American doom up and comers Atala have shared a new single, ‘Won’t Subside’, and their new album The Bearer Of Light from the Salt Of The Earth Records record label. Jam out the track right now!
Issues founding guitarist Kyle Stratton of the track, “‘Won’t Subside’ is a doom track. I love playing this song live because the intro and outro are basically jams we built as a band. The guts of the tracks are slow and heavy. Vocally, it’s one of my most heartfelt tracks. The song’s lyrics are based off a friend’s letter to me about his experience with PTSD. Before the letter made its way to me he had killed himself. I basically wrote the song in first person as if I was him. We love the song because living in a military town, we are exposed to massive amounts of suicide. We have all lost people to suicide. We wrote this song to raise awareness to the problem. The sample on the intro,” he continues, “is from a speech by Howard Zinn, an antiwar activist, professor, and veteran in his life time and a great inspiration to me…”
The Bearer Of Light comes swathed in Stratton’s striking cover art and will be available on, CD, LP, and digitally. Preorders are available via Salt Of The Earth Records here or the Atala website here.
Catch Atala on tour in support of The Bearer Of Light on a near-three-week US tour this June alongside Sixes. The trek will commence June 14th in Mountain View, California and make its way through seventeen venues upon its conclusion June 30th in Fullerton, California. See all confirmed dates below.
Atala w/ Sixes:
6/14/2019 O’Malley’s – Mountain View, CA
6/15/2019 Mummer’s – Sparks, NV
6/16/2019 Beehive – Salt Lake City, UT
6/17/2019 Streets Of London – Denver, CO
6/18/2019 The Riot Room – Kansas City, MO
6/19/2019 The Lift – Dubuque, IA
6/20/2019 Reggie’s Music Hall – Chicago, IL
6/21/2019 Mohawk Place – Buffalo, NY
6/22/2019 Café 611 – Frederick, MD
6/23/2019 The Drunk Horse – Fayetteville, NC
6/24/2019 Alabama Music Box – Mobile, AL
6/25/2019 Come And Take It Live – Austin, TX
6/26/2019 Bond’s 007 Rock Bar – San Antonio, TX
6/27/2019 Rockhouse Bar & Grill – El Paso, TX
6/28/2019 House of Bards – Tucson, AZ
6/29/2019 Yucca Tap Room – Phoenix, AZ
6/30/2019 Slidebar – Fullerton, CA
Atala:
Kyle Stratton – guitar, vocals
Jeff Tedtaotao – drums
Dave Horn – bass
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