Hail The Sun - New Age Filth (2021)

Hail The Sun have announced their highly-anticipated fifth full-length album New Age Filth, set for release on April 16th on Rude Records in partnership with Equal Vision Records. To celebrate the announcement, the band has shared the passionate first single "Domino", alongside an accompanying video. New Age Filth marks the band's most ambitious material to date, recorded over five weeks with producer Kris Crummett (A Lot Like Birds, Nova Charisma, Dance Gavin Dance). The energy and thought the band put into the release is apparent on "Domino", as they shine their technical prowess with instruments dancing over one another as vocalist Donovan Melero belts out his signature vocals. Lyrically, the track centers around reflection of self and how past actions can affect others. You can watch the music video for "Domino" here and stream the track here.On writing "Domino" Melero stated: "Reflecting is important. What we might discover in reflection can be a hard pill to swallow. I'm only as big as my weakest character flaw. I'm told that I talk a lot in my sleep, and these are the things I think I say." When Hail The Sun entered the studio to record what would become New Age Filth, they knew they were setting out to make their most collaborative and diverse album yet. The band, consisting of Donovan Melero (vocals/drums), Aric Garcia (guitar), John Stirrat (bass) and Shane Gann (guitar), spent a month living in an apartment attached to producer Kris Crummett's studio which provided a much different experience from the creation of prior albums. The result is ten songs that find the band pushing their creative boundaries in every way. They're heavier and poppier at the same time, proving their ability to be extremely technical in instrumentation while also unleashing some of the catchiest hooks they've ever created. The influence from genre-melding predecessors like Coheed and Cambria, At The Drive-In, and even Yes is apparent, but the sound is still very much a natural evolution from Hail The Sun's past work.