Sheffield Mathcore outfit Rolo Tomassi have announced their 6th studio album Where Myth Becomes Memory, set to be released February 4th 2022. In celebration of the announcement, the band have also treated us to a dreamy, heavy new single “Drip”. The band have opted for a selection of physical releases. Including 2 different vinyl colourways, a digipak CD and a cassette. You can pre-order the album here.
See the video for the new single below.
The bands’ previous LP Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It, released in 2018, was quite well received by critics and fans alike. The album made several end of year lists, including credible placements of 10th and 11th from Kerrang! and Sputnikmusic. From the sounds of the teaser track, the band will be continuing their signature, very dramatic, shifts of timbre and dynamics. Singers James Spence and Eva Korman continue to do what they do best and force the listener to endure moments of brutal noise and guttural screams, quickly alleviated by gentle whispers and fluttering pianos.
The poetry outlining various internalised struggles is only accentuated from the constantly morphing instrumentation. The gothic almost droning opening section is then cut off and exchanged for a buoyancy that seemingly comes naturally from Korman. But this is then cut short and we’re dropped back in the deep end for just more pounding noise. In a good way that is.
The album announcement came soon after an announcement of a European Tour, also set to begin in February ’22. With support from PUPIL SLICER, full details of the tour can be seen below.
Very excited to announce we will be touring across Europe in Feb 2022 with support from @PupilSlicer. Tickets on sale Friday 1st October at 10am. pic.twitter.com/ZgwlTkNAXu
— Rolo Tomassi (@rolotomassiband) September 29, 2021
This album marks the first to be released by the band after splitting from their label Holy Roar in early September 2020, after allegations of sexual abuse concerning the owner of the label Alex Fitzpatrick surfaced. In a statement released on the bands’ Twitter page, they say “We have zero tolerance for abusive behaviour and stand in solidarity with those that have come forward.”. Fitzpatrick later denied all the claims.
Regarding the significance of the album from the band, Spence said in a press release, “This is a really important album for all of us. Of anything we’re done this is the one I’m most proud of. I think it is the most ambitious and creative our band has ever sounded and something we’ve all needed to get through the last few years. We can’t wait to share it and have you help us bring it to life.”
