Deathcore outfit Disfiguring The Goddess are back with “AWOL” and its accompanying music video. Cameron “Big Chocolate” Argon heads up that long-running project, with this song being the second single from the group’s forthcoming album “Bloom“. That record is presently on track for a July 31st release date via Seek And Strike. Argon chimed in on this latest track:
“Our new single, ‘AWOL,’ came together late in the writing process, when most of the record was already finished. I originally set out to recreate the energy of one of the album’s more punishing tracks and thought I was writing something brutal, intense, and mosh-ready, but what came out was almost the complete opposite. The song ended up revealing a more melodic and emotionally direct side of the record. Vocally, this is one of my favorite performances on the album. I think the vocals across the record are some of the strongest I have ever done, but ‘AWOL‘ stands out because of how naturally it balances heaviness with tonal catchiness.
The clean singing was never planned. I was just mapping out the melody and structure in a clean voice, and when I listened back, I realized the part already had the right character. I kept it exactly like that. I am not a traditional singer, but that unpolished instinct ended up serving the song really well. Structurally, it shifts between 4/4 and 6/8, which gives certain sections a strong sense of movement and lift without changing tempo or key. Lyrically and emotionally, it has an uplifting, push-forward energy, with a touch of that wounded romanticism that has always been part of DTG.”
The band will be out on the ‘Canadian Heritage Tour‘ this summer, opening for AngelMaker and Ingested, hitting the following venues:
07/31 Red Deer, AB – Bo’s
08/01 Edmonton, AB – Starlite Room
08/02 Grand Prairie, AB – Better Than Fred’s
08/04 Saskatoon, SK – Coors Event Centre
08/05 Winnipeg, MB – Park Theatre
08/07 North Bay, ON – North Bay Granite Club
08/08 Windsor, ON – Scarehouse Windsor
08/09 Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
08/11 St. Catherines, ON – Warehouse Concert Hall
08/12 Ottawa, ON – Overflow Brewing Company
08/13 Montreal, QC – Fairmount Theatre
08/14 Quebec City, QC – La Source De La Martinière
08/15 Moncton, NB – Xeroz Arcade Bar
08/16 Halifax, NS – The Seahorse
08/18 Sherbrooke, QC – Le Murdoch
08/21 Thunder Bay, ON – Black Pirates Pub
08/23 Regina, SK- The Exchange
08/25 Calgary, AB – Dicken’s
08/26 Nelson, BC – The Royal
08/27 Kelowna, BC – Revelry
08/28 Vancouver, BC – The Rickshaw
