AN NCS PREMIERE: NORTH — “PRIMAL BLOOM”

 

The band North from Tucson, Arizona, have had their share of ups and downs since forming in 2005, with line-up changes that periodically disrupted their path forward. But the core members — Evan Leek (bass), Zack Hansen (drums), and Matt Mutterperl (guitar) — have remained together since the beginning, and starting with their 2014 EP Metanoia they have settled into a comfort zone as a trio, with bassist Evan Leek also taking on the vocals. Last year they released their first music on Prosthetic Records, a two-song EP named Through Raven’s Eyes, and on March 18 Prosthetic will release North’s fourth full-length, Light the Way. A couple of songs from the album have already debuted, and now we bring you a third, a powerful track named “Primal Bloom“.

Combining thick, writhing riffs and pile-driving drumwork, North give the song a sludgy, bulldozing, low-end weight, while adding spark and light to the music with a variety of lead guitar motifs that alternately swirl, shimmer, and swarm. It’s a heavy, high-intensity track, made all the more urgent and wrenching by Leek’s raw yells.

 

 

The song does seem well-named — it hits with the dark, primal power of sludge, yet within this musical demolition job lurks a post-metal bloom of life. It makes for a winning combination.

Light the Way will be released by Prosthetic on March 18. Pre-orders in a variety of formats are available via these links:

CD/LP
iTunes
Amazon
Bandcamp

Official videos for two other songs from the album (the title track and “Earthmind”) premiered earlier, and you’ll find those below our stream of “Primal Bloom”. And to get North tour dates, keep scrolling past the music players.

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TOUR DATES

3/12 Tucson, AZ – Club Congress (Record Release Show)
3/15 Los Angeles, CA – Roxy #
3/16 San Diego, CA -Brick By Brick #
3/17 Mesa, AZ – Nile Underground #
3/18 Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad #
3/19 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theatre #
3/20 Merriam, KS – Aftershock #
3/21 Fort Worth, TX – Tomcats #
3/22 Austin, TX – Dirty Dog #
3/23 Houston, TX – Walters #
3/24 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade #
3/25 Tampa, FL – Orpheum #
3/26 Jacksonville, FL – 1904 Music Hall #
3/27 Charlotte, NC – Rabbit Hole #
3/28 Washington, DC – Rock and Roll Hotel #
3/29 New York, NY – Marlin Room @ Webster Hall #
3/30 Cambridge, MA – Middle East #
3/31 Montreal, QC – Bar Le Ritz #
4/1 Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace #
4/2 Detroit, MI – Loving Touch #
4/3 Chicago, IL – Reggies Rock Club #
4/4 Minneapolis, MN – Skyway Theatre #
4/5 Winnipeg, MB – Goodwill #
4/6 Regina, SK – Exchange #
4/7 Edmonton, AB – Starlite Room #
4/8 Calgary, AB – Dickens #
4/9 Vancouver, BC – Modified Ghost Festival
4/10 Bellingham, WA – The Shakedown (w/ He Whose Ox is Gored)
4/11 Seattle, WA – Crocodile &
4/12 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre &
4/13 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill &
4/14 Riverside, CA – Mission Tobacco Lounge
6/21 Brussels, BE – Magasin 4 ^
6/22 Essen, DE – Panic Room ^
6/23 Berlin, DE – Tiefgrund ^
6/24 Gdansk, PL – B90 ^
6/25 Warsaw, PL – Hydrozagadka ^
6/26 Wroclaw, PL – Firlej ^
6/27 Vienna, AT – Arena ^
6/28 Budapest, HU – Durer Kert ^
6/29 Cluj Napoca, RO – The Shelter Club ^
6/30 Bucharest, RO – Control Club ^
7/1 Istanbul, TR – Peyote Club ^
7/2 Sofia, BG – Mixtape 5 ^
7/3 Skopje, MK – Havana ^
7/4 Beograd, CS – KC Grad ^
7/5 Zagreb, HR – Mocvara ^
7/6 Bratislavia, SK – Fuga ^
7/7 Innsbruck, AT – Pmk ^
7/8 Feldkirch, AT – Graf Hugo ^
7/9 Lucerne, CH – Sedel ^
7/11 Marseille, FR – Le Molotov ^
7/12 Toulouse, FR -Le Saint Des Seins ^
7/13 Bordeaux, FR – Heretic ^
7/14 Nantes, FR – Le Ferrailleur ^
7/15 Paris, FR – Point Ephemere ^
7/16 London, UK – The Underworld ^
7/17 Rouen, FR – Hipster Cafe ^
7/18 Bocholt, BE – JC De Kouter ^
7/19 Utrecht, NL – dB’s ^
7/20 Koblenz, DE – The Jam Club ^
7/21 Leipzig, DE – Werk 2 ^
7/22 Rokycany, CZ – Fluff Fest ^
7/23 Karlsruhe, DE – Das Fest ^
7/24 Egna, IT – Neumarkt @ Point Club
7/25 Tolmin, SL – Metaldays Fest (do not announce)
# with Intronaut & Scale the Summit
& with Intronaut & Scale the Summit & He Whose Ox Is Gored
^ with Rosetta