Deafheaven unveils scorching new album ‘Ordinary Corrupt Human Love’
Deafhaven have surprised us with an early reveal of their new album, 'Ordinary Corrupt Human Love' A week ahead of the actual release date, the whole album is available to preview via NPR.com.
Due out July 13 through ANTI- Records, the seven-track effort marks the blackgaze pioneers' fourth studio album to date and is a follow-up to 2015’s highly acclaimed 'New Bermuda.' As with its predecessor, the album was produced with Jack Shirley (Jeff Rosenstock, Joyce Manor) and as per a press release, sees Deafheaven weaving in “layered psychedelic vocals, jazz-inspired percussion, and intricate piano melodies.”
Per the release, the album title, ''Ordinary Corrupt Human Love' comes from writer Graham Greene’s seminal 1951 novel, 'The End of the Affair,' which references “a moment when someone is looking for love, in all of its imperfection and simple beauty.” The press release goes on to add:
“This sentiment is carried throughout the hazy, yearning romanticism of the record with song titles and words as sumptuous as the sounds around them. It’s a feeling of a loved one growing distant, medicating yourself with empty sex with strangers, and tears in a place far away from home.”
The album was previewed previously by two massive, sprawling singles - 'Honeycomb' and 'Canary Yellow,' both well over 10 minutes in length. Unsurprisingly for a Deafheaven album, the seven tracks span across a full hour and are packed with such detail that it immediately invites a couple more listens, preferably with some liner notes especially if you're not one for painfully deciphering George Clarke's guttural, nearly incomprehensible death growls. As always, the band juxtaposes seething, ripping fast black metal with sudden, melodic shoegaze interludes, and this time around, it looks like the layers are so deep that you could easily get lost in them.
NPR calls the album Deafheaven's "most confounding record" and their "most emotionally impressionistic" as well, free to be interpreted in whatever way the listener needs. Listen to the full album here.
'Ordinary Corrupt Human Love' tracklist:
01. You Without End
02. Honeycomb
03. Canary Yellow
04. Near
05. Glint
06. Night People
07. Worthless Animal
