Iceage Release New Single “Balm of Gilead” for Split 7″ with Black Lips
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Danish rock quartet Iceage are back with their first new music since their fourth studio album, Beyondless, which dropped earlier this year.
As they gear up for a North American tour with The Black Lips, Iceage have released a brand new track, “Balm of Gilead.” The track bears stylistic similarities to their latest LP as its garish, theatrical punk rock yearns for the titular Biblical cure-all and medicinal perfume, the Balm of Gilead. With a backdrop of militaristic drums, tambourine and guttural, stouthearted guitars, frontman Elias Bender Rønnenfelt teems with overwhelming pain and desire—forever eliciting enigma, chaos and debauchery. Beyondless cemented Iceage’s magnetic, elusive status and “Balm of Gilead” sees them continue to plod on along that ambiguous, yet rousing path.
“Balm of Gilead” will be part of a split 7” with The Black Lips. The physical single will be available exclusively at the shows on Iceage’s upcoming tour, which kicks off tonight (Nov. 5) in Vancouver.
Listen to “Balm of Gilead” and check out Iceage’s upcoming tour dates below.