GREAT FALLS SHARE NEW SINGLE “DEBT ETHICS”
THE BITE THAT GROWS UP
OUT VIA NEUROT RECORDINGS 16TH OCTOBER
Great Falls – formed by members of Kiss It Goodbye, Undertow, Playing Enemy, Bastard Feast, Gaytheist, and more – share a second track “Debt Ethics” from their blistering album The Bite That Grows Up (16th October, Neurot Recordings).
About the track, Demian says, “The lyrics are based on an event that inspired the whole album. My child had continued to skip school and lie to us and, when confronted, decided to run away from home. The terror of this event really laid out how little control a father can have over a young adult child.”
The forty-minute The Bite That Grows Up once again showcases why Great Falls is revered as one of the heaviest bands in the American Pacific Northwest. The band’s sludge-meets-hardcore brutality is tinged with hues of emotional post-metal, scathing noise dirges, blasting percussive attacks, and an all-encompassing low-end tone that obliterates everything within earshot on The Bite That Grows Up.
This entire album is a chaotic listen with disorienting rhythms and dissonant riffs that are difficult to pin down, turning on a dime as soon as you try to nod your head to it. The Bite That Grows Up is full of pummeling misery, heartbreak, and also arresting moments of relief. The Bite That Grows Up sticks with you long after you catch it.
Joining the trio of guitarist/vocalist Demian Johnston, bassist Shane Mehling, and drummer/vocalist Nickolis Parks, The Bite That Grows Up has additional instrumentation by frequent collaborator John Schork (Half Majesty), and the previous single “Nicotine In The Spine” features additional vocals by Peter Clement Lund, the late guitarist/vocalist of Danish band and Great Falls tourmates Kollapse, who tragically passed away a few weeks after tracking these vocals.
The album was engineered by Scott Evans (Neurosis, Sumac, Shearling) at Studio Litho – owned by Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam – mixed by Evans at Antisleep, mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (Nails, Obituary, Deadguy), and completed with photography by Mitchell Wojcik and illustration and design by Demian Johnston.
The Bite That Grows Up will be released on LP – Neon Orange, Mustard, and Black/Gold Burst Splatter variants – as well as CD and Digital formats on October 16th. Preorders for all formats and merch are live at through Neurot Recordings where “Nicotine In The Spine” is streaming HERE.
The Bite That Grows Up album cover
Track Listing:
1. A Small Weakness
2. Pinned Against Time
3. Worse Than Sleep
4. Hailstone Numbers
5. Nicotine in the Spine [listen]
6. Debt Ethics [listen]
7. Buildings Full of Rope
8. What No One Can Give
Great Falls is also about to launch their Eastern North American tour with labelmates Kowloon Walled City, just ahead of the release of The Bite That Grows Up. The trek brings them through Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Youngstown, Brooklyn, Cambridge, and Philadelphia October 5th through 12th, including a set at Emissions From The Monolith alongside Voivod, Cavity, Torche, Rwake, Weedeater, Bongzilla, Today Is The Day, and many others. The new album will be on sale early on these shows.
Great Falls East Coast Autumn 2026
w/ Kowloon Walled City:
10/05/2026 X-Ray Arcade – Milwaukee, WI
10/06/2026 Beat Kitchen – Chicago, IL
10/07/2026 Sanctuary – Detroit, MI
10/08/2026 Monarch Tavern – Toronto, ON
10/09/2026 Emissions From The Monolith – Youngstown, OH
10/10/2026 Saint Vitus – Brooklyn, NY
10/11/2026 Sonia – Cambridge, MA
10/12/2026 Milk Boy – Philadelphia, PA
w/ Neurosis:
11/27/2026 Revolution Hall – Portland, OR [tickets]
11/29/2026 Showbox SODO – Seattle, WA [tickets]