Oakland, CA post punk/shoegaze/techno band Houses of Heaven have dropped their new single “Strange Temptation” and its accompanying visuals.
The track features on their upcoming second album ‘Within/Without‘, produced and mixed by Matia Simovich (INHALT), and set to arrive on April 26 through Felte Records. Pre-order your copy here.
According to the press release, Within/Without explores a contrast between the fantasy worlds and unfiltered truths that define modern survival, and a yearning for genuine human connection brought on by the anxiety and isolation of technology.
The record’s opener “Strange Temptation”, sets the pace with an energetic push as overlapping, staccato synths weave around a fuzzed-out vocal directive that suggests an impasse between two conflicting states of being: “Release / control / release / control”. Singer Keven Tecon explains, it “captures the sense of being emotionally confined or limited by the bonds of love”, and “the relentless pursuit of fulfillment that forever remains just out of reach.”
Watch / listen below.
Within/Without Tracklist:
- Strange Temptation
- Within/Without
- The End of Me (feat. Douglas McCarthy)
- New Decay
- The Depths You Hold
- Flesh Techniques
- Deserve (feat. Ms.Boan Mariana Saldaña)
- Pisces
- Serpent Coil
- Sightline
Houses of Heaven Upcoming Dates
4/19 Detroit, MI – Industrial Detroit (w/ Ritual Howls,
4/20 Chicago, IL – Sanctum (Vampire’s Ball w/ Zanias, Plack Blague, Ritual Howls)
7/25-28 Calgary, AB – Terminus Synthesis (w/ Mareux, Nuovo Testamento)
9/27-29 Chicago, IL – Metro Chicago – Cold Waves Festival (w/ Clan of Xymox, Drab Majesty)
Photo by Black Plastica
