Gore. have found a home on the Spinefarm Records roster and will have their new EP “A Bud That Never Blooms” out on October 24th. A track by the name of “Babylon” has surfaced online as the new single from that five-song outing. A video for it can be seen below, with vocalist Haley Roughton commenting:
“‘Babylon‘ is about my desire to have a pure, somewhat traditional love. The dream of having a strong and loving husband, with children and an unconditionally loving home being the center of my universe (and is what I felt I lacked in my childhood). Through the years, and all of the relationships I have failed to sustain, that dream has yet to come true. This song is the eulogy of that dream. In other words, ‘Babylon‘ is the action of putting that dream of being a wife and a mother to rest, for now.”
“The music video uses religious imagery to depict the dream for a pure, unconditional love that is slowly dying. In the video, the pastor can be seen as everything that causes a relationship to fail — ego, external pressure from others, unhealed inner wounds — even the other person in the relationship. The pastor is seen slowly killing the woman with the dream by holding her underwater, while she is seen crying and begging for the life she wants. From the action of killing her emerges a creature that is completely stripped of hope and innocence. The sludgy, disturbing human-like being can be seen as a symbol of cynicism, resentment and vengeance.”
The group will be joining up with Within The Ruins at the following shows:
10/09 Lubbock, TX – Jake’s
10/10 Denver, CO – Roxy Theater
10/11 Oklahoma City, OK – 89th Street
10/12 Dallas, TX – RBC
10/13 San Antonio, TX – Vibes Underground
