May 10, 2024, Little Rock, Ark. – Pallbearer, who release their eagerly-awaited new album, Mind Burns Alive on May 17, via Nuclear Blast Records, are offering fans an early preview, with both an online, Bandcamp-hosted listening party, and in-person, Mutants of the Monster Festival listening party in Little Rock, Ark., on May 16.
The Mutants of the Monster Festival listening party kicks off at 6 pm central at the Argenta Theatre (405 Main Street, Little Rock, Arkansas). Admission is free to anyone who has a festival pass or has purchased a ticket for the festival’s Thursday evening performances (https://www.lastchancerecords.com). Pallbearer will be joining fans for the in-person playback.
For those listening from afar, there is a May 16 (1 pm pacific/4 pm eastern), Bandcamp-hosted, online listening session, with the band chatting with fans live as the six-song, 50-plus minute album is played back in its entirety. Listeners can RSVP at https://pallbearer.bandcamp.com/merch/mind-burns-alive-listening-party.
Mind Burns Alive pre-orders, which include limited-edition vinyl, CD and digital, are available now: https://pallbearer.bfan.link/mind-burns-alive.ema. Pallbearer recently announced the “Temporary Spaces North American Tour,” a six-week North American outing that kicks off on June 6. Openers include Rwake (June 6 to 9; 29), REZN (June 11 to 29), Inter Arma (July 11 to August 3), with The Keening opening on all dates. The band has also confirmed three special European performances: The Copenhell Metal Cruise (Copenhagen to Oslo) from Oct. 25 to 27, Hell’s Ball Belgium (Kortrijk) on Nov. 9, and Helldorado in Eindhoven (The Netherlands) on Nov. 16. All ticketing links can be found at Pallbearerdoom.com.
Temporary Spaces North American Tour”:
June 6 Memphis, TN Growlers *
June 7 Murfreesboro, TN Hop Springs *
June 8 Birmingham, AL Zydeco *
June 9 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade *
June 11 Durham, NC The Fruit #
June 12 Asheville, NC Euology at Burial Beer Co. #
June 14 Baltimore, MD Metro Gallery #
June 15 Lancaster, PA Tellus360 #
June 16 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts #
June 18 Hamden, CT Space Ballroom #
June 20 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg #
June 21 Boston, MA The Sinclair #
June 22 Montreal, QC Theatre Fairmount #
June 23 Toronto, ON Velvet Underground #
June 25 Milwaukee, WI Vivarium #
June 26 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall #
June 27 St. Paul, MN Turf Club #
June 28 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck #
June 29 Little Rock, AR The Hall &
July 11 St. Louis, MO Off Broadway ^
July 13 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre ^
July 15 Calgary, AB Dickens ^
July 16 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room ^
July 18 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Theatre ^
July 19 Seattle, WA Substation ^
July 20 Portland, OR Star Theater ^
July 23 Sacramento, CA The Starlet Room ^
July 24 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall ^
July 26 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst ^
July 27 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick ^
July 28 Los Angeles, CA Teragram Ballroom ^
July 29 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom ^
July 30 Albuquerque, NM Sister Bar ^
August 1 Dallas, TX Trees ^
August 2 Austin, TX Parish ^
August 3 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall ^
*-w/Rwake & The Keening
# – w/REZN & The Keening
& – w/Rwake, REZN & The Keening
^ – w/Inter Arma & The Keening
Mind Burns Alive tracklist:
1. Where The Light Fades
2. Mind Burns Alive
3. Signals
4. Endless Place
5. Daybreak
6. With Disease
Pallbearer is Brett Campbell (vocals/electric guitar/synthesizer), Devin Holt (electric and acoustic guitar/vocals), Mark Lierly (drums/percussion) and Joseph D. Rowland (vocals/bass guitar/synthesizer). The Little Rock, Arkansas based band formed in 2008 and have since released four albums: Forgotten Days (2020), Heartless (2017), Foundations of Burden (2014), and Sorrow and Extinction (2012). In their review of Forgotten Days, Pitchfork described the foursome’s music as “soaring majesty on an album that find a new way forward by refining their past,” Stereogum dubbed the collection as “warm and melodic and comforting,” while Revolver said the songs are “sweeping and melancholic” living “between the majesty of “vintage Black Sabbath and the morbid romanticism of Type O Negative.” Decibel, who have featured the band on their cover multiple times, declaring the band’s unique musical vision as “intense, emotional thunder.”
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