friends and music at massive with the US Military and protection corporations which are actively committing and/or complicit in genocide.
“Free Palestine.”