Year of the Knife released an EP earlier this year and now announces a full-length album called No Love Lost, out Oct. 27 on Pure Noise Records. Their latest record has nine new songs, clocking in at 20 minutes with short, heavy bursts. It was recorded by Kurt Ballou.
Two of those short & fast tracks are available now, shared below. One with Dylan Walker (Full of Hell) making a guest appearance, and Devin Swank (Sanguisugabogg) in the next.
All four band members suffered serious injuries in a car accident while on tour this June.
Bassist Brandon Watkins gives some context about their year:
After three months we’re finally gearing up to go home. We were in a terrible accident in Salt Lake City that left me concussed, Aaron with a broken femur and severed carotid artery, Andy with broken ankles, and Madi breaking almost everything and a traumatic brain injury. It’s been a long, long road but everyday brings new hope. Madi's currently awake and alert, talking her head off, and doing constant speech, physical and occupational therapy. Like I said, it’s challenging but everyday is better. We’re looking forward to finally going home
This record represents so many things for us. It’s Madi's big debut, her second set of recordings and first ever LP singing for YOTK. In my opinion she crushes. It was super hard to come to the decision to release the record while she's still recovering. The record was originally supposed to start rolling out in July but with everything that happened we thought it best to wait. Now that Madi's more aware of what’s going on I think she’ll be really excited. And we’re really excited to share this record with all of you. Our influences are all over the place for this record. This was the second time each of us wrote music for the record--like Dust to Dust where we each wrote a song, we all contributed. Madi even wrote a breakdown. It was an awesome experience learning how we each express ourselves musically. This is what I’ve got.
https://youtu.be/pEkfdcbMko0?si=1dVyPUCUP9m2cvu7
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No Love Lost track list:
1. Sometimes
2. Wish
3. Mourning The Living
4. Alice
5. Last Laugh
6. Your Control
7. Heaven Denied
8. Return The Agony
9. No Love Lost
