Kylesa Release New Album, 'Exhausting Fire' & Tour Dates Today

Progressive, psychedelically stratified, metallic-laced heavy rock veterans Kylesa have returned with what is being hailed as the best album in their nearly fifteen-year career. The seventh studio album Exhausting Fire is out today and has been described by the band as their most honest and raw work yet. It is being released via Season of Mist and available for purchase via iTunes. Kylesa will be hitting the road in a matter of days for an extended US tour in support of the album so be sure to check out the tour dates below.

On Exhausting Fire, southern rockers Kylesa, made up of Phillip Cope, Laura Pleasants, and Carl McGinley, further explore and incorporate psychedelic rock, new wave, space-age twangy Americana, 80s goth and death rock into their pitch-thick DIY punk/metal roots. As much as change is a constant in their world, there exists connective tissue to the past despite Exhausting Fire being the most diverse, dynamic, and fully-realized work of their discography.

In writing Exhausting Fire, the trio found themselves culling inspirations before getting together in various permutations at various times to wade through the amassed collections of riffs and ideas stockpiled before, during and after the punishing Ultraviolet tour schedule.

"Every Kylesa record has its own vibe and identity and inspiration can come from everything," offers Laura. "An album is a snapshot of what was going on in our lives: my musical life, my family life, my love life, everything. The lyrics and music are very personal and all sorts of moods and emotions went into this album. I think with Ultraviolet we got too far into doing what we wanted and forgot that Kylesa is, at heart, a heavy band. That's one thing I had to keep in mind because I am interested in different kinds of music and writing differently. With this one, I wanted to write heavy riffs, the kind I hadn't written in a while, and see where that took us."

Captured at the familiar confines of the Jam Room in Columbia, SC, Exhausting Fire sees the trio immersing deeper into themselves and their own process by refusing to hire an outside producer to assume Cope's position. In fact, he reports having additional engineering duties dropped into his production seat, and spending more hours than ever working behind the board.

"No band sounds like us and we don't sound like any other band," concludes Pleasants. "After all these years of experimenting with different styles and sounds, we've really developed our own thing and I can faithfully say that we sound like us. With this album, we've successfully made a record that incorporates all the elements we've always played with into a record that works on its own."

Tour Dates
10/6 in St. Petersburg, FL at State Theatre
10/7 in Miami, FL at Grand Central
10/8 in Orlando, FL at The Social
10/9 in Savannah, GA at Jinx
10/10 in Asheville, NC at New Mountain
10/11 in Nashville, TN at The Basement East
10/13 in Columbus, OH at The Basement
10/14 in Grand Rapids, MI at Pyramid Scheme
10/15 in Chicago, IL at The Empty Bottle
10/16 in Cleveland, OH at Grog Shop
10/17 in Pittsburgh, PA at Altar Bar
10/19 in Boston, MA at Brighton Music Hall
10/20 in Philadelphia, PA at Black Box at Underground Arts
10/21 in Brooklyn, NY at Saint Vitus
10/22 in Jersey City, NJ at Monty Hall
10/23 in Richmond, VA at The Broadberry
10/24 in Washington, DC at Rock & Roll Hotel
10/25 in Atlanta, GA at The Drunken Unicorn
11/2 in Oklahoma City, OK at 89th Street Collective
11/3 in Lubbock, TX at Jake's
11/4 in El Paso, TX at Sandbox
11/5 in Tucson, AZ at Club Congress
11/6 in Pomona, CA at The Glass House
11/7 in Los Angeles, CA at The Fonda Theatre
11/8 in San Francisco, CA at The Fillmore
11/10 in San Diego, CA at The Irenic
11/11 in Phoenix, AZ at Club Red
11/13 in San Antonio at Paper Tiger
11/14 in Houston, TX at Warehouse Live
11/15 in Dallas, TX at The Prophet Bar
11/17 in Colorado Springs, CO at The Black Sheep
11/18 in Denver, CO at Summit Music Hall
11/19 in Salt Lake City, UT at The Complex
11/20 in Boise, ID at Neurolux
11/21 in Portland, OR at Hawthorne Theatre
11/22 in Seattle, WA at The Crocodile

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