MYTHLESS RETURN WITH WE EP (FEB. 4, JOYFUL NOISE RECORDINGS) PRE-ORDERS: JNR.lnk.to/PresaveWeEP WATCH “DREADLESS” VIDEO NOW | ||
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Jan. 11, 2022, Brooklyn – Mythless, the maximalist yacht-metal project from Fang Island founder, Jason Bartell, returns with the outfit’s first new music since 2018, a three-song release dubbed the We EP (Feb. 4, Joyful Noise Recordings). “My divorce was finalized a week before lockdown. It was this surreal sort of sensation of my internal world opening up just as the outside world was shrinking down,” explains Bartell. “Gaining a sense of closure about my personal pain during a time of much more consequential trauma for so many really left me with newfound clarity and gratitude for the community I found, for my partner(s), for the love I have in my life.” A preview of the release comes via the Alexander Barton directed video for “Dreadless” (https://youtu.be/hbNe_8KVvxs), a song that starts with an unedited voice memo of the vocal sketch that would ultimately become the song it precedes, signaling a desire to be vulnerable and inviting intimacy. The crudeness of the intro serves to heighten the distance between inspiration and production, as the recording urgently blooms into bright, technicolor life. “Dreadless” reveals Bartell at his most personal to date, melodically navigating a new terrain: self-acceptance. Mixed in Providence, R.I. by Seth Manchester and mastered in Brooklyn, N.Y. by Heba Kadry, the We EP features drums by Greg Fox (ex-Liturgy, Zs, Guardian Alien) and rich instrumentation performed and layered by Ryan Seaton (Callers, Open House), cultivating a relentless and feverish drone. “I wanted the instrumentation to have a feeling of controlled chaos,” Bartell notes, “a hyperactive sort of bed for me to drape these deceptively simple, hopefully beautiful songs on top of.” The writing process for the We EP began with Bartell sending Fox rough sketches for songs. “I’ve always been a huge fan of Greg’s playing, and in those early weeks of lockdown I thought I may never step foot in a studio again. So when he was posting about his home recording set up it seemed like a good moment to reach out and work with him.” The three-song EP comprises three approaches to the love song: the internal, the relational, and the universal. | ||
 Limited-edition (150 copies), lathe cut 7” single of “Dreadless” available exclusively via the Joyful Noise Recordings webstore |
Pre-orders and digital pre-saves are available now via JNR.lnk.to/PresaveWeEP. While the EP itself is an exclusively digital affair, Joyful Noise has a limited-edition, lathe cut 7-inch single of “Dreadless” available in their webstore. | ||
 We EP cover |
 Mythless (aka Jason Bartell); Photo credit: Alexander Barton |
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