Texas-based trio Gore. has signed with Spinefarm Records and will release an EP, “A Bud That Never Blooms,” on Oct. 24, 2024 (pre-order here). The band also has shared the video for “Babylon,” its debut single for its new label home.
“‘Babylon’ is about my desire to have a pure, somewhat traditional love,” vocalist Haley Roughton said. “The dream of having a strong and loving husband, with children and an unconditionally loving home being the center of my universe (and is what I felt I lacked in my childhood). Through the years, and all of the relationships I have failed to sustain, that dream has yet to come true. This song is the eulogy of that dream. In other words, ‘Babylon’ is the action of putting that dream of being a wife and a mother to rest, for now.”
“The music video uses religious imagery to depict the dream for a pure, unconditional love that is slowly dying,” Roughton said. “In the video, the pastor can be seen as everything that causes a relationship to fail—ego, external pressure from others, unhealed inner wounds—even the other person in the relationship. The pastor is seen slowly killing the woman with the dream by holding her underwater, while she is seen crying and begging for the life she wants. From the action of killing her emerges a creature that is completely stripped of hope and innocence. The sludgy, disturbing human-like being can be seen as a symbol of cynicism, resentment and vengeance.”
“A Bud That Never Blooms” track listing:
“Pray”
“Doomsday”
“Babylon”
“Angels Like You”
“Heaven Is Above Me”
The EP was produced by Miserable Productions, with Ben McGuiness and Caleb Freihaut serving as co-producers. The EP was mixed by Cody Stewart.
Gore. will embark on a slate of tour dates supporting Within the Ruins in October.
Tour dates:
with Within the Ruins
10/9 — Lubbock, TX — Jake’s
10/10 — Denver, CO — Roxy Theater
10/11 — Oklahoma City, OK — 89th Street
10/12 — Dallas, TX — RBC
10/13 — San Antonio, TX — Vibes Underground
