Out Now: Copenhagen’s Demersal release Self-Titled LP
Demersal is a band that has never feared exploring emptiness and intense emotions through their raw and aggressive sound and is set to share their most complete and diverse examination yet with their new album.
Hailing from Odense and Copenhagen, Demersal weave squalls of sound and emotions that reflect the intense frustration that increasingly sweeps the crumbling world. They draw on the dispute of hardcore and anguish of screamo within their sound and align it to blackened post rock contemplation to cast a richly intense but equally cathartic confrontation as chaos and atmospheric intimation unite.
Since releasing their debut EP, ‘To Mend A Yellow Wound’, in 2017 and first album ‘Less’ three years later, their sound has taken listeners to the darkest, most troubled depths of life with Demersal venturing such realms with increasing invention and in turn expressive intensity. May 10th sees the release of the band’s self-titled sophomore full-length and their most adventurous, diverse and impacting proposal yet.
It is a release that delves into the darkest corners of being and the turbulence lying within global crises. Spaces of frustration, anguish and soulful reflections, as a way of dealing with a world in decay, are shared through vocals and lyrics within a sound that similarly shares its intensity. Even so, within the darkness the album explores the importance of care and the strength of being there for each other in times of crises. Demersal give further insight into the release, saying “It serves as a counterpoint to modern capitalist ideals of self-sufficiency - the notion that one should be a strong individual who’s able to stand up for oneself and one's own values alone - and it encourages to share one’s vulnerability with caring people and to reach out when the world feels the most incomprehensible.”
The first glimpse of the album is provided through lead single ‘Lys I Natten’ which was premiered in BrooklynVegan surrounded by their words, “Demersal have always made screamo that sounds big, and they sound huge on this one. Theatrical, impassioned shrieks go up against metallic, Converge-worthy riffs, and the cherry on top are the triumphant horn lines that flesh it out.”
Demersal has opened up with their most emotionally involving and creatively intrepid venture yet within an album that explores themes of care, vulnerability and togetherness as a way of trying to make sense of our dying world.
European Tour Dates w/Kollapse
11.4 - NEED HELP
12.4 - Juz Klex, Greifswald DE
13.4 - Reset Club, Berlin DE
14.4 - Senffabrik, Flensburg DE
15.4 - FZW, Dortmund DE
16.4 - TBA, Antwerp BE
17.4 - La Chaouée, Metz FR
18.4 - NEED HELP
19.4 - Lolaparoli, Aachen DE
20.4 - AJZ, Lüdenscheid DE
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/DemersalOfficial
https://www.instagram.com/demersalband
https://demersalband.bandcamp.com
