With their debut album ‘A Thousand Hands’ set for release next Friday Augst 21st on Felte, LA’s astrologically named SEXTILE today share the record in it’s splendidly dark, occult-infused entirety.

On their debut album, Sextile waste no time setting a sombre tone with openers 'A Thousand Hands' and 'Flesh.' Menacing guitars blend into dark, rumbling synths as driving militaristic drumming leads the focused charge into unforeseen danger. 'A Thousand Hands' presents a primitive form of rock ‘n’ roll, melding surf punk, early industrial, ambient and post-punk.

‘A Thousand Hands’ album stream: https://soundcloud.com/felte/sets/sextile-a-thousand-hands-album-stream

Initially living in Brooklyn, guitarist/vocalist Brady Keehn and drummer/vocalist Melissa Scaduto made a jump to Los Angeles on a whim as the financial climate in New York became too much. Within months of being in LA, the two met bassist/ guitarist Kenny Elkin and keyboardist/synths Eddie Wuebben.

The album title is inspired by a form of spirit channeling that Wuebben was experimenting with one night. Whilst doing open eye meditation he felt thousands of hands reaching down towards him – a vision that was both frightening & exhilarating The experience left such an impression on the band, it became the first track on the album as well the album title.

Whilst Sextile’s journey on ‘A Thousand Hands’ has undoubted moments of bleakness & catharsis, the band express an innate optimism, confronting their demons and forging on in search of better days, making for a captivating & spellbinding listen upon the way.

 A Thousand Hands is out August 21, 2015 worldwide.

Live dates:

08.27 Los Angeles, CA @ Non Plus Ultra w/ Terminal A, Big Debbie

09.22 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex w/ Chameleons Vox

Links: 

Visions of You on Soundcloud

Flesh on Soundcloud

Can’t Take It on Soundcloud

https://www.facebook.com/sextileband

https://twitter.com/sextileband

For more information please contact kate@stereosanctity.co.uk / t. +44 7812 607 230.