Kayo Dot Unveil New Single 2025-07-03 by ShadowOfTheCitadel | 32 Comments |
Massachusetts based avant-garde, experimental, and the world's first and only Liminal Metal band Kayo Dot have released the second single to their upcoming album Every Rock, Every Half-Truth Under Reason titled, "Closet Door in the Room Where She Died".
According to Toby Driver, the song "is a meditation on haunting, not just in the supernatural sense but in the way the past imprints itself on space. The ghost here is not a mere specter but a residue, an event that has left its mark on the house, on the walls, on the very air. The house itself is alive with memories, trapped in a state of suspended time, an echo that will not fade. The ghost watches, trapped in the mirror, unable to escape the house it once inhabited. This ghost is not a solitary figure but part of a larger, more insidious force—the trauma of a past that will not be exorcised. And, like the world we live in, the house is inhabited by the past, the present, and the inescapable blur between them."
Exclusively featuring vocals from Kayo Dot's cloaked lyricist and former maudlin of The Well death growler Jason Byron, the piece contains "a foundation of microtonal organs, layers of clarinets, and violins creat[ing] a dense, suffocating atmosphere, reminiscent of György Ligeti’s work -- where dissonant beauty holds us in place."
Listen to the song and watch its official music video here:
||Every Rock, Every Half-Truth Under Reason||
Tracklist:
1. Mental Shed
2. Oracle By Severed Head
3. Closet Door in the Room Where She Died
4. Automatic Writing
5. Blind Creature of Slime
Pre-order various editions of the album here: http://lnk.spkr.media/kayodot-everyrock
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Tagged: Kayo Dot
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If anyone had concerns about Kayo Dot not Kayo Dot'ing anymore, this song addresses that in around 12 seconds.
Also, Byron's vox are hellish.
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This popped up on my Spotify late last night and certainly brings the spook. Love Jason’s vocal contribution. Album’s shaping up to be unique as hell. Definitely fits with what Toby Driver said about making “liminal metal”.
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toby is the most pretentious person in music aside from morrissey but he is a creative genius
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This is shit.
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Sweet. Always been a big fan of Kayo Dot - they're incredible musicians.
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Really can't wait to see the full lyrics on this one when they drop with the physical editions because what I've been able to parse is some nightmare fuel.
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Lugubrious Library Loft 2: Closet Door Boogaloo
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ghosts aren't real
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JJkeys YES this totally gave me Library Loft vibes. Just watched the video lol Amazing
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Band has never done any wrong. Album will slay as always.
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I’m not high, but when seeing the related reviews of all their recent albums, I noticed the focus (woman’s face, mountain, circle, creatures face?) are all located in roughly the same location. Interesting
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swag
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Lol wtf Johnny got banned?
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almost all staff is banned right now!
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Literally none of them are banned except Johnny lol.
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Oooh I’m sure this is lugubrious
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i'm drawing some parallels with sabrina carpenters newest single, but i'm not complaining
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i like some pretentious shite but this takes the fart-smelling cake
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Toby is still doing his thing, but neither single has done much for me. Especially after promoting this as a sort of return to Choirs era KD. Maybe in context of the rest of the album these singles make more sense.
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He would hate that I say this, I'm sure, but Toby seems to have such a "one for you, one for me" attitude to each song/album/whatever
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I don't think he's ever made a song that caters to the audience.
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That's why I say he would hate to hear that. I just mean the swings between what's "accessbile" and what isn't is one of the more fascinating things about his catalog to me.
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I LOVE everything Toby has done so far except for, maybe, Blasphemy. One of the best musicians in the world right now. Always pushing the boundaries with his magic. Judging by the two singles released I expect to be delighted by another masterpiece of avant-garde/art metal and abstract poetry
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Heh, the title track from Blasphemy fucks.
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Both singles sound very broad and kinda mysterious and I love them. I think we are getting another masterpiece.
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respect toby as a musician a lot but this is not for me at all lol
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Heh, the title track from Blasphemy fucks. [2]
Most redeeming part of that album, honestly.
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Hearing Blasphemy title track live with two drummers was peak life experience
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mv is me making faces on the ai filters
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this is definitely not it boys, what the hell are we doing here
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video is a bit Lynchian innit
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its certainly a video !
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