Santa Rosa screamo band State Faults finally followed 2013’s great Resonate / Desperate with Clairvoyant in 2019, and it sounded like it would take less time for that album’s followup, but as you may have heard, a pandemic got in the way. So, five years later, they’ve finally announced their next album, Children of the Moon. It was produced by TWIABP’s Chris Teti and it comes out July 26 via Deathwish Inc in the US and Dog Knights in the UK/Europe (pre-order).
The first taste is “Palo Santo,” which finds the band in great form. It’s towering, heavy, and melodic in equal measure. Guitarist/vocalist Jonny Andrew says, “‘Palo Santo’ was the first song we wrote after recording Clairvoyant in early 2019. It deals with the struggle to accept that nothing is permanent, and that the floor can fall out from under you at any moment. It’s a reminder in those moments of life that totally knock you down, where you feel like you’re drowning in uncertainty and can’t see where to go next, to remember who you are and live in your truth, and shine on with love and compassion for yourself and others.”
Listen and watch the Timmy Lodhi-directed video below.
Tracklist
Fragile Light
Blood Moon
Palo Santo
Leviathan
Heat Death
Looming
No Gospel
Transfiguration
Divination
Distant Omen
Nazar
Palm Reader
Wind Song
Bodega Head
State Faults — 2024 Tour Dates
May 22 Sacramento, CA @ Cafe Colonial
May 23 Fresno, CA @ Destructive Warehouse
May 24 Los Angeles, CA @ Your Renaissance Fest
July 6 Maywood, CA @ Brick’s Rock Bar
July 7 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
July 8 Las Vegas, NV @ The Griffin
July 9 Bakersfield, CA @ 415.BKFD
July 10 San Francisco, CA @ Thee Parkside
July 11 Eugene, OR @ John Henry’s
July 12 Portland, OR @ Mano Oculta
July 13 Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project
July 14 New Westminster, BC @ Bully’s