Deafheaven has just unleashed a new monster of a song, 12-minute Canary Yellow from the upcoming album Ordinary Corrupt Human Love. This is the second track that they have released after another long track of 11 minutes, “Honeycomb.”
Ordinary Corrupt Human Love is set to come out on July 13th. This album comes after their 2015 record, New Bermuda.
Don’t let the intro to the song or the name of the song fool you. The song is still very much a heavy metal song. The song probably gets its name, “Canary Yellow”, because it begins as a dreamy, slow, sweet-sounding song, almost like the intro of a pop song.
The extended intro is a repetition of a few chord progressions. The song, after about three minutes breaks into heavy screaming vocals behind the music. The same chord progression seems to be the main focus of the song. The drum breaks into the forefront of the song along with the electric guitar at about five minutes in.
Towards about 8-9 minutes, there is a solo guitar and the keys and drums come in as a slow, lonely chord progression again. Then the band launches into a bridge with a different melody. The song keeps the listener guessing. At each pause, there is something new that awaits the listener.
In addition to this new song, the band will also be going on tour this summer with Drab Majesty and Uniform and MONO. Below are the tour dates:
JUL 11 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
JUL 13 Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey
JUL 14 Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
JUL 15 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
JUL 17 Orlando, FL @ The Social
JUL 18 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
JUL 19 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
JUL 20 Richmond, VA @ The Broadberry
JUL 21 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
JUL 22 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
JUL 24 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
JUL 25 Boston, MA @ Royale
JUL 26 Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount
JUL 27 Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
JUL 28 Detroit, MI @ El Club
JUL 30 Chicago, IL @ Metro *
JUL 31 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
AUG 01 Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
AUG 03 St. Louis, MO @ The Ready Room
AUG 04 Lawrence, KS @ The Granada
AUG 05 Denver, CO @ The Oriental Theater
AUG 07 Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall
AUG 08 Boise, ID @ Neurolux
AUG 10 Seattle, WA @ The Neptune Theatre
AUG 11 Vancouver, BC @ The Imperial
AUG 12 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
AUG 14 San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
AUG 17 San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick
AUG 18 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
SEP 13 Warsaw, PL @ Hybrydy
SEP 14 Poznan, PL @ U Bazyla
SEP 15 Dresden, DE @ Beatpol
SEP 17 Gothenburg, SE @ Pustervik
SEP 18 Oslo, NO @ Rockefeller
SEP 19 Stockholm, SE @ Kraken
SEP 20 Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
SEP 22 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
SEP 23 Esch Alzette, LU @ Rockhal
SEP 25 Antwerp, BE @ Trix
SEP 26 Koln, DE @ Essigfabrik
SEP 27 Berlin, DE @ Bi Nuu
SEP 28 Karlsruhe, DE @ Jubez
SEP 30 Bristol, UK @ The Fleece
OCT 01 Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
OCT 02 Glasgow, UK @ Art School
OCT 03 Leeds, UK @ Stylus
OCT 05 London, UK @ ULU
OCT 06 Nijmegen, NL @ Soulcrusher Festival
OCT 07 Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie
OCT 09 Munich, DE @ Feierwerk
OCT 10 Winterthur, CH @ Salzhaus
OCT 11 Milan, IT @ Legend
OCT 12 Bologna, IT @ TPO
OCT 13 Zagreb, HR @ Mochvara
OCT 14 Vienna, AT @ Arena
Drab Majesty and Uniform and MONO will accompany on this tour. Drab Majesty and Uniform will play most of the shows. On the 7/30 Chicago stop, in addition to Drab Majesty and Uniform, MONO will also open up for Deafheaven.
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