MIZMOR – Announce New Album “Prosaic” + US Tour
The transcendent new MIZMOR album “Prosaic” will see its imminent release on July 21 on 2xLP/CD/Digital/Tape. Pre-orders + tickets for the upcoming US tour are now live HERE. The stunning video for the track “No Place To Arrive” directed by Zev Deans can now be viewed below as well as said track available to stream everywhere.
MIZMOR, is a one-man heavy music exploration that began in 2012 as a way of dealing with the mental and spiritual anguish mastermind A.L.N. feels as a person. More specifically, the content behind the project is that of the existential – primal and innate musings about cause, purpose, self, and god. It is the search for light and truth, or the fact that there is none. It comes from an embittered, burned, confused, and broken heart. It is the fight for survival when reason and foundation has turned to nothingness. It is the crashing down of towers of falsehood and the freedom that comes through a certain kind of grief. Ultimately, MIZMOR is the manifestation of my long-felt depression, and neither have an end in sight.
MIZMOR mastermind A.L.N.’s own words surrounding the new LP: “The idea behind “Prosaic” was to make an intentionally less conceptual, more slice-of-life record. I wanted to make an album that was less precious and obsessed-over, more honest and real; less grandiose and more human. I found it an interesting challenge to find the line between ‘you can do better’ and ‘you’re beating a dead horse.’ I tried to make my process more efficient and even fun at times. I simply wanted to share, but if that meant exacting all-out perfectionism, I wasn’t going to make a record. Right now I’m interested in making less self-indulgent music. The themes are the absurdity/futility/purpose/meaning of work, mindfulness/consciousness/living in the present moment/shedding illusions, depression/acceptance/contentment. This is the first MIZMOR album without any content relating to god/atheism. You also won’t hear any shrieks.”
Track listing:
- Only An Expanse
- No Place To Arrive
- Anything But
- Acceptance
Written, performed, produced, and recorded by A.L.N. at Albilith Studio in 2022
Mixed by Sonny DiPerri at Octopus Beak
Mastered by Adam Goncalves at Telegraph Mastering
Artwork: Bryan Proteau
“No Place To Arrive” Video Credits:
Directed and edited by Zev Deans
Starring A.L.N.
Shot by Brendan McGowan
A.I. and 3D by Adam Espino and Wolf Tijuana
Conceptual and creative direction by A.L.N. and Emma Ruth Rundle
Also MIZMOR have announced a US tour following the release of “Prosaic”. Tickets now on sale. Dates go as follows:
07/27 – Seattle, WA – Substation *
07/28 – Portland, OR – Star Theater *
07/29 – Oakland, CA – Eli’s Mile High Club *
07/30 – Los Angeles, CA – Knitting Factory *
07/31 – San Diego, CA – Brick by Brick *
08/01 – Phoenix, AZ – Nile Underground
08/02 – Albuquerque, NM – Sister Bar
08/04 – Austin, TX – Valhalla
08/05 – Houston, TX – Black Magic
08/06 – New Orleans, LA – Siberia w/ THOU
08/08 – Orlando, FL – Conduit †
08/09 – Atlanta, GA – Boggs Social †
08/10 – Nashville, TN – Drkmttr †
08/11 – West Columbia, SC – New Brookland Tavern †
08/12 – Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery †
08/13 – Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus †
08/15 – Boston, MA – Middle East (Upstairs) †
08/16 – Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie †
08/17 – Pittsburgh, PA – Preserving Underground †
08/18 – Detroit, MI – Sanctuary †
08/19 – Chicago, IL – Reggies Music Joint †
08/20 – Oshkosh, WI – Eroding Winds †
08/21 – Milwaukee, WI – X-Ray Arcade †
08/22 – Minneapolis, MN – Amsterdam Bar †
08/24 – Denver, CO – Hi Dive †
08/25 – Salt Lake City, UT – TBA†
*w/ Usnea
† w/ Unreqvited
