Final Gasp release new video single 'Burials Of Birth' • GRIMM Gent

Final Gasp‘s forthcoming album New Day Symptoms is steeped in nocturnal, death rock adventurism, driven with a post-punk anxiety that feels increasingly like the twitching heart of our modern age, and driven by hardcore punk intensity.

Vocalist Jake Murphy poignantly gives voice to fears and frustrations lurking just under the surface of waking consciousness and turns them into a rallying cry.

“A lot of ‘New Day Symptoms’ was written in an outside perspective — what could’ve happened if things were different, but ultimately it didn’t end that way. You can’t change what’s already been done, so you just have to move on. It just means it’s a part of who you are now.”

New single “Burials of Birth” finds Murphy recounting the tragic story of a homeless man living off grid that he encountered throughout his youth. His tent encampment was burned down by the police and he froze to death in the process of trying to rebuild it. It’s that ability to perceive a sense of loss from an outside perspective that makes these songs resonate more widely, giving greater perspective to deal with our own.

Where Final Gasp’s acclaimed 2023 debut, Mourning Moon, was a concentrated shot of acrid, underground death rock, its propulsion tanks largely filled with references to Samhain and Killing Joke, New Day Symptoms keeps all the core urgency while vastly broadening its scope. With new space to explore, this is an album that feels communal, a mapping of personal trials and dark recesses onto a map dotted with rafters-rousing marker points.

Final Gasp’s ability to meld opposing forces into something vibrant and new is encoded into their DNA. The process of forging a sound that combined but went beyond their musical background and musical obsessions was one that took a lot of soul-searching, taking them on a path whose destination remains open-ended.

“I think we’re still figuring it out, to be honest,” says Jake. “It’s like most things when you start out you have a vision and stick to it, we just quickly realised we could do so much more with it. We blossomed into this group of people that all have similar influences, but see them from different perspectives. We could hear the band beginning a new chapter.”

New Day Symptoms tracklist:

01 – Eternal Silence
02 – Look Away
03 – The Apparition
04 – Gifted Shame
05 – No Hand To Lead
06 – Prediction
07 – Burials Of Birth
08 – Fractures
09 – New Day Symptoms
10 – Pale Sun

New Day Symptoms was produced by Arthur Rizk and sees its release February 27 via Relapse Records.

One of the main reasons for the broadening of the band’s sound on the new album is that New Day Symptoms was written much more as a democratic process than Mourning Moon.

“It was a total hands-on, involved process between all of us,” Murphy enthuses. “Because everything was on the table and everyone’s ideas were blending together really well. Naturally we still rely on what we’re used to, but this time we let ourselves explore different tones. And we were all so open and receptive to each others’ ideas that writing and recording this record was more of a collaboration. Having Arthur (Rizk, producer) produce this record opened even more ideas to us.”

It’s that open-mindedness while still being fully in touch with your underground roots that gives New Day Symptoms such a galvanizing force. It’s one of those rare killer rock’n’roll albums whose conviction and honesty make it unique, primed to stand the test of time, and as acclaimed tours with bands as diverse as Abbath, Gatecreeper, Fiddlehead, Poison Ruin, Devil Master and Imperial Triumphant make clear, unlimited in their appeal.