I’ve always been a sucker for promo videos showing bands on the road and doing shit like heading to the club, loading in, setting up for a show and all the behind the scenes shenanigans and mugging for the camera that takes place during the course of an empty venue being transformed into a sweaty stage. Not to mention scenes from the resulting show that follow all the preliminary work. Hailing from about an hour east of Vancouver comes Without Mercy with their latest EP, Infinite Loss, in tow. The three-tracker is the studio recording follow up to their 2020 second full-length, Seismic and was recorded with John Douglass in Atlanta, 4400 kilometres from their home in picturesque Abbotsford, BC home.
The thunderous chug (inspired by the likes of Meshuggah and Decapitated) of Infinite Loss has been out and available for about a month now and today we’re pleased as punch to present the latest single “Glass” and its video which compiles scenes from their trip to record in Hotlanta. Says guitarist DJ Temple: “This was the first time we left home to make a record. We crossed borders, uprooted our routines and committed fully to the process by living inside it for ten days. There was no comfort, no distance and no way to step away. It forced us to be present with each other and with the music in a way we had never experienced before. That isolation mattered. Being away from everything familiar stripped the process down to what was essential and made the work unavoidable.” About the track in question, he went on to say, “The concept of ‘Glass’ hits hard with the themes of translation and perception being different from each person. It was through that lens that we wanted to capture the recording process. The footage is from all of us and various points and through the lens of each individual experience.”
*Photo Credit: Shimon Photo – http://www.shimonphoto.com
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