For Savannah, GA’s Kylesa, made up of Phillip Cope, Laura Pleasants and Carl McGinley, their seventh album, Exhausting Fire via Season of Mist, provides a crowning example of the positive output that comes at the hands of their incendiary and powerful, yet nuanced and colorful framework.

 

Kylesa’s newest album Exhausting Fire is to be released on October 2 and today they have shared the second single from the record, “Shaping the Southern Sky” which premiered on Noisey and is now available to hear and share on Soundcloud. The album is available for physical pre-order now and digital pre-order tomorrow via Season of Mist.

 

The first single from Exhausting Fire is “Lost and Confused.” Both tracks feature two drum parts written and performed solely by Carl McGinley. Their trademark rich and expansive double drumming is something the band has become known for and will continue to deliver on these upcoming dates. The tour dates are below.

 

Following on the heels of the artistic broad jumps the band has exhibited since forming in 2001, Exhausting Fire hurls even more rulebook pages out the tour van window as Kylesa further explore and incorporate psychedelic rock, new wave, space-age twangy Americana, 80s goth and death rock into their pitch-thick DIY punk/metal roots. But as much as change is a constant in their world, there exists connective tissue to the past despite Exhausting Firebeing the most diverse, dynamic and fully-realized work of their discography.

 

In writing Exhausting Fire, the trio found themselves culling inspirations before getting together in various permutations at various times to wade through the amassed collections of riffs and ideas stockpiled before, during and after the punishing Ultraviolet tour schedule. Another curve Exhausting Fire throws at the listener is the manner in which the co-vocalists emerge sounding infinitely more comfortable and confident working as an integrative unit. The pair expertly dodge and weave around one another as an homage to the stratified spirit of their psychedelic influences while respecting the context of the song.

 

Captured at the familiar confines of the Jam Room in Columbia, SC, Exhausting Fire sees the trio immersing themselves deeper into themselves and their own process by refusing to hire an outside producer to assume Cope’s position. In fact, he reports having additional engineering duties dropped into his production seat, and spending more hours than ever working behind the board. In that sense, it’s not difficult to take the band at their word when Cope describes Exhausting Fire as “an album we really put our hearts on our sleeves for. We’ve always done that, but emotionally, it’s probably the most honest and raw album we’ve ever done.”

 

“No band sounds like us and we don’t sound like any other band,” concludes Pleasants. “After all these years of experimenting with different styles and sounds, we’ve really developed our own thing and I can faithfully say that we sound like us. With this album, we’ve successfully made a record that incorporates all the elements we’ve always played with into a record that works on its own.”

 

Tour Dates:

8/29 in Durham, NC at Motorco

8/31 in Charlottesville, Va at The Southern

9/1 in New York, NY at Gramercy Theater

9/2 in Montreal, QC at Cafe Campus

9/3 in Toronto, ON at Mod Club Theater

9/4 in Chicago, IL at Reggie's

9/5 in St. Louis, MO at Ready Room

9/6 in Louisville, KY at Zanzabar

9/7 in Augusta, GA at Sky City

10/6 in St. Petersburg, FL at State Theatre

10/7 in Miami, FL at Grand Central

10/8 in Orlando, FL at The Social

10/9 in Savannah, GA at Jinx

10/10 in Asheville, NC at New Mountain

10/13 in Columbus, OH at The Basement

10/14 in Grand Rapids, MI at Pyramid Scheme

10/16 in Cleveland, OH at Grog Shop

10/17 in Pittsburgh, PA at Altar Bar

10/19 in Boston, MA at Brighton Music Hall

10/20 in Philadelphia, PA at Black Box at Underground Arts

10/23 in Richmond, VA at The Broadberry

10/24 in Washington, DC at Rock & Roll Hotel

10/25 in Atlanta, GA at The Drunken Unicorn

11/6 in Pomona, CA at The Glass House

11/7 in Los Angeles, CA at The Fonda Theatre

11/8 in San Francisco, CA at The Fillmore

11/10 in San Diego, CA at The Irenic

11/11 in Phoenix, AZ at Club Red

11/13 in Austin, TX at Red 7

11/14 in Houston, TX at Warehouse Live

11/15 in Dallas, TX at The Prophet Bar

11/17 in Colorado Springs, CO at The Black Sheep

11/18 in Denver, CO at Summit Music Hall

11/19 in Salt Lake City, UT at The Complex

11/20 in Boise, ID at Neurolux

11/21 in Portland, OR at Hawthorne Theatre

11/22 in Seattle, WA at The Crocodile

 

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