Canada’s WAKE have never been a band interested in repeating themselves, having evolved with every release since the band’s very first release Dephosphorus in 2012. Their 2020 release, 2020′s Devouring Ruin made this more clear than ever, hammering the point home with the Confluence EP in the same year. They returned in 2022 with Thought Form Descent, their most dynamic, diverse and emotional release to date. “I’d describe the record as a place to reconsider what ‘extreme’ means. The words ‘brutal’, ‘crushing’, ‘devastating’ are overused adjectives for extreme music. We wanted to force people to confront the idea that ‘brutal’ or ‘extreme’ ideas aren’t just blast beats or angular tritones, or, more importantly, ‘brutal’ elements alongside pointedly passive elements can create their own experience that can channel both and neither.” The result is eight nuanced tracks that run the gamut from relentlessly heavy to exquisitely beautiful, that instantly grab hold of the listener, demanding their full attention. However, at the same time, they are lushly textured and densely layered, offering more with every subsequent exposure, taking WAKE to a whole new level.
WAKE is:
Kyle Ball: Vocals
Arjun Gill: Guitar
Rob LaChance : Guitar
Ryan Kennedy: Bass
Josh Bueckert: Drums
RELEASES
Studio Albums
Thought, Form, Descent (2022)
Devouring Ruin (2020)
Misery Rites (2018)
Sowing The Seeds of a Worthless Tomorrow (2016)
False (2013)
Leeches (2011)
EPs
Thought, Form, Descent cover art by Samantha Muljat
TOUR DATES:
10.26.23 Philadelphia PA – Underground Arts
10.27.23 Baltimore MD – Soundstage
10.28.23 Cincinnati OH – Legends
10.30.23 Oklahoma City OK – 89th Street
10.31.23 Austin TX – Elysium
11.02.23 Mesa AZ – The Nile
11.03.23 San Diego CA – Brick by Brick
11.04.23 Los Angeles CA – The Lodge Room
11.05.23 San Francisco CA – Great American Music Hall
11.07.23 Albuquerque NM – Launchpad
11.08.23 Denver CO – Bluebird Theater
11.10.23 Saint Paul MN – The Amsterdam
11.11.23 Chicago IL – Avondale Music Hall
11.12.23 Detroit MI – The Sanctuary
11.13.23 Cleveland OH – No Class
11.14.23 Toronto ON – Lee’s Palace
11.15.23 Montreal QC – Les Foufounes
11.16.23 Cambridge MA – Middle East
11.17.23 Hamden CT – Space Ballrom
11.18.23 Brooklyn NY – Brooklyn Monarch
WAKE Contacts:
Management: Shannon @ Perfect World Productions
European Booking: BEN @ Dead Pig
U.S. Booking: Dan Defonce @ TKO
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