NEW ALBUM HOW THE BEAUTIFUL DECAY ARRIVES APRIL 19 VIA SOLID STATE RECORDS
San Francisco’s Lightworker — Joe Calderon [vocals], Grayson Hurd [guitar], and Ryan Johnson [drums]—will drop their new album How the Beautiful Decay on April 19 via Solid State Records. Pre-order it here.
Today, the band has shared the visualizer for “Evergreen.” It’s packed with montage footage of the band performing live at different locations — and will leave you incredibly eager to see the band in the flesh.
“On our debut album, we had two songs that could be classified as our version of ‘ballads’ or ‘love songs,'” the band says. “‘Evergreen’ is that song for this album, and it continues the story from ’10/18′ off our first album. Lyrically, it’s equally melancholy and sweet — the perfect blend for our heaviest ‘ballad’ to date.”
Lightworker first emerged with the Resilience EP in 2017. Their signature sound cemented on 2020’s full-length debut, Fury by Failure. It tallied over a million streams powered up by “Empyre,” “The Willing Martyr,” and “Words Dissolve” [feat. Ryan Kirby of Fit For A King]. Meanwhile, a 2021 cover of the Hoobastank hit “Crawling in the Dark” maintained their momentum. During 2022, they recorded How The Beautiful Decay with Beau Burchell of Saosin in the producer’s chair. The musicians made a conscious decision to let their heavier impulses lead the way in the studio. As a result, How the Beautiful Decay is a master class in beautiful brutality.
HOW THE BEAUTIFUL DECAY TRACK LISTING:
“Hellscape”
“First Light”
“A Bastard’s Shame”
“Burn Scar”
“Evergreen”
“Mea Culpa”
“Unmaker”
“Blurred Vision”
“Rusted Crown”
“How the Beautiful Decay”
Lightworker will return to the road in May with Dreamwake and Red Keep. All dates are below.
LIGHTWORKER ON TOUR:
WITH DREAMWAKE + RED KEEP:
5/3 — San Diego, CA — The Bancroft
5/4 — Tempe, AZ — Yucca Tap Room
5/5 — El Paso, TX — The Rockhouse
5/7 — Austin, TX — Coral Snake
5/8 — Houston, TX — The End
5/9 — Corpus Christi, TX — Boozerz
5/10 — Lubbock, TX — Jake’s Backroom
5/11 — Dallas, TX — Haltom Theater Side Stage
6/30 — Thompson, CT — Capulet Fest*
*Festival Date
