Zeal & Ardor‘s new album “Stranger Fruit” has officially been announced for a June 08th release date. The band’s mastermind Manuel Gagneux worked with producer Zebo Adam on the album, which was mixed by Converge‘s Kurt Ballou. A video for the first single, “Gravedigger’s Chant“, can be seen below with a digital single for the track set to arrive tomorrow, March 30th.
Gagneux said of the song:
“The gravedigger’s chant is the song sung by the people who lay your body to rest. These people don’t care where you were, but they know what you did and who loved you. All they know is what lies before them. So they sing this song, since you can no longer breathe a note.”
Our intent is both to familiarize as well as alienate. The video of ‘Gravedigger’s Chant‘ subverts roles: People find themselves in situations untypical for their ilk, tools become weapons, weapons turn into tools, and fingers meant for sensing make themselves felt.”
Pre-orders for the album are available now via Amazon, iTunes and more. A purple vinyl pressing is also being offered and can be pre-ordered here.
01 – “Intro”
02 – “Gravedigger’s Chant”
03 – “Servants”
04 – “Don’t You Dare”
05 – “Fire Of Motion”
06 – “The Hermit”
07 – “Row Row”
08 – “Ship On Fire”
09 – “Waste”
10 – “You Ain’t Coming Back”
11 – “The Fool”
12 – “We Can’t Be Found”
13 – “Stranger Fruit”
14 – “Solve”
15 – “Coagula”
16 – “Built On Ashes”
