Deafheaven - Heathen

A Muted Widows production for Deafheaven

Produced and Directed by Muted Widows
Michael E Linn — Nedda Afsari — Michael Zumaya

1st AD: Michael Zumaya
2nd AD: Savannah Meetze
Editor: Michael E Linn
Colorist: Arthur Garibay 
Director of Photography: Ryan Hogue
1st AC: Jess Fairless
Gaffer: Gordon Yould
Key Grip: Chad Pelsang
Swing: Chris Lowery
Production Designer: Krystall Schott
Set Dresser: Cathy Myung
Stylist: Kaitlyn Lusk
Make Up Artist: Blake Armstrong
Prosthetic Artist: Malina Stearns
Hair Stylist: Lisa-Marie Powell
Prosthetic Artist: Malina Stearns
Picture Car: Judy Pierce
Production Assistant: Abigail Shields
Production Assistant: Bryant Woolcock
BTS Photography: Riley Stearns
BTS Photography: Jennifer McCord

Sean Forrester as The Phantom

Lyrics:
His heart is closing
Right when he is trusted
Who is he close with?

Feeling he owes his
Sense of self to lusting
Days without roses

Oh, he lies to feel like he is someone new
Oh, why don’t we leave and go to somewhere new?

I wonder what is numbness

And what’s a coma?
Into the lights
Closing his eyes in the lane again

He quit looking for the pears in paintings
Intimacy and its meanings
Leaving fondness for weakness
Strangers and desire

I wonder what is numbness
And what’s a coma?
Into the lights
Closing his eyes in the lane
Driving head into mystery
No feeling but the weight

I’m forgetting
He’s forfeiting
I’m deciding
That he’s quitting now

Filled with the sin of power,
This is what he’s destined for
In this ugly hour
Again he goes
Where he’s gone before
Losing all reason
He’s never learning
Someone adored
Lifts him today
All who stay will
Know a true love

[JamieAsareZiegler]

That kind of palm scarring is exactly what happened when Marv grabbed the molten-hot doorknob in _Home Alone._

[fernandohenriqueribeiro]

SERIOUSLY, a perfect single combining clean vocals and shoegazey stuff from Infinite Granite with classic Deafheaven, THIS IS PERFECT

[witchessabbath]

Can’t get enough of Dan Tracy’s drumming the dude is so talented and fun to listen to. absolutely cannot wait for this album to drop

[Alkatribe]

It's a mix between New Bermuda and Infinite Granite. Pure genius. Love it!!!!

[malbennett]

The duality of Deafheaven is complete, the yin and yang. Release day can't come soon enough.

[JonSudano]

I have a feeling this record will be the Oops All Heaters/No Skips kind

[MonosphereBand]

I just love how a new Deafheaven single can be everything in between their rawest and most aggressive black metal track in years or a shoegazey/post-rock track with dream-pop influences and in the end it turns out to be something right in between. I'm super stoked to hear the full album and see with which ideas they came up with!

[TerminalAgressor]

This is sounding like a combination of everything they have done. Excellent track

[AnemoiA_eternal]

Calling it right now, this album is going to be right up there in greatness with Sunbather in terms of sheer quality and blending of styles.

[ADHD_GUITAR]

This band never stops evolving. Everything you could want from an artist.

[memcore]

cool to see they're keeping some of the infinite granite sound

[deltacojames]

this is going to be the greatest album of all time

[ruddyCCIX]

Wake up babe, new *Deafheaven* song just dropped…

[JG]

This is the sound combo i was hoping for and its so fucking good

[damianneretin]

Love this new direction for the band. Looks like they’ve decided to gather everything great about their previous records and blend it together. Magnolia was great New Bermuda throwback while this song is kind of what could’ve been if you mix Infinite Granite with OCHL. And yet it’s so thoughtfully crafted

[VinkGD]

the timing of this release is so on point for me, i just recently listened to sunbather for the first time and i've been itching to hear what music this band would release nowadays. glad to see they're still at it over a decade later. keep killing it, this shit rocks!!

[thefalofideals]

I actually cried the first time I heard this and not been able to stop listening for the last 3 days since it dropped. Probably the best live band I've ever seen - George Clarke is a monster on stage. I cannot wait to hear this live.

[noisyneighbor]

Idk what to call it but the guitar scaling and on from 3:02 makes me cry. So beautiful

[djbrosht]

I love the combo of the sounds over the years all rolled in to one as opposed to one or the other. Deafheaven is truly reaching their final form.

[zero.zen]

Somehow, Deafheaven's music has a way of hitting me straight in the soul unlike anything else. This song is no exception. Can't wait for the album ❤️