SLC noisemakers GAZA have unveiled the cover art for their upcoming wrecking ball of an album No Absolutes In Human Suffering. Done by artist Mike Wohlberg (Trap Them, Tombs, Today Is the Day, etc), the art will likely capture the aesthetic you’d expect to hear on the record:
“Anthony [Lucero, Gaza bassist] contacted me earlier this year asking me to do what I had been dreaming of doing since I first met these guys – a layout for their next full-length. I was provided with two photos of a old political rally and the idea of an upside down heart, conveying the album’s tone of faceless, binding hopelessness. I took the images and ran with them: adding distress, blotting out likeness, blowing out the sky, essentially turning it into an image of a silent hell brought on under a sigil of active despair. I worked very closely with Jon [Parkin, Gaza vocalist] and Anthony, turning out a couple of weeks worth of work in about four days to meet their deadline. The stress was invigorating, fueling the process and making the imagery that much more raw and intense. In the end, I feel like I accomplished a piece that both met their expectations of what they hoped to convey and my strict standards of the work that I present to the world. I’ve been fortunate enough to call these guys friends in the five years that I’ve known them and I am forever thankful to be a part of this album and their legacy as a band.”
GAZA’s No Absolutes In Human Suffering is due out July 31st on Black Market Activities. A new song from the record was posted last week, so give it a listen if you have not yet done so. Be sure to check out GAZA on tour this summer, with their current itinerary after the jump!
– JR
Black Cobra, Gaza:
May 25 – Austin, TX @ Red 7
May 26 – Houston, TX @ Rudyard’s
May 27 – New Orleans, LA @ Siberia
May 29 – Orlando, FL @ Will’s Pub
May 30 – Jacksonville, FL @ Burro Bar
May 31 – Athens, GA @ Caledonia
Corrosion of Conformity, Torche, Black Cobra, Gaza:
June 1 – Charlotte, NC @ Amos’ Southend
June 2 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
June 3 – Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
June 5 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory
June 6 – Albuquerque, NM @ Gasworks (Gaza only)
June 7 – Tempe, AZ @ Club 910
June 9 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
June 11 – Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
June 12 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
June 13 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
June 14 – Boise, ID @ The Venue (Gaza only)
June 15 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
June 16 – Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
June 18 – St Louis, MO @ Firebird
June 19 – Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
June 20 – Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop
June 21 – Toronto, ON @ Opera House
June 22 – Montreal, QC @ Les Foufounes Electriques
June 23 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
Black Cobra, Gaza:
June 24 – Providence, RI @ AS220
June 25 – Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus
June 26 – Newark, DE @ Mojo Main
June 27 – Baltimore, MD @ Otto Bar
June 28 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme
June 29 – Rock Island, [email protected] Rock Island Brewing
June 30 – Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Rock Club
July 1 – St Paul, MN @ Turf Club
July 2 – Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room
July 3 – Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep
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