Photo Credit – Oswaldo Cepeda
Los Angeles-based rock sensation Bad Omens has released their stunning visual stream for “The Grey”. The song is from the band’s forthcoming album ‘THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND‘ out next Friday, February 25 (via Sumerian Records). Prior to today’s release, Bad Omens have shared music videos for the album title track “THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND“, “ARTIFICIAL SUICIDE” and most recently “Like A Villain” which combined have clocked up 3.8 million views on YouTube, and the single releases (also including “What do you want from me?” and “Like A Villain“) have totaled over 16 million streams and counting across platforms. Watch “The Grey” here or at the link below and pre-order ‘THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND‘ here.
THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND
BAD OMENS
Track Listing:
1. CONCRETE JUNGLE
2. Nowhere To Go
3. Take Me First
4. THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND
5. What It Cost
6. Like A Villain
7. bad decisions
8. Just Pretend
9. The Grey
10. Who are you?
11. Somebody else.
12. IDWT$
13. What do you want from me?
14. ARTIFICIAL SUICIDE
15. Miracle
Fans also have their chance to see Bad Omens hit the stage on the Voyeurist North American Tour with Underoath, Spiritbox, and Stray From The Path. For ticket information, please click here.
Voyeurist Tour Dates
February 18 – Dallas, TX @ Southside Ballroom
February 19 – Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center
February 20 – San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theatre
February 23 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
February 24 – Los Angeles, CA @ The WilternFebruary 25 – Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues(Sold Out)
February 26 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
February 28 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
March 1 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
March 2 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
March 4 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The ComplexMarch 5 – Denver, CO @ The Ogden Theatre (Sold Out)
March 7 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore
March 8 – Chicago, IL @ Radius
March 9 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
March 11 – Toronto, ON @ History
March 12 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora
March 13 – Wallingford, CT @ The Dome
March 14 – Boston, MA @ House Of Blues
March 15 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
March 17 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
March 18 – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
March 19 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
March 20 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
March 22 – Cincinnati, OH @ Icon
March 23 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
March 25 – Atlanta, GA @ TabernacleMarch 26 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live (Sold Out)
March 27 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live
Bad Omens slither through boundaries, only to ultimately choke convention in the process. The quartet—Noah Sebastian (vocals), Joakim “Jolly” Karlsson (guitar), Nick Ruffilo (bass), and Nick Folio (drums)—materialize with ghostly atmospherics, striking hooks, and the tingles of sensual high-register harmonies uplifted by cinematic production. Racking up over 250M worldwide streams to date and earning acclaim, the band presents an uncompromising and undeniable vision on their third full-length album, ‘THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND’ (Sumerian Records).
“Making the record changed us as songwriters and musicians. In many ways, I feel like it set me free as an artist because every decision made in the writing process was for myself, with no fear for anyone else’s expectations of what our third album should sound like. Be it our fans or our record label.”
They’ve always wielded this level of magic though…
The group’s 2016 self-titled debut, ‘Bad Omens’, yielded fan favorites such as “Glass Houses” and “The Worst In Me” which eclipsed 23 million Spotify streams. On its heels, 2019’s ‘Finding God Before God Finds Me’ spawned “Dethrone” (11.5 million Spotify streams) and “Careful What You Wish For” (10 million Spotify streams). Along the way, they toured with numerous marquee acts and received tastemaker praise.
After their first headline tour was canceled mid-way at the top of the global pandemic, the band found themselves at home in Los Angeles with plenty of time. Where they absorbed and imparted a different palette of unexpected inspirations. Channeling what the frontman describes at times as a “cursive sound” they embraced newfound confidence and boundlessly loose creativity. Anything went in the studio, and all “rules” were broken. Noah and Jolly wrote, produced, and engineered the music themselves while GRAMMY® Award-nominated producer and songwriter Zakk Cervini (Halsey, Grimes, Poppy, blink-182) lent his talents with the mix and master. Challenging himself, Noah decided to “make a track sampling items around the house, none of which were musical instruments”.
This ultimately became the framework for the first single “THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND”. Claps puncture the icy soundscape as his voice stretches from a breathy moan into an evocative and entrancing hook, breaking from a whisper into the seductive chant, “It wasn’t hard to realize. Love’s the death of peace of mind.” It culminates on a climactic scream uplifted by a distorted crunch.
“The whole record really details the loss of peace of mind,” he explains. “The lyrics in the title track are a little more specific in terms of the conflict at the heart of something more intimate and personal.”
By speaking it aloud, Bad Omens offer a level of comfort and empathy, with a sinister shroud. At the same time, they also give rock music a sexy new shape on ‘THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND’.
“Sonically, we want to do something you can’t arrive late or early too,” he leaves off. “You can’t cheat your way to the final act. You have to get on the ride and process it until the end. The songs are meant to be heard from start to finish. We want you to take the whole trip with us.”
