The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die have shared “Auguries Of Guilt,” their first new single since their excellent 2021 album Illusory Walls. Produced and mixed by band member Chris Teti, the nearly-six-minute song continues down the darker, heavier, proggier path of Illusory Walls, and the intense musical backdrop is matched by some powerful sociopolitical themes. Vocalist David Bello says:
The people in stories that get labeled as heroes are often brutal killers, capable of extreme greed and cruelty on behalf of their allies’ and their desires. This song tries to smudge historical and present-day conflicts with the emotions of loss and vengeance.
It’s about the queasy feeling of rooting for a matador. The unease at the prospect of voting for a president when the lesser-of-two-evils has been enabling genocide, and the dystopia of an AI called Lavender determining its own morality of family annihilation.
I’d like to dedicate it to a number of people and things:
-Dan Moses, a Lebanese man from West Virginia who stood as tall as Goliath and had the kindest heart.
-Humbaba, the protector of the Cedar Forest in the ancient Epic of Gilgamesh
-Paulo Paulino Guajajara, killed by government corruption and private industry while protecting an uncontacted tribe in Brazil.
-Khaled Nabhan, Bearer of the Last Goodbye.
-Abdullah Maarouf’s olive groves in Deir Ballut, destroyed by the waste of oppressors, as well as all the olive oil not being made due to political destruction.
Listen below. TWIABP also have a few tour dates coming up, including the UK’s Outbreak Fest and The Dillinger Escape Plan‘s Chicago reunion show.
The band’s current lineup is David F. Bello (vocals), Chris Teti (guitar/vocals), Joshua Cyr (bass), Katie Dvorak (synth/vocals), Steven K. Buttery (drums), and Anthony Gesa (guitar/vocals).
TWIABP — 2024 Tour Dates
June 28 – Glasgow, UK – Stereo
June 29 – Edinburgh, UK – The Mash House
June 29 – Sale, UK – Outbreak Fest
August 24 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed w/ The Dillinger Escape Plan