When speaking of the meaning and feeling behind her upcoming release Abyss, Chelsea Wolfe describes her music as coming from the realm of “hazy afterlife…an inverted thunderstorm…the dark backward…the abyss of time.” Naturally.
For all the necessary ellipses of that statement, it’s actually a surprisingly accurate pre-flight guide for the new single “Carrion Flowers,” an intense and abstract slice of nightmare pop premiered by NPR that, following lead single “Iron Moon,” sets the stage well for the full-length release this August.
Later this summer, Wolfe will be setting out on a headlining North American tour. Along with the Abyss cover art and tracklist, dates for that tour below. Remember to bring your cloak.
Abyss tracklisting
1. Carrion Flowers
2. Iron Moon
3. Dragged Out
4. Maw
5. Grey Days
6. After the Fall
7. Crazy Love
8. Simple Death
9. Survive
10. Color of Blood
11. The Abyss
Chelsea Wolfe tour dates
August
27 – Las Vegas, NV – Backstage Bar
28 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
29 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater #
31 – Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club #
September
1 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall #
2 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop #
3 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
4 – Montreal, QC – Theater Fairmont
5 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair #
9 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg #
10 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts #
11 – Washington DC – U Street Music Hall #
12 – Raleigh, NC – Hopscotch Music Festival #
14 – Atlanta, GA – Aisle 5 #
15 – Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge #
17 – New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks #
19 – Austin, TX – Mohawk #
20 – Dallas, TX – The Kessler #
22 – El Paso, TX – Tricky Falls #
23 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad #
24 – Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar #
25 – Los Angeles, CA – Regent Theater #
26 – San Francisco, CA – Grand Ballroom at Regency Center #
28 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater #
29 – Seattle, WA – Neumos #
30 – Vancouver, BC – The Rickshaw
October
2 – Bellingham, WA – The Shakedown
# = with Wovenhand
Abyss is out August 7 on Sargent House.
