New Jersey stalwarts-in-defiance-of-all-gods-and-all-sciences Solace — they of the broken bodies and suffering spirits — will release their first album in nine frickin’ years on Dec. 13. Titled The Brink, the 11-tracker is available now to preorder from Blues Funeral Recordings, which has decided to do us all a solid and get behind the release. Two vinyl versions available for the Tommy Southard in all of us — dude is a well-documented LP fiend; also beer — and a CD digipak if you prefer your discs of a smaller sort that can commune with lasers. You know I like me some lasers.
I was granted access to an early stream of the offering, and though there have been copious changes since their last time out, I assure you, this is still Solace. Their life-on-the-edge-of-oblivion — or, you know, a brink — style pulling together elements of thrash, hardcore, classic heavy and doom is unmistakable, and for the fact that they’ve turned over three-fifths of their lineup, they are and remain Solace. There is not and there never could be another to do what they do.
I’m gonna cross my fingers and hope to have a track premiere or some such with a review before the album is out, or maybe if I play my cards right I’ll get to give it the ol’ week-before-release-album-stream treatment, but until then, rest assured, your preorder investment will result in a Solace record. You couldn’t possibly call it anything else.
As posted by the band:
Ok friends, here’s the preorders for both vinyl versions & the CD version of our new record THE BRINK. These ship internationally so add to cart and check rates. We are super stoked about this record and can’t wait for y’all to experience it.
‘The Brink’ tracklisting:
1- Breaker Of The Way
2- Desert Coffin
3- Dead Sailors Dream
4- Waste People
5- The Light Is A Lie
6- Crushing Black
7- Bird Of Ill Omen (Remix)
8- Shallows Fade
9- The Brink
10- Until The Last Dog Is Hung
11- Dead Sailors Reprise
Dark Blue & White swirl Vinyl (limited to 100)
https://www.bluesfuneral.com/products/copy-of-solace-the-brink-us-limited-edition-gatefold-lp-on-translucent-aqua-translucent-sea-blue
Translucent Aqua & Sea Blue vinyl
https://www.bluesfuneral.com/collections/releases/products/copy-of-howling-giant-the-space-between-worlds-limited-edition-gatefold-lp-on-translucent-green-vinyl
Solace is:
Tommy Southard – Guitar
Justin Daniels – Guitar
Justin Goins – Vocals
Mike Sica – Bass
Timmy Gitlan – Drums
https://www.facebook.com/SolaceBand/
https://www.facebook.com/bluesfuneral
https://www.bluesfuneral.com/