Spotlights, the buzzy trio featuring married couple Mario and Sarah Quintero with drummer Chris Enriquez, have released a second song, and video, from the recently announced forthcoming album, Alchemy For The Dead (April 28, Ipecac Recordings); “Sunset Burial“.
“”Sunset Burial” is a self-reflective story about what goes through our minds while waiting to die,” explains Mario Quintero of the John Pope-directed video, which debuted yesterday via Revolver. “What it’s like to deal with feeling something as inevitable as death, and the last minute hope and fear that goes with it. All the while, feeling the calm and relief of passing on.”
The track is the second preview of the nine-song collection, with the band previously unveiling a visualizer for “Algorithmic”.
The band have simultaneously released the Seance EP, a five-song digital release featuring “Algorithmic” and “Sunset Burial” with three non-album bonus tracks: “Unalive,” “Should Time Stand Still” and “Your Morning Kill.”
ALCHEMY FOR THE DEAD TRACK LISTING:
1 – BEYOND THE BROKEN SKY
2 – THE ALCHEMIST
3 – SUNSET BURIAL
4 – ALGORITHMIC
5 – FALSE GODS
6 – REPEAT THE SILENCE
7 – BALLAD IN THE MIRROR
8 – CRAWLING TOWARD THE LIGHT
9 – ALCHEMY FOR THE DEAD
Spotlights is Mario Quintero (guitar, vocals, keys), Sarah Quintero (bass, vocals) and Chris Enriquez (drums). The band has released three albums to date: Tidals (2016), Seismic (2018) and Love & Decay (2019).
Consequence praised their “unique amalgam of sounds that is both heavy and heavenly,” Brooklyn Vegan said Spotlights “balances the pretty with metallic sludge,” and Invisible Oranges said they thrive “on the ambient and krautrock inspired edges of post-metal.” In the wake of their 2020 EP We Are All Atomic, Kerrang! observed, “That a band as heavy and romantic as Spotlights have become a fixture in the rock scene Is impressive; that they’ve done it in such a short period of time is tremendous.”