Holy Scum – the project featuring Action Beat/GNOD co-founder Chris Haslam and Mike Mare (aka Mike Manteca) from legendary NJ hip-hop New duo Dälek – is set to release their new record All We Have Is Never on June 6. We’re streaming the band’s single “I Am The Land” right now, which is somewhere between a noise rock burner and this kind of somber industrial thing… it’s awesome.
All We Have Is Never was created at Black Bay Studios on Great Bernera, a two hour plus ferry ride from anywhere and everywhere.
“Our isolation there was our salvation, and a much-needed cleanse after a year of relentless misfortune,” explains the band’s Peter Taylor. “This new record evolved from years of jams, developed collaboratively with Mike in the studio, but the period preceding this album was a true nightmare. We endured an eleven-month limbo. We were paralysed, unable to release music, replenish sold-out merchandise, or even perform live.”
Mare added: On that island you could feel the energy of the land, you could feel its past. This record is about moving forward, letting go, being grounded in yourself and with the earth. The title is a nod to the fact that everything ends – good, bad, ugly, beautiful. That it’s not a bad thing. It is a rebirth every time. We can spend a lifetime together having shared experiences but living separate realities. I don’t think it is nihilistic. The despair turns into hope for sure.”
Pre-orders for All We Have Is Never are available here.
Source: metalinjection.net
