US metalcore giants Like Moths To Flames have announced their upcoming EP Pure Like Porcelain. The EP is said to be released on Friday, November 5th via UNFD. Today’s announcement comes along with the release of “The Preservation of Hate”, the first single taken from the EP. You can listen to the single here or view the music video below.
“This is the track that arguably captures the full extent of Moths’ animated new spark found on this release. A brutal, thrashy, and quite simply – very metal – effort, it’s the ‘oddball’ on the release”, says Like Moths to Flames vocalist Chris Roetter.
“I think we just wanted to have fun with this one. A lot of time the focus for Moths is working cool chorus parts into the structure, so it’s a nice change of pace to have little singing on the track,” he adds. “It feels like a continuation of some of the more anger driven songs in catalogue and people who like the heavier side of the band will be pleased.”
Roetter explains how the EP title Pure Like Porcelain is an ironic take on the impurity and imperfection of humanity. With Roetter writing more descriptive lyrics over generalized threads, he takes this EP over a variety of topics. He speaks on the dysfunctional relationship of religion, struggling with a bad mindset, and addiction.
This upcoming EP finds the band busting through the new foundation they set on their 2020 album No Eternity In Gold. Stretching themselves musically, thematically, and dynamically, Pure Like Porcelain finds the band hitting their stride once and for all.
Roetter credits new members Zach Pishey (guitar) and Jeremy Smith (guitar) as keys to the refreshing new sound heard on Pure Like Porcelain.
“I think the EP is just a small taste of where we can go next as a band,” Pishey declares. “If No Eternity is considered a return to form album, then the EP is expanding those boundaries again. The coolest thing to me about the outcome of the EP is how extreme the shift in dynamic can be from song to song while still feeling like a cohesive listening experience as a whole.”
You can view the album artwork and the tracklist down below. For more Like Moths To Flames news and all things metalcore, keep it locked to Boolin Tunes.
TRACKLIST
- Ameliorate
- Views From Halfway Down
- The Preservation of Hate
- Gnashing Teeth
- Do Not Resuscitate