Progressive metalcore head-turners Invent Animate have dropped their brand new single “Shade Astray.”
The song cycles through many moods, tempos, and extremes in the space of five minutes. It’s a sonic journey that leaves the listener breathless and thrilled. It examines love lost and the difficulty in accepting that you’ve reached the point of no return.
Drummer Trey Celaya shares more about the band’s new single:
“‘Shade Astray’ is a confessional realization that a relationship has run its course. It admits that it fell far from the ideal they had put on a pedestal, leaving both their ego and the relationship shattered when things are broken beyond repair. At this crossroads, the loss you fear the most is exactly what has to happen. Someone stronger than you has to be able to walk away when you are self-sabotaging. And the only wisdom to be gained is the knowledge that you are not the savior. There’s nothing to be salvaged and you must accept failure and let failure be your teacher. It’s a lesson only learned in solitude.”
“Shade Astray” will appear on the band’s forthcoming album, due out next year. It follows The Sun Sleeps, As If It Never Was EP, which arrived last year and marked the band’s UNFD debut.
Invent Animate will return to the road this summer with labelmates ERRA and Thornhill. Alpha Wolf will also appear. All dates are below.
Invent Animate 2022 Tour Dates
7/15 — Birmingham, AL — Zydeco*
7/16 — Atlanta, GA — Masquerade (Heaven)*
7/17 — Tampa, FL — The Orpheum*
7/19 — Houston, TX — Warehouse (Studio)
7/20 — Dallas, TX — Trees
7/22 — Mesa, AZ — Nile Theater
7/23 — Anaheim, CA — Chain Reaction
7/24 — Los Angeles, CA — Teragram Ballroom
7/26 — San Francisco, CA — Great American Music Hall
7/27 — Roseville, CA — Goldfield Trading Post
7/29 — Portland, OR — Hawthorne Theater
7/30 — Vancouver, BC — Rickshaw Theater
7/31 — Seattle, WA — El Corazon
8/2 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Complex
8/3 — Denver, CO — Marquis Theater
8/5 — Chicago, IL — Bottom Lounge
8/7 — Detroit, MI — The Shelter
8/9 — Cleveland, OH — Beachland Ballroom
8/10 — Toronto, ON — Velvet Underground
8/11 — Montreal, QC — Fairmount Theater
8/12 — Allston, MA — Brighton Music Hall
8/13 — New York, NY — Gramercy Theater
8/14 — Philadelphia, PA — The Foundry
8/16 — Pittsburgh, PA — Enclave
8/17 — Baltimore, MD — Soundstage
8/19 — Indianapolis, IN — Emerson Theater
8/20 — Nashville, TN — Basement East
*No Thornhill
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