Acclaimed UK metallic hardcore troupe Ithaca have released their stunning new video for the single ‘They Fear Us’, the first glimpse of their long-awaited second album, They Fear Us, due 29th July via Hassle Records.
In the words of Ithaca:
“Making this video was one of the hardest but most creatively fulfilling things we’ve ever done as a band. We shot in multiple locations over multiple days, we stripped down to our underwear, we swallowed fake blood – we put everything into it!
“The video is about reclaiming power – our main location was in a stately home of the British landed gentry, to create a contrast between us and the colonial imagery on the walls, representing us kicking down doors and taking up space. The visuals are influenced by experimental cinema, religious iconography and pre-Raphaelite paintings. We set this level of ambition to announce ourselves as an unapologetic, inescapable force in the heavy music scene – you will fear us.”
Ithaca are one of the most exciting and vital voices in the UK heavy scene currently. Formed out of a mutual love of metallic hardcore but despair at its lack of ambition, Ithaca exist to challenge everything you thought a band that makes heavy music should look and sound like.
A glitter-covered nailbomb, Ithaca seamlessly blend the brutality of Relapse Records metalcore with blackgaze, 90s industrial metal, 70s prog, and even tinges of 80s power pop. Their influences stretch beyond the musical – this album comes with a clear vision and aesthetic: drawing from members’ different ancestral heritage, queer/non-conforming identities and iconic figures in avant-garde, new wave, and post-punk culture.
Their upcoming second album “They Fear Us” is the sound of a band healing from trauma – standing in their own, unapologetic voice. Furious and wildly inventive while also being more coherent and accessible, this album will introduce Ithaca to a wider audience than they’ve ever had before. In the words of the band: ‘those who oppose us; your sins will catch up to you. You will fear us’.
Ithaca’s 2019 lauded debut “The Language of Injury” was followed by their early 2020 tour with Grammy-nominated indie-rock band Big Thief, starting at London’s Hammersmith Apollo.
Tracklisting:
1. In The Way
2. The Future Says Thank You
3. They Fear Us
4. Camera Eats First
5. Cremation Party
6. Number Five
7. Fluorescent
8. You Should Have Gone Back
9. Hold, Be Held
You can pre-order “They Fear Us” HERE.
For more information on the band, follow their social media:
https://www.facebook.com/IthacaUK
https://ithacauk.bandcamp.com/
(Source: Starkult Promotion)
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