NEW IPECAC SIGNINGS COR DE LUX SHARE FINAL PREVIEW OF THEIR NEW ALBUM YEAR OF THE HORSE,
OUT 18TH SEPTEMBER
LISTEN TO “BLIND SMILE”
Cor de Lux are getting closer to releasing their Ipecac Recordings’ debut album, YEAR OF THE HORSE, on 18th Sept, which captures their competing impulses: abrasion and melody.
Across nine songs, the Kill Devil Hills quartet balances post-hardcore urgency, shoegaze bliss, and guitar-driven catharsis. Recorded and produced by J. Robbins (War on Women, Mary Timony), YEAR OF THE HORSE preserves the raw chemistry that defines the band while pushing their songwriting into sharper, more immediate territory.
Today the band share a final preview of the album with the release of “Blind Smile”, a track about the beauty in the complete freedom to be who you are.
“The blind man smile, the deaf laugh for all to hear, to be so brave, you can’t hear anyone”
LISTEN TO “BLIND SMILE” BELOW:
About the track, Dawn Moraga says, “My cousin is deaf and his true laugh that isn’t altered from what he thinks he should laugh like is one of the most joyous sounds. I think this song is about for me personally trying to find that freedom to not care about what people think of me and to dig deep to find the real. It came together with John and I talking about the beauty from a true smile.. the blind smile.”
John Bliven adds, The title for “Blind Smile” came about because I wanted to illustrate an event that inspired and humbled me when I was a videographer during a Visually Impaired Persons (VIP) Fishing Tournament, an event that brings hundreds of VIPs to the Outer Banks every year. I got to witness the most joy filled smiles I’ve ever encountered as they felt the scales of the fish and commented about the texture and sliminess as they saw with other senses.
Cor de Lux emerged from North Carolina’s Outer Banks, far removed from the scenes and infrastructure that typically nurture experimental rock bands. Rather than relocate, vocalist/guitarists Dawn Moraga and Tim Lusk, bassist John Bliven, and drummer Jacob Richardson built their own local scene. Through a pair of self-released records (Cor de Lux in 2020, and Media in 2023), relentless rehearsals, and a growing reputation for blistering live shows, the band developed their own sound, folding shoegaze, post-hardcore and art rock into something distinctly their own.
September 10 Raleigh, NC Hopscotch Festival @ Kings
September 20 Durham, NC Stanczyks +
October 7 Philadelphia, PA Ortlieb’s
October 8 Brooklyn, NY The Broadway
October 10 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace *
October 11 Detroit, MI El Club *
October 13 Chicago, IL Outset *
October 14 St. Paul, MN Turf Club *
October 15 Davenport, IA Raccoon Motel
October 17 Louisville, KY Whirling Tiger
October 18 Asheville, NC Static Age
* supporting Slift
+ supporting W.I.T.C.H.
YEAR OF THE HORSE album cover
YEAR OF THE HORSE TRACK LISTING:
1 – Blind Smile [listen]
2 – The Cringe [listen | watch]
3 – Ping Pong
4 – Cannibals
5 – The Western
6 – Bread Bag
8 – Long Face People
9 – Strawberries
YEAR OF THE HORSE is available for pre-order now on multiple limited vinyl variants (including a hyper-limited Bandcamp exclusive swirl vinyl and Ipecac/Cor de Lux orange effect vinyl), standard black vinyl, cassette, CD, and digitally.
REVISIT THE STOP MOTION VIDEO FOR PREVIOUS SINGLE “THE DELI”
