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Metalgaze Trio SPOTLIGHTS to Release WE ARE ALL ATOMIC on March 27

Metalgaze Trio SPOTLIGHTS to Release WE ARE ALL ATOMIC on March 27

Atmospheric doom-meets-shoegaze outfit will drop boundary-pushing new EP ahead of summer tour supporting FAITH NO MORE and KORN

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“A mix of electronic dream-pop and heavier-than-hell sludge metal, putting them alongside Jesu or Hum as extremists of both beauty and brutality.”
— LA RECORD

Following their acclaimed 2019 album Love and Decay and the announcement of their slot on this summer’s massive Faith No More / Korn package, Brooklyn trio SPOTLIGHTSreturn with the ambitious new We Are All Atomic EP to further validate the majesty of their singular shoegaze/doom/post-metal blend..

Initially released as the capstone to Year One of the Blues Funeral Recordings POSTWAX subscription series, We Are All Atomic sees SPOTLIGHTS diving deeper into sweeping, droning, atmospheric soundscapes and pulsating, thrumming dirges.

Founded by bassist and vocalist Sarah Quintero and guitarist, synthesist, drummer and vocalist Mario Quintero, with Chris Enriquez joining later on drums, SPOTLIGHTS‘ 2016 debut long-player, Tidals, earned the band a wide sweep of accolades and saw them hand-picked to join the Deftones and Refused on tour that year.

Signing to Ipecac Recordings for 2017’s Seismic, more touring was undertaken, including a lengthy stint with The Melvins, laying groundwork for the massive Love & Decay album in 2019.

Of We Are All Atomic, Mario says:

“I wanted this to feel immediate and raw, in a very loose way, encapsulating the beginning to the end of a life or cycle. Not a human or animal life, but a cycle of anything. Everything from a wave in the ocean, to a life, to the universe itself is a cycle, moving through a tumultuous beginning, a settled middle and a catastrophic ending.”