ESSES Visual Album Release Livestream At 8PM PST Today

Oakland-based dark post-punk/deathrock quintet ESSES are all set for the release of their sophomore album, Bloodletting For The Lonely, that is due out on August 6th via Atakra Records (US) and Bat-Cave Productions (Poland). A Twitch TV Visual Album Release Livestream Party hosted by Davey Bones of New Music Mondays is taking place tonight, August 04th, at 08:00 PM Pacific time. On the show, ESSES will be premiering their new album along with 9 exclusive music videos, visualized contents, interviews, live sets by DJ Miz Margo and Adrienne Scissorhands, and special guest artist, Bestial Mouths.

“So much of the ESSES experience comes from our live performances. Miss Kel bewitches the audience with her hypnotic presence as the guitars and drums crash around her like ocean waves against the rocks and pull back like undercurrents that hide beneath the ocean surface. Kel realized the only way we could do justice to our fans and properly convey the emotions and urgency of this recording would be a visual album. And so, in February of 2021, we embarked on a 5-month journey of the band’s most expressive and yet demanding project. As a band and with the support of some creative friends (Akiko of Otzi and Yama Uba, Kristin Cofer, Sung Kim, and others), we have created a video for each song on ‘Bloodletting for the Lonely.’ Each video is truly DIY, self-produced and now an integral component of the album. Today, as we approach the Visual Album Premier date, we are incredibly proud of what we have accomplished and are extremely humbled by the opportunity to bare our souls in this new medium. Looking forward, after tasting what we can accomplish as a band (all while being distanced by a pandemic), we are very excited for what the future holds for ESSES. Whatever it is, we promise it will be special. This is our truth in its purest form. We hope you join us for the Visual Album Premiere.”

You can join ESSES on the Bloodletting For The Lonely trip and embrace the darkness here