LATHE OF HEAVEN DROP DARK NEW SINGLE “OBLIVION”

Credit: Yulissa Benitez

Lathe of Heaven is back with a shadowy, pulse-pounding new single titled “Oblivion,” and it’s every bit as hypnotic and heavy as we’ve come to expect from the Brooklyn-based post-punk unit. The track arrives ahead of their highly anticipated full-length album Aurora, set to drop August 29 via Sacred Bones Records.

“Oblivion” creeps in with icy synths, mechanical drum patterns, and a brooding low-end that sounds like Joy Division went clubbing in a nuclear bunker. It’s cold, dark, and weirdly danceable—the kind of song that feels tailor-made for staring into the void at 2 a.m., cigarette in hand, questioning the very fabric of reality. Frontman Sam Salomon’s vocals cut through the haze with chilling detachment, evoking a dystopian narrator who’s seen too much and survived just enough to tell the tale.

The accompanying video, available now on YouTube, is a surreal visual feast that mirrors the song’s tension—flickering lights, disjointed architecture, and spectral silhouettes drifting through concrete ruins. It’s Lynchian nightmare fuel, and we’re here for every frame.

Aurora marks the band’s second release with Sacred Bones and promises to expand on the dissonant atmospheres and gritty textures that earned their 2023 debut cult status among underground heads. If “Oblivion” is any indication, we’re in for a record that digs even deeper into the gloom while sharpening the band’s melodic instincts.

TRACKLISTING

1. Exodus

2. Aurora

3. Portrait of a Scorched-Earth

4. Just Beyond the Reach of Light

5. Oblivion

6. Kaleidoscope

7. Matrix of Control

8. Catatonia

9. Infinity's Kiss

10. Automation Bias

11. Rorschach

Live Dates

09/18 - Boston, MA @ O’Briens
09/19 - Montreal, QC @ L'Escogriffe Bar
09/20 - Toronto, ON @ Collective Arts Taproom

09/21 - Detroit, MI @ Lager House
09/22 - Chicago, IL @ The Burlington
09/24 - Dallas, TX @ Dusty’s
09/27 - Joshua Tree, CA @ Thrasher Death Match
09/28- Los Angeles, CA @ Permanent Records Roadhouse

11/03 - Berlin, DE @ Neue Zukunft
11/04 - Warsaw, PL @ VooDoo
11/05 - Poznań, PL @ Pod Minogą
11/06 - Prague, CZ @Bike Jesus
11/07 - Wien, AT @ Das LOT
11/08 - Trento, IT @ Cs Bruno
11/09 - Bologna, IT @ Improved Sequences Festival
11/11 - Lyon, FR @ Sonic
11/12 - Geneva, CH @ La Sportive
11/14 - Barcelona, ES @ Greetings From Barcelona Festival
11/15 - Madrid, ES @ The 27 Club
11/16 - Porto, PT @ Radio Clube do Agramonte (RCA)
11/18 - San Sebastian, ES @ Dabadaba
11/19 - Bordeaux, FR @ DEUS EX MACHINA
11/20 - Paris, FR @ La Mécanique Ondulatoire
11/21 - Nijmegen, NL @ Merleyn