New material from Invent Animate has made its way out, with the group having just begun streaming their brand new single “Fall Like Rain“. A visualizer for that new offering from the Texan metalcore outfit is available to view below. According to vocalist Marcus Vik:
“‘Fall Like Rain‘ is about my lifelong struggle with insomnia and anxiety.
When I quit alcohol a few years ago, my sleeping problems surfaced in a new way. I was forced to confront my restless mind without a way to escape or quiet my thoughts. The line ‘I am a swarming blood red cloud’ is me admitting that I am my own insomnia; it’s the storm of my own thoughts that comes nightly to torment me.
Because there is so much dread in being wide awake, I wanted the vocals to feel raw and desperate. But in the face of these overwhelming feelings, the chant ‘I wasn’t born to be afraid’ is a refusal to be paralyzed by ‘whispers that fall like rain’. The quiet thoughts that get louder and louder until there is a downpour of anxiety and panic. Every night I have to choose to believe there is a place of safety on the other side of that storm.”
The song lands online roughly a week ahead of the kickoff of their spring North American tour. That run will see them out as direct support to Fit For A King on a run of shows that will also see ten56. and Acres opening.
05/01 Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore
05/02 Winnipeg, MB – The Park Theatre & Cafe
05/03 Saskatoon, SK – Coors Event Centre
05/05 Edmonton, AB – Midway Music Hall
05/06 Calgary, AB – The Palace Theatre
05/08 Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
05/10 Billings, MT – Pub Station
05/12 Lincoln, NE – Bourbon Theatre
05/13 Wichita, KS – The Cotillion
05/15 Little Rock, AR – The Hall
05/16 Huntsville, AL – Mars Music Hall
05/17 North Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues
05/19 Knoxville, TN – The Mill & Mine
05/20 Norfolk, VA – The NorVa
05/22 Stroudsburg, PA – Sherman Theater
05/23 Albany, NY – Empire Live
05/24 Quebec City, QC – Theatre Capitole
05/26 Ottawa, ON – The Bronson
05/27 London, ON – London Music Hall
05/29 Rochester, NY – Anthology
05/30 Harrisburg, PA – Capitol City Music Hall
05/31 Lexington, KY – Manchester Music Hall
