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The second single from Spotlight's new album, Alchemy For The Dead. CD/Digital out April 28th. 2LP Vinyl out Aug 4th. Also appears on the digital-only Seance EP, out now. Filmed and Directed by John Pope Additional Filming by John Lamacchia Edited by Mario Quintero ’Sunset Burial’ is a self-reflective story about what goes through our minds while waiting to die,” explains Mario, “What it’s like to deal with feeling something as inevitable as death, and the last minute hope and fear that goes with it. All the while, feeling the calm and relief of passing on.” The track is the second preview of the nine-song collection, with the band previously unveiling a visualizer for “Algorithmic” (). Consequence said of the single: “The thick tones and melodic vocals invoke Nine Inch Nails and the densely mixed recordings of Failure, melding elements of industrial, sludge metal, and dark alt-rock.” The band have simultaneously released the Séance EP, a five-song digital release featuring “Algorithmic” and “Sunset Burial” with three non-album bonus tracks: “Unalive,” “Should Time Stand Still” and “Your Morning Kill.” Alchemy of the Dead, written and recorded following the band’s move to Pittsburgh, finds the trio once again balancing the tightrope of light and dark, toying with sonic texture, and as Invisible Oranges described Spotlights’ unique “magic” that’s “flickering with unnamable emotionality.” Mario Quintero shares the band’s mindset while writing and recording Alchemy For The Dead: “Our focus when making this record was to not repeat ourselves. I think we achieved our goal. Though we’re proud of all our releases, making just another ‘Spotlights’ album wasn’t an option. Pushing our own boundaries while creating something cathartic, yet strangely suffocating, with new sounds and textures as well as more personal and self-reflective themes, this album feels like a new fork in the path for us. Hopefully the listeners will follow.” Alchemy For The Dead tour: April 26 Pittsburgh, PA Club Café April 27 Grand Rapids, MI Pyramid Scheme April 28 Chicago, IL Subterranean Downstairs April 29 Tolono, IL Loose Cobra April 30 St. Louis, MO Red Flag May 1 Kansas City, MO Mini Bar May 3 Denver, CO Hi Dive May 4 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court May 6 Sacramento, CA Club Colonial May 7 San Francisco, CA Winters Tavern May 10 Pomona, CA Fox Theater * May 11 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium* May 12 San Diego, CA Tower Bar May 14 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues* May 16 Denver, CO Mission Ballroom* May 17 Salt Lake City, UT Union Event Center* May 19 Seattle, WA Showbox* May 20 Seattle, WA Showbox* May 21 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom* May 23 Oakland, CA Fox Theater* May 24 Oakland, CA Fox Theater* May 27 Denton, TX Dan’s Silverleaf May 28 Austin, TX Hotel Vegas May 30 Tulsa, OK Whittier Bar May 31 Shreveport, LA Bear’s June 1 Little Rock, AR Mutants Fest June 2 Nashville, TN Drkmttr June 3 Atlanta, GA The Earl June 4 Gainesville, FL The Backyard June 9 Miami, FL Gramp’s June 10 Tampa, FL The Orpheum June 11 Orlando, FL Will’s Pub June 12 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits June 13 Columbia, SC New Brookland Tavern June 14 Charlotte, NC Snug Harbor June 15 Asheville, NC The Odd June 16 Knoxville, TN The Pilot Light June 17 Louisville, KY Kaiju Bar June 18 Columbus, OH Big Room Bar June 21 Harrisonburg, VA The Golden Pony June 22 Baltimore, MD Metro Gallery June 23 Philadelphia, PA Ortlieb’s June 24 Brooklyn, NY Saint Vitus *-Ipecac Geek Show performances Birdhands open on dates between April 27 to May 1. Rile open from May 3 to May 6. Dates between May 11 and 24 are the Ipecac Geek Show with labelmates Mr. Bungle and the Melvins. Alchemy For The Dead tracklist: 1. Beyond The Broken Sky 2. The Alchemist 3. Sunset Burial 4. Algorithmic 5. False Gods 6. Repeat The Silence 7. Ballad In The Mirror 8. Crawling Toward The Light 9. Alchemy For The Dead Spotlights is Mario Quintero (guitar, vocals, keys), Sarah Quintero (bass, vocals) and Chris Enriquez (drums). The band has released three albums to date: Tidals (2016), Seismic (2018) and Love & Decay (2019). Consequence praised their “unique amalgam of sounds that is both heavy and heavenly,” Brooklyn Vegan said Spotlights “balances the pretty with metallic sludge,” and Invisible Oranges said they thrive “on the ambient and krautrock inspired edges of post-metal.” In the wake of their 2020 EP We Are All Atomic, Kerrang! observed, “That a band as heavy and romantic as Spotlights have become a fixture in the rock scene Is impressive; that they’ve done it in such a short period of time is tremendous.”
