Casey Drop New Single ‘Selah’

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Casey have released atmospheric new single ‘Selah’ – the final taste of their forthcoming album ‘How To Disappear’.

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The Welsh post-hardcore band’s new album will arrive on 12 January via Hassle Records, and will mark their third LP.

Previous album singles have included ‘Puncture Wounds To Heaven’, the title track and ‘Bite Through My Tongue’.

The latest track is the most serene of the lot, but still carries plenty of emotive power – have a listen via the video below.

Discussing the new track and the religious or, rather, agnostic sentiment underpinning it, Casey vocalist Tom Weaver has shared:

“This song was actually named by Liam [Torrance, guitar]; it was a word that I wasn’t familiar with, but I think it fits the song perfectly. 

‘Selah’ is “an expression occurring frequently in the Psalms, thought to be a liturgical or musical direction, probably a direction to raise the voice or perhaps an indication of a pause”. 

“I’ve had a turbulent relationship with religion throughout most of my life. I’ve always comfortably considered myself an agnostic, but in moments of desperation I’ve definitely sought out reassurance from a being outside of myself. 

“My overwhelming feeling towards religion is that at its best it provides a sense of belonging and community; and at its worst it serves to absolve accountability. In moments of crisis, I’ve often posed that question of “If you’re there, why are you doing this to me?”

“‘Selah’ articulates that question with examples from my life. Near-death experiences or moments of pain that feel as though they shouldn’t happen beneath the benevolent gaze of something greater.”

Casey already have a huge first half of 2024 on the horizon, with a North America tour in support of Holding Absence shortly being followed by a UK and European tour, before dates supporting Dayseeker in Australia.

Check out the full list of tour dates below.

North America tour w/ Holding Absence:

Jan 16 WA Seattle Neumos

Jan 17 OR Portland Hawthorne Theatre

Jan 19 CA Roseville Goldfield Trading Post

Jan 20 CA Los Angeles The Echoplex

Jan 21 CA Anaheim Chain Reaction

Jan 23 AZ Mesa The Nile

Jan 24 NM Albuquerque Launchpad

Jan 26 CO Denver Marquis Theatre

Jan 27 KS Lawrence The Granada

Jan 28 TX Dallas Southside Music Hall

Jan 30 TX San Antonio Rock Box

Jan 31 TX Houston Rise Rooftop

Feb 02 FL Tampa The Orpheum

Feb 03 GA Atlanta The Masquerade

Feb 04 TN Nashville Basement East

Feb 06 OH Cleveland Mahall’s

Feb 07 IL Chicago Bottom Lounge

Feb 09 MI Detroit The Shelter

Feb 10 ON Toronto Velvet Underground

Feb 11 QC Montreal Le Studio TD

Feb 13 MD Baltimore Soundstage

Feb 14 NY New York Gramercy Theatre

Feb 16 PA Philadelphia Foundry @ The Fillmore

Feb 17 MA Worcester Palladium

UK and EU headline tour:

Mar 26 UK London Islington Academy

Mar 28 DE Hamburg Sporthalle *

Mar 30 DE Leipzig Messe *

Mar 31 DE Oberhausen Turbinenhalle * 

Apr 02 NL Utrecht TivoliVredenburg

Apr 03 BE Antwerp Trix

Apr 05 CH Zürich X-Tra *

Apr 06 DE München Zenith *

Apr 07 AT Wien Arena *

Apr 09 FR Paris Petit Bain

Apr 11 UK Nottingham Rescue Rooms

Apr 12 UK Bristol SWX

Apr 13 UK Manchester Academy 2

Apr 14 UK Glasgow Garage

Australia w/ Dayseeker

July 7 AUS Perth Magnet House,

July 9 AUS Adelaide Lion Arts Factory

July 11 Brisbane Tivoli

July 12 Sydney Liberty Hall

July 13 Melbourne Forum

* Impericon Festival

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