Ahead of the release of TesseracT’s highly anticipated new studio album Sonder the band have revealed their first official video, for their new single King.
The emotive and viscerally challenging clip, was directed by Kyle Kadow & Steven Cleavland and shot in a snowy Wisconsin following a brutal storm, which all added to the atmospheric footage as bassist Amos Williams explains “We have been very lucky to work with two cinematographers of such vision and quality as Kyle and Steven. We gave them free reign with the creation of the first story board. They chose to explore the theme of claustrophobia and how fear can control our lives. Using a luminary figure as a beacon of hope and escape for the characters.”
Lyricist and vocalist Daniel Tompkins expands on the song’s concept by saying ‘Far too often we find ourselves lead into conflict and inner turmoil. Life is surely a battle, history has a bad habit of repeating itself and when living with the constraints of an onerous life it’s easy to overlook the greatest gift we’ve ever received: life itself’.
Sonder due to be released through Kscope on 20th April, adds significant firepower to the band’s arsenal, blending the harsh abrasiveness of One (2011) and progressive ethereal elements of Altered State (2013) with the accessibility of Polaris (2015). Sonder is streamlined, honest and direct with all the trademark TesseracT dreamy atmospherics and bending grooves. Sonder was recorded in the UK at 4D Sounds, Celestial Sounds and Project Studios, engineered by the band and Aiden O’Brien with mastering by Acle Kahney, and cover artwork designed by Amos Williams.
TesseracT are gearing up to begin their worldwide Sonder Tour in North America in April, with summer festivals across Europe before hitting stages in Europe towards the end of the year.
Sonder 2018 Tour Dates
North America w/ Plini & Astronoid
Apr-19 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
Apr-20 Philadelphia, PA – TLA
Apr-21 Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Sound Stage
Apr-22 Greensboro, NC – Arizona Pete’s
Apr-24 Tampa, FL – Orpheum
Apr-25 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
Apr-27 Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey Bar & Grill
Apr-28 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
Apr-29 San Antonio, TX – Alamo City Music Hall
May-01 Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater
May-02 Phoenix, AZ – Club Red
May-03 Los Angeles, CA – Regent
May-04 San Diego, CA – House of Blues
May-05 Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre
May-07 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
May-08 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
May-09 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theater
May-11 Edmonton, AB – Starlite
May-12 Calgary, AB – Marquee
May-14 Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
May-15 Denver, CO – Summit
May-16 Lawrence, KS – Granada
May-18 Minneapolis, MN – Skyway
May-19 Chicago, IL – Metro
May-20 Detroit, MI – Majestic
May-22 Toronto, ON – Opera House
May-23 Montreal, QC – Club Soda
May-24 New York, NY – Irving Plaza
EUROPEAN DATES W/ Between The Buried & Me + Plini
Nov-09 DE – Cologne, Live Music Hall
Nov-10 NL – Nijmegen, Doornroosje
Nov-11 BE – Vosselaar, Biebob
Nov-12 FR – Paris, Le Trabendo
Nov-13 DE – Aschaffenburg, Colos-Saal
Nov-14 DE – Hamburg, Gruenspan
Nov-15 DK – Copenhagen, Pumpehuset
Nov-16 NO – Oslo, Parkteatret
Nov-17 SE – Stockholm, Kägelbanan
Nov-19 DE – Berlin, Lido
Nov-20 DE – Stuttgart, Im Wizemann
Nov-21 AT – Vienna, Flex
Nov-22 DE – Munich, Backstage
Nov-23 CH – Aarau, Kiff
Nov-24 IT – Parma, Campus Industry
Nov-25 LU – Esch, Rockhal