Sojourner release new music video for ‘Perennial’

SOJOURNER have released a new music video!

The new music video, for the track Perennial, is taken from the atmospheric folk-laden black metal band’s upcoming new EP of the same name, which is scheduled to be released in June this year, via Napalm Records.

The upcoming new EP is the first new music from the band since the release of 2020’s Premonitions and features new vocalist Lucia Amelia Emmanueli.

Speaking about the new song, vocalist Emilio Crespo says, “with wanting to revisit the old style of SOJOURNER I decided to tap into our roots on a lyrical level. Perennial very much follows the thread of nature and it’s loss at our very own hands. This theme was prevalent in several songs on our first album so it made sense to revisit that. The vocals were meticulously worked on with Lucia to make sure that every single word worked in its tone and placement. Later, with Tom joining in on backing vocals at the very end, we truly felt happy with the end result. We are super excited about our future with our two new awesome members!”

Watch the official music video for Perennial here: 

Talking about the upcoming EP, songwriter and musician Mike Lamb says, “when I approached the songwriting for this mini EP I wanted to do something special that encompassed both where we began and where we are today, because while we’ve grown and changed over the last six years we still have the same passion and vision for the band that brought us together initially. I approached both the songwriting and recording for this EP in the same way that I did on Empires of Ash and The Shadowed Road, even down to recording all of the instruments back in New Zealand again for the first time since we began, in the same room where I wrote Heritage of the Natural Realm in 2015.

It also seemed like a fitting time to do something that sat somewhere between a reinterpretation of Heritage… and a sequel of sorts for the second EP track, Relics of the Natural Realm, bringing our 2015 beginnings full circle back to where we are now and the band that we’ve evolved into in 2021. This is reflected in the cover art, again by our good friend Jordan Grimmer who did the original Empires of Ash cover, showing the meeting of SOJOURNER both past and present. We couldn’t be happier with our incredibly talented new members, both of who turned in absolutely beautiful vocal performances, and we’re so excited about the bright future ahead for the band.”

Alongside the release of the new music video, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new EP below:

Track List: 

1. Perennial
2. Relics of the Natural Realm

Perennial is set for release on June 4th via Napalm Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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