The Asteroid No.4

CALIFORNIA SHOEGAZERS REJOICE!!

Seattle TONIGHT!!

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FRIDAY MAY 8th marked the release of our 13th full length record, IN PRAISE OF SHADOWS available now on LP/CD/Cassette! We couldn’t be happier on the way this record turned out in both sound and packaging, and for those LP collectors, we hope you dig the mirrorboard gatefold cover pressed by the amazing as much as we do 🪞 🖤!! And HUGE thanks to our family for all the love and support✊🏼

Also check out our bad ass release shirts now up for sale in limited quantities post our Japan shows. Link for merch on our Bandcamp in bio and here….

https://theasteroidno4.bandcamp.com/album/in-praise-of-shadows

A little about the record:

With our 13th record, In Praise of Shadows, we may have made our most ambitious album yet. The title comes from Jun’ichirō Tanizaki’s beautifully meditative book In Praise of Shadows, which reflects on the quiet collision between the deep shadows of traditional Japanese interiors and the dazzling light of the modern age. That tension really resonated with us. This is a darker sounding effort, musically and lyrically, but it’s also about finding those special, almost hidden moments that exist in the shadows, and recognizing the beauty that can live inside darker times. In a political and social climate like the one we’re living through now, we wanted to search for the good things that still flicker underneath it all and relying on art and music to do so. Sonically, the record draws from the classic shoegaze era and the late ’80s/’90s UK indie movement that’s always inspired us, while also leaning further into goth textures and electronic elements. For the first time on an Asteroid No. 4 record, we even experimented with processed drums, pushing our sound into new, shadowy territory while still holding onto the haze that’s always defined us.

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THANKS ALL!!
A4