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Mastodon pay tribute to Brent Hinds with new song, Your Ghost Again
The Atlanta behemoths return with a tribute to Brent Hinds. "I kept seeing him out of the corner of my eye in the studio..."
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Mastodon announce North American tour with Deafheaven and Alcest
Mastodon are back on the road throughout the autumn on The Poisonous Weapons tour in North America with Deafheaven and Alcest supporting.
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Following the surprise release of new single Your Ghost Again earlier today, Mastodon have announced The Poisonous Weapons tour in North America with Deafheaven and Alcest in support.
The run of dates will kick off on September 16 in Florida before taking in dates across the US, including Louder Than Life in Kentucky on September 20. The tour will continue into October before concluding at the Dallas edition of Sick New World.
The artist presale is live now, while general on-sale commences Friday (June 5) at 10am local time.
Mastodon's The Poisonous Weapons tour with Deafheaven and Alcest
September
16 Orlando, FL - Hard Rock
18 Asheville, NC - Asheville Yards
19 Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
20 Louisville, KY - Louder than Life
22 Philadelphia, PA - Franklin Music Hall
23 Boston, MA - House of Blues
24 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Paramount
25 Washington, DC - Anthem
27 Montreal, QC - MTelus
28 Toronto, ON - Rebel
29 Buffalo, NY - Buffalo Riverworks
October
1 Detroit, MI - Fillmore
2 Chicago, IL - The Riviera
3 Minneapolis, MN - Palace
6 Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
7 Boise, ID - Revolution
9 Oakland, CA - The Fox
10 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium
11 San Diego, CA - The Sound
14 Denver, CO - Fillmore
16 Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom
17 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
18 Memphis, TN - Satellite Music Hall
20 Cleveland, OH - Agora
21 Greensboro, NC - Piedmont Hall
22 Atlanta, GA - The Eastern
24 Dallas, TX - Sick New World Dallas
Your Ghost Again is a tribute to the late Brent Hinds, the band's former guitarist and co-vocalist, who died last August at the age of 51.
"Your Ghost Again is about being in those familiar places you used to be with people, which for us is in the studio," says drummer Brann Dailor. "I just kept seeing [Brent] out of the corner of my eye, where he would normally be with his guitar. It's about that: your mind plays tricks on you, especially so soon after someone dies and you're in the places where they always were. You just see them."
"My portion of the song, lyrically, is all about Brent, and for Brent," adds bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders. "The bridge lyrics are two lines of pure gratitude towards Brent. It's all the gifts from you, now you can take them back where you must go, meaning you came into my life, you exposed me to things that blew my mind, together we conquered thousands of stages around the world, had magical moments that we can never repeat again, but all the beauty that you brought it still remains, always will, and it's just a line of gratitude because that's important that we include Brent."
Guitarist/vocalist Bill Kelliher says that, "We wanted to pick a song that sounds like Mastodon, and that has all the things in there, because it's the first impression of what people are gonna hear. It speaks about things that have just happened and people passing, I could go deep but I don't want to because a lot of that shit's personal."
Mastodon have also confirmed that there is a new album on the way, which features credits to new guitarist Nick Johnston and keyboardist João Nogueira. Brann says he hopes it's part of the grieving and healing process for fans as much as it has been for the band.
"Hopefully this album helps everybody. Hopefully they can find some piece of it that speaks to them about it. I know Brent's not there and it's weird and it's hard, and some people might be like, 'Well I don't wanna listen to it because Brent's not there and I'm hurting about that', but we are too. Big time.
"It means a lot to me, and I hope that's able to translate to our fans and people who are grieving, too. I understand that, because we never really addressed it. We just couldn't. And to the fans I'm just sorry that I wasn't able to be more for them when that happened, because I couldn't. For myself, I'm still unpacking it."
Catch Mastodon at Download Festival from June 12-14.
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