Over the course of their first ten years,Deafheaven’s music vacillated between tormented beauty and harmonic rage—a hybrid of black metal’s malice and shoegaze’s sublime wall-of-sound. On their fifth album,Infinite Granite,Deafheavenare no longer toying with the juxtaposition of pitting metallic abrasion against swirling grandeur. Quite the opposite:Infinite Graniteis a bold and brave leap forward, a gorgeous and invigorating album brimming with style and splendor. In the context of their catalog, it takes on a whole other layer of defiant beauty.

AcrossInfinite Granite, vocalistGeorge Clarke showcases a startling vocal range; falsettos, whispers, multi-part harmonies, and other adventurous vocal treatments, with his trademark black metal-inspired howls mostly absent. Guitarists Kerry McCoy and Shiv Mehra expand their sonic palette to include synth textures using them to enrich their astral guitar work rather than outright replace it. Drummer Daniel Tracy has always been a force to reckon with behind the kit, but where he used to floor audiences with his speed and stamina, he’s now free to broaden his approach and lay down authoritative drum patterns that together with bassist Christopher Johnson’s punchy bass lines anchor the band’s lofty arrangements. The refinement of their sound was further encouraged by producerJustin Meldal-Johnsen(M83, Paramore, Wolf Alice, Metric), who lent a pop ear to the record.Jack Shirley, who helped produce every previousDeafheavenalbum, remained on board to engineerthe album at his Atomic Garden East studio in Oakland, CA along with additional engineering and mixing fromnine-time Grammy Award winnerDarrell Thorp(Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Beck).Ultimately,Infinite Graniteis Deafheaven’s most goosebump-inducing album to date.

Tracklist:
01. Shellstar
02. In Blur
03. Great Mass of Color
04. Neptune Raining Diamonds
05. Lament for Wasps
06. Villain
07. The Gnashing
08. Other Language
09. Mombasa

Pressing Information:

First Press:
1000x Seaglass - Trans. Light Blue
2000x Shellstar - Cloudy Blue
3000x Deluxe Picture Disc + Poster
Black

Second Press -SHIPPING EARLY 2022!
1500x Clear w/ Cobalt Blue Splatter
1500x Cobalt Blue w/ Black Heavy Splatter
2000x Light Blue In Clear