Pelican release new song ‘Cold Hope’

PELICAN have released a brand new song!

The new song, titled Cold Hope, is taken from the band’s upcoming new album Nighttime Stories which is scheduled to be released in June.

Nighttime Stories marks the band’s first release written front to back with guitarist Dallas Thomas, who took over guitar duties upon founding member Laurent Schroeder-Lebec’s departure in 2012. In the process of writing the album, the quartet endured a slew of realisations, tragedies, and glimmers of optimism that guided the creative process to the most potent work of their nineteen-year career.

Listen to Cold Hope here: 

The new song is not just a standout song on a PELICAN album. It’s also the name of a new biere de garde that the band, who are known beer enthusiasts, are releasing in collaboration with the celebrated Chicago brewery Metropolitan. Of the collaboration, guitarist Trevor de Brauw says, “both PELICAN and Metropolitan have somewhat limited scopes due to aesthetic limitations we’ve self-imposed: PELICAN will always be a niche enterprise because we play instrumental metal; Metropolitan’s brewing output is limited due to the fact that they only brew lagers, which take much longer to brew than ales and therefore tie up the capacity of their equipment. Thus, both of us are pursuing a very specific aesthetic/artistic mission and creating a legacy rather than doing things that might be more immediately profitable.”

Alongside the release of the new song, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming album below:

Track List: 

1. WST
2. Midnight and Mescaline
3. Abyssal Plain
4. Cold Hope
5. It Stared at Me
6. Nighttime Stories
7. Arteries of Blacktop
8. Full Moon, Black Water

Nighttime Stories is set for release on June 7th via Southern Lord.

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