Nu-core sextet Tallah has dropped the new track “Vanilla Paste.” The six-minute-plus song features guest appearances including AJ Channer (Fire from the Gods), Tom Barber (Chelsea Grin) and Garett Hood (Guerrilla Warfare), and is accompanied by a music video that can be seen below. Stream “Vanilla Paste” here.
“The song is basically about having bullshit forced down your throat, whether it is lies from the media, unimportant drama, abuse from a significant other, etc.,” Tallah frontman Justin Bonitz said. “‘Vanilla paste’ represents something you a digesting, which has no nutritional value or substance. It is just … flavoured paste. It tastes sweet and stimulates your senses, but it is not actually doing anything for you. You cannot survive off of nothing, and that is what that crap is … nothing. In this song, we have people who have been fed this ‘nothing’ their whole lives, and they are tired of it. They are ready to make a change.”
Fire from the Gods vocalist AJ Channer said: “Alex Snowden of Tallah and FFTG go way back to our first ‘signed’ tour when she was in Doll Skin. I truly respect her evolution as a guitar player. When they asked me to be on this track, I had to hop on. I respect what they are doing as a band. Looking forward to see how they fit into the new heavy sound. Peace.”
Garett Hood of Guerrilla Warfare said: “Was flattered to be asked to hop on the track by cooper, he sent me the instrumental and I listened about 10 seconds in before sending back, ‘YEP. Lemme spit somethin on this FOR SURE.’ Honoured to be a part of such a wild track with some incredibly talented people. Side note: Tallah are some of the sweetest and most impressive live performing musicians I’ve met to date, go see em on tour.”
Tom Barber of Chelsea Grin said, “I’m happy to be part of a song from a band who’s really pushing the boundaries of this genre. It’s truly a breath of fresh air.”
Tallah also is about to hit the road. The band is set to play major U.S. festivals Louder Than Life, Welcome to Rockville and the Blue Ridge Ridge Rock Festival, and open for Avatar on its 33-date North American tour in September and October 2021.
Tallah currently is in the studio recording its new album due to be released in 2022 with producer Josh Schroeder.
TALLAH 2021 tour dates:
Wed Sep 1 – Albany, NY
Thu Sep 2 – Baltimore, MD
Fri Sep 3 – New York, NY
Sat Sep 4 – Boston, MA
Sun Sep 5 – Philadelphia, PA
Tue Sep 7 – Fort Wayne, IN
Wed Sep 8 – Pittsburgh, PA
Thu Sep 9 – Cleveland, OH
Friday Sept 10 – Blue Ridge Rock Fest*
Sun Sep 12 – Asheville, TN
Mon Sep 13 – Atlanta GA
Wed Sep 15 – Chicago IL
Fri Sep 17 – Madison WI
Mon Sep 20 – Kansas City MO
Tue Sep 21 – Lincoln NE
Wed Sep 22 – Minneapolis MN
Fri Sep 24 – Louder Than Life Festival*
Sat Sep 25 – St Louis MO
Sun Sep 26 – Oklahoma City OK
Mon Sep 27 – Dallas TX
Tue Sep 28 – Houston TX
Wed Sep 29 – San Antonio TX
Fri Oct 1 – Albuquerque NM
Sat Oct 2 – Denver CO
Sun Oct 3 – Salt Lake City UT
Tue Oct 5 – Phoenix AZ
Wed Oct 6 – Los Angeles CA
Thu Oct 7 – Las Vegas NV
Sun Oct 10 – Grand Junction, CO
Tue Oct 12 – Billings, MT
Thurs Oct 14 – Spokane, WA
Fri Oct 15 – Portland, OR
Sat Oct 16 – Boise, ID
Mon Oct 18 – Seattle, WA
Fri Nov 12 – Welcome to Rockville Festival*
*Festival date
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