After spending the late-’00s and early-’10s hopping between various Philadelphia-based hardcore-punk bands, Kyle Kimball eventually found a home behind the kit of shoegaze-revival leaders Nothing for nearly a decade. Yet it was that band’s synth-infused post-punk side-project Death of Lovers which better expresses the direction he’s taken his solo project Night Sins in since its inception in 2010, with a series of five coldwave full-lengths to follow between 2012’s debut New Grave and 2022’s Violent Age. With a consistent pull toward a fuller, more industrial sound, Kimball’s forthcoming A Silver Blade in the Shadow EP proves that he’s continuing to push this vision for the project forward.
Before it’s arrival tomorrow via Born Losers Records, Kimball is sharing one last taste with the electronic-percussion-heavy “Burn Away”—a cut that in its sparsest moments echoes more than just the new-beginnings concept of New Order, while the gloomy vocals and swelling chorus bring the usual gothic-rock influences into focus. “‘Burn Away’ is about starting anew,” Kimball shares. “It’s never too late to cut away the worst parts of yourself. One can persevere through endurance, you just have to keep going. And hey, if everything still turns to shit at least you tried.”
The track comes paired with a music video directed by Samuel Jørgensen—whose visual effects have aided films ranging from The Matrix Resurrections to Swiss Army Man—that’s a visual homage to the era the song pulls from. Check it out below, and pre-order A Silver Blade in the Shadow here.
