Last time we checked in with Cathedral Bells they were gearing up to release a haunted new single from a 2019-released EP, and since then their Florida-rooted dream pop sound has only gotten hazier. Their new album (appropriately titled Ether) hardly sounds tethered to the earth, early single “Dark Aura” floating off in a shoegaze-soaked mist.
The latest track the trio’s sharing ahead of the album’s official release date next Friday is the mid-album title track, another dreamy single playing with gauzy sounds. “[It] was more of an experimentation with different instrumental textures that Cathedral Bells never did in our past catalog,” the band’s songwriter Matt Messore shares. “This track was co-written by Kyle Hoffer, who joined the band later in 2020. The lyrics are short, but I put the most personal feelings into this track that I could. It was one of the last songs written for the album, and by that time I was extremely exhausted, pouring my most vulnerable and empty emotions into this song.”
Hear the track below, and pre-order the record here.
