Iceage Announce New Album For Love of Grace & the Hereafter

Iceage have introduced their sixth studio album, For Love of Grace & the Hereafter, will likely be launched Might twenty ninth through Mexican Summer season. The Danish indie punk band has additionally launched a brand new single, “Ember,” and an accompanying video in anticipation of the upcoming LP. Stream it beneath.

For Love of Grace & the Hereafter marks the band’s first album of latest materials in 5 years and guarantees to be tight and shiny, however nonetheless reducing to the purpose of bleeding. Howling vocals combine with dissonant riffs that transition into harmonic bliss and catchy melodies, which break down once more all through the document.

The opening monitor, “Ember,” embodies the loving and menacing method. Vocalist Elias Rønnenfelt sings, “I like you in an ominous manner,” manifesting in phrases the paradoxical songwriting. Rønnenfelt’s lyrics are sung over shimmering acoustic guitar, no percussion, and harmonious voices earlier than collapsing into an atonal scream and disjointed chords. The next part reaches the zenith of the music, a punk rock refrain with matching riffs punctuated by guttural harmonies that proclaim, “I caught you want an ember falling down.” It feels just like the music disappears once you catch it, however you possibly can really feel the burn and realize it was there.

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Iceage recorded For Love of Grace & the Hereafter at Silence Studio in 2025, a modest home in rural Sweden close to the Norwegian border. This marks a return to the studio the place they recorded 2014’s Plowing Into the Subject of Love. The band cherished consistency, with the newest album being produced and combined by longtime collaborator Nis Bysted.

After 18 years as a band and 1000’s of hours on stage, they aren’t resting on their laurels however, as a substitute, trusting their instincts on the brand new document. “The songs wanted to be quick, pressing, uncooked, and quick,” Rønnenfelt mentioned in a press release. “We needed to attempt to shed any pointless weight. Catching retailers of vitality is what excites us probably the most.”

Watch the music video for “Ember,” directed by the band and Ira Rønnenfelt, beneath.

Iceage initially made their return in March with the earlier single, “Star.”

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For Love of Grace & the Hereafter Tracklist:
01. Ember
02. Match Head Woman
03. The Weak
04. No Worry
05. Salve for Each Sore
06. mother-of-pearl
07. Tender Blades
08. 1835
09. Star
10. Lifetime
11. Holy Water
12. True Blue