Holding Absence announce new album ‘The Noble Art Of Self Destruction’
HOLDING ABSENCE have announced a new album!
Titled The Noble Art Of Self Destruction, the upcoming album from the Welsh post-hardcore band is the follow-up to 2021’s The Greatest Mistake Of My Life, and is scheduled to be released in August this year, via SharpTone Records.
The upcoming album was recorded at Canada’s Jukasa Studios with producer Dan Weller [ENTER SHIKARI, BURY TOMORROW].
Speaking about the new album, the band says, “today, we are pleased to announce the third HOLDING ABSENCE album The Noble Art of Self Destruction will be released on August 25th 2023! After an insanely busy and fulfilling album cycle for our second record, last October we spent a month in Jukasa Studios Canada, to record more new music. This record – the third in a trilogy – is by far our most conceptually rich and expansive body of work to date. We feel like these songs are almost a love letter to everything HOLDING ABSENCE, and can’t wait to show everybody just how much space we have managed to cover, and how hard we were able to push ourselves with these songs.”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; False Dawn. The new song is the second single to be released from the upcoming album, following on from A Crooked Melody, which was released last month.
Speaking about the new song, the band says, “we are ecstatic to be dropping our brand new single False Dawn today. This is definitely a personal favourite for all of us on the record! A somewhat defeatist song about denouncing expectations, and coming to grips with failure – this song is a quintessential HOLDING ABSENCE song, with it’s uptempo energy and downtrodden introspection. We hope you enjoy!”
Watch the official music video for False Dawn here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
1. Head Prison Blues
2. A Crooked Melody
3. False Dawn
4. Scissors
5. Honey Moon
6. Death, Nonetheless
7. Her Wings
8. These New Dreams
9. Liminal
10. The Angel In The Marble
The Noble Art Of Self Destruction is set for release on August 25th via SharpTone Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
For more information on HOLDING ABSENCE like their official page on Facebook.
