The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere the new music video for “Pop Up Morgues” by Trace Amount. Endless Render is the brand new six-song EP from Brooklyn based musician, industrial producer Brandon Gallagher (Coarse, Funeral Fires) a.k.a. Trace Amount. The release also features two tracks that include performances by drummer Billy Rymer (The Dillinger Escape Plan, thoughtcrimes).
The effort comes a year after the release of the debut EP “Fake Figures In The Sacred Scriptures”, followed by 2 singles and a Cure cover, all leading up to an inevitable full U.S. spring tour cancellation, and an uncertain look on how to navigate as an ‘artist’ moving forward, relying heavily on expression through the energy of live performances. With the unexpected time at home, Gallagher finished up the tracks that had become Endless Render. After weeks of isolation and quarantine, Gallagher had teamed up with producer Ben Greenberg, who has worked on records for Ceremony, Pharmakon, Metz, as well as his own band Uniform, to help him finish crafting the record a short distance from his apartment at Randall Dunn's recording temple - Circular Ruin, in Brooklyn, New York.
“Pop Up Morgues” video was shot by Ian Perlman and the animations & edit were made by Brandon Gallagher (Trace Amount). The artwork for Endless Render, as well as the single “Processed Violence (In 480P)” was designed by analog collage artist Paul Van Trigt, with direction from Gallagher, based on the album's varying concepts. Endless Render is about all of the uncertainties and varying levels of anxiety that were felt during the times of quarantine, the feelings about the recent upsurge in police brutality and political injustice, and first hand encounters of other people’s ignorance regarding basic human rights in general.
The release is out digitally + tape + merch on November 20th. Pre-order now on Bandcamp!
-Melanie Havens
