CHELSEA WOLFE SHARES NEW VIDEO "AMERICAN DARKNESS" - 'BIRTH OF VIOLENCE' ON SARGENT HOUSE OUT SEPTEMBER 13

CHELSEA WOLFE DEBUTS NEW SINGLE + VIDEO "AMERICAN DARKNESS" UPCOMING NORTH AMERICAN ACOUSTIC FALL TOUR + THE CURE'S PASADENA DAYDREAM FESTIVAL BIRTH OF VIOLENCE OUT SEPTEMBER 13 ON SARGENT HOUSE

Photo By: Ben Chisholm  WATCH & SHARE "AMERICAN DARKNESS" HERE Chelsea Wolfe has returned with another stunning track from her forthcoming LP, Birth Of Violence out September 13th on Sargent House. Pre-order Here. The song is accompanied by this video which Wolfe tells us is an “expression of freedom and beautiful humans being themselves.” She explains, “It began as a sort of homage to a scene in the Paul Thomas Anderson film Magnolia, where the characters are singing along to the Aimee Mann song “Wise Up,” but I wanted our version to be explored through the lens of The Tarot. I’ve been reading tarot cards for myself for many years, and researching the symbolic expressions of the cards for this video made me want to dive even deeper. To represent that, I played both The Fool and The High Priestess cards in the video, to embody both the beginning of the journey, and the realization that the sacred knowledge I was seeking was inside me all along. We cast friends to play a few other tarot archetypes, and Karlos’ idea was to bring the symbols and signifiers into the contemporary; deconstructed, and made everyday - “the magical and the unexceptional.” I loved that. At the same time, we really wanted to challenge the binary of the traditional tarot cards, and give them more diversity, which is something important that many cool artists and witches are doing. I’m such a fan of Karlos Rene Ayala as a writer, director, documentarian and friend, and have looked forward to making a video with him for a long time.” Wolfe will be embarking on an extensive, acoustic North American tour this fall starting with a special performance at Pasadena Daydream Festival with her full band. All tour dates are listed below.  Early Praise for Birth Of Violence "Her new sound may be folksier than her earlier, heavy metal-inspired work, but it’s no less goth." Rolling Stone  "[Chelsea Wolfe] wanders a desolate, genre-fluid land where goth, metal, folk and post-rock mingle..." LA Times  "Chelsea Wolfe is a singer-songwriter as distinctive as she is compelling — her sound is folk music that carries the stench of sulfur, like it was written on a guitar made from the wood of a tree struck by lightning." The FADER  "["The Mother Road"] is a detour from the more haunting atmospheres Chelsea Wolfe typically channels, embracing a cold minimalist approach that layers on the intensity as it unfolds." Loudwire  "["The Mother Road" is] a gorgeously stirring meditation on epiphanies and transformations..." Revolver  "One listen to album opener and lead single “The Mother Road” should quell any fears she’s dropped her expansive sound. It’s an ode to Americana’s most familiar ribbon of highway—Route 66—and starts humbly enough, her folky inspirations apparent in guitar strums. The track slowly unfurls into a call to arms, ending with booming drums and gothic strings." Paste  "A bass drum pounds behind Wolfe as she sings about a much-needed wake up call, her voice growing in strength and tremor as the track progresses. Eventually, violins drone behind her in a creepy key. ["The Mother Road" is] simultaneously unnerving and soothing. Consequence of Sound  "Ominous...this only goes to prove that Wolfe is still very much evolving as an artist and nailing it every step of the way." Metal Injection  "["The Mother Road"] starts off bare-bones, but evolves into something much bigger-sounding. It’s great stuff..." Brooklyn Vegan  "...for “The Mother Road,” [Chelsea Wolfe] reinvents herself once again as a doom-folk earth goddess... the music itself, which opens with isolated vocals and strummed acoustic guitar à la PJ Harvey before a chorus of pounding drums and luminous cymbals rolls in like a thunderstorm, punctuated by jolts of feedback-laden guitar literally crackling with electricity. While the music technically errs on the acoustic side, there’s nothing soft about Wolfe’s terrible and awe-inspiring invocation." A.V. Club

Album Artwork (Cover Photo by Nona Limmen)  Chelsea Wolfe Birth of Violence Sargent House September 13, 2019 Pre-order Here 1 - The Mother Road 2 - American Darkness 3 - Birth of Violence 4 - Deranged for Rock & Roll 5 - Be All Things 6 - Erde 7 - When Anger Turns to Honey 8 - Dirt Universe 9 - Little Grave 10 - Preface to a Dream Play 11 - Highway

Chelsea Wolfe Acoustic Tour: 08/31: Pasadena, CA - Pasadena Daydream Festival * (Non Acoustic Set) 10/18: San Diego, CA - Observatory North Park 10/19: Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom 10/21: Salt Lake City, UT - Metro Music Hall 10/22: Estes Park, CO - Stanley Hotel 10/24: Chicago, IL - Metro 10/25: Detroit, MI - Senate Theater 10/26: Toronto, ONT - Queen Elizabeth Theatre 10/27: Montreal, QC - Le National 10/29: Boston, MA - Royale 10/31: Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer 11/01: New York, NY - Brooklyn Steel 11/03: Washington, DC - 9:30 Club 11/04: Charlotte, NC - McGlohon Theater 11/05: Atlanta, GA - Terminal West 11/06: Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge 11/08: Dallas, TX - Texas Theatre 11/09: Austin, TX - Levitation 11/10: Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall 11/12: Santa Fe, NM - Meow Wolf 11/13: Tucson, AZ - Club Congress 11/15: Los Angeles, CA - The Palace Theatre 11/16: San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom 11/18: Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom 11/20: Seattle, WA - The Showbox 11/21: Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre * All dates with special guest Ioanna Gika except 8/31