Rivers Of Nihil have launched the first in a planned series of four singles that will precede their eventual new full-length album. This initial offering carries the title of “The Sub-Orbital Blues” and an official video for it is available below.
The quartet properly introduced their new rhythm guitarist/vocalist Andy Thomas (ex-Black Crown Initiate) on these new tracks. Bassist Adam Biggs has since assumed the lead vocal duties in light of the 2022 departure of Jake Dieffenbach.
This new onslaught of songs was recorded with Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland, who also mixed and mastered them. Rivers Of Nihil guitarist Brody Uttley provided some additional engineering for those sessions, which took place this past April.
Speaking of this new song, Biggs offered:
“This song is about the dichotomy of living in a 21st century society rife with scientific and technological advancements such as artificial intelligence and ever more sophisticated space travel, while also dealing with the increasing threat of old world problems like out of control governments and the looming threat of world war.”
The song lands around the band’s latest wave of touring, which consists of the following shows.
With Between The Buried And Me (performing “The Parallax II: Future Sequence“) and Thank You Scientist:
06/16 Charleston, SC – Music Farm
06/17 Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
06/18 Philadelphia, PA – Brooklyn Bowl
06/20 New York City, NY – Irving Plaza
06/21 Albany, NY – Empire Live
06/22 Burlington, VT – Higher Ground (Rivers Of Nihil only)
06/23 Worcester, MA – The Palladium
06/24 Montreal, QC – Club Soda
06/25 Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
06/27 Millvale, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre
06/28 Detroit, MI – The Majestic
06/29 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
06/30 Chicago, IL – House of Blues
07/01 Minneapolis, MN – Lyric at Skyway Theatre
07/02 Kansas City, MO – The Truman
07/03 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
07/05 Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
07/06 Billings, MT – Pub Station (Taproom) (Rivers Of Nihil only)
07/07 Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall
07/08 Edmonton, AB – Union Hall
07/10 Vancouver, BC – The Vogue Theatre
07/11 Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
07/12 Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre
07/13 Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
07/14 Bakersfield, CA – 1933 (Rivers Of Nihil only)
07/15 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
07/16 San Diego, CA – The Observatory
07/17 Mesa, AZ – The Nile Theatre
07/19 Odessa, TX – The Ector Theatre (Rivers Of Nihil only)
07/20 San Antonio, TX – Vibes Event Center
07/21 Dallas, TX – The Factory
07/22 Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
07/23 New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
07/25 St. Louis, MO – Red Flag
07/26 Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
07/28 St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live
07/29 Orlando, FL – The Beacham
07/30 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
07/31 Winston – Salem, NC – The Ramkat
