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Divide And Dissolve – has shared the brand new single “Grief”

Helmed by Black and Cherokee composer and multi-instrumentalist Takiaya Reed, Divide and Dissolve will release their new album, Insatiable, on April 18 via Bella Union.

The 10 track album run the gamut of doom metal – from the ear-splitting depths of lead single “Monolithic”, to contemplative, softer moments on the aptly titled song “Grief”, released today. Like all of Divide and Dissolve’s music, Insatiable is almost entirely instrumental.

While the album’s sheer grandiosity represents an evolution in Divide and Dissolve’s sound, it also marks the very first time that Takiaya has ever lent vocals to a D//D song. On “Grief” her distorted voice echoes atop a vibrating bass tone, repeating the lyrics: “I don’t know what I’m supposed to do/ I’m so lonely without you.” Takiaya explains, “The voice is such a mysterious instrument. This album feels different, and I wanted to honour that”.

The director of the music video, Sepi Mashiahof, adds;
“The music video for “Grief” is an ode to the feelings of empowerment, resistance, and sadness that Divide and Dissolve weaves into our bodies. It’s an expressionist diary made up of dissonant and revelatory memories. Grief eclipses everything around us, innocuously lingering in the functional movements of our daily lives, then aggressively literal in the reflective silence behind our eyes. Grief is inherent to our existence, knowing that a better world exists for all of us and its potential is boundless, yet we’re made to suffer the atrocities of greed and exploitation instead. We can honor Grief as a passage of life, but we must resist the forces that impose it as a numbness to injustice.”

INSATIABLE TRACK LISTING:
1 – HEGEMONIC
2 – MONOLITHIC [listen]
3 – WITHHOLDING
4 – LONELINESS
5 – DICHOTOMY
6 – PROVENANCE [listen]
7 – DISINTEGRATE
8 – GRIEF [listen]
9 – HOLDING PATTERN
10 – DEATH CULT