Spotlights 'Sunset Burial' (Official Video)

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Filmed and Directed by John Pope
Additional Filming by John Lamacchia
Edited by Mario Quintero

’Sunset Burial’ is a self-reflective story about what goes through our minds while waiting to die,” explains Mario, “What it’s like to deal with feeling something as inevitable as death, and the last minute hope and fear that goes with it. All the while, feeling the calm and relief of passing on.”

The band have simultaneously released the Séance EP, a five-song digital release featuring “Algorithmic” and “Sunset Burial” with three non-album bonus tracks: “Unalive,” “Should Time Stand Still” and “Your Morning Kill.”

Alchemy of the Dead, written and recorded following the band’s move to Pittsburgh, finds the trio once again balancing the tightrope of light and dark, toying with sonic texture, and as Invisible Oranges described Spotlights’ unique “magic” that’s “flickering with unnamable emotionality.” Mario Quintero shares the band’s mindset while writing and recording Alchemy For The Dead: “Our focus when making this record was to not repeat ourselves. I think we achieved our goal. Though we’re proud of all our releases, making just another ‘Spotlights’ album wasn’t an option. Pushing our own boundaries while creating something cathartic, yet strangely suffocating, with new sounds and textures as well as more personal and self-reflective themes, this album feels like a new fork in the path for us. Hopefully the listeners will follow.”

Alchemy For The Dead tour:

April 26 Pittsburgh, PA Club Café
April 27 Grand Rapids, MI Pyramid Scheme
April 28 Chicago, IL Subterranean Downstairs
April 29 Tolono, IL Loose Cobra
April 30 St. Louis, MO Red Flag
May 1 Kansas City, MO Mini Bar
May 3 Denver, CO Hi Dive
May 4 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
May 6 Sacramento, CA Club Colonial
May 7 San Francisco, CA Winters Tavern
May 10 Pomona, CA Fox Theater *
May 11 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium*
May 12 San Diego, CA Tower Bar
May 14 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues*
May 16 Denver, CO Mission Ballroom*
May 17 Salt Lake City, UT Union Event Center*
May 19 Seattle, WA Showbox*
May 20 Seattle, WA Showbox*
May 21 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom*
May 23 Oakland, CA Fox Theater*
May 24 Oakland, CA Fox Theater*
May 27 Denton, TX Dan’s Silverleaf
May 28 Austin, TX Hotel Vegas
May 30 Tulsa, OK Whittier Bar
May 31 Shreveport, LA Bear’s
June 1 Little Rock, AR Mutants Fest
June 2 Nashville, TN Drkmttr
June 3 Atlanta, GA The Earl
June 4 Gainesville, FL The Backyard
June 9 Miami, FL Gramp’s
June 10 Tampa, FL The Orpheum
June 11 Orlando, FL Will’s Pub
June 12 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits
June 13 North Charleston, SC Tua Lingua
June 14 Charlotte, NC Snug Harbor
June 15 Asheville, NC The Odd
June 16 Knoxville, TN The Pilot Light
June 17 Louisville, KY Kaiju Bar
June 18 Columbus, OH Big Room Bar
June 21 Harrisonburg, VA The Golden Pony
June 22 Baltimore, MD Metro Gallery
June 23 Philadelphia, PA Ortlieb’s
June 24 Brooklyn, NY Saint Vitus

*-Ipecac Geek Show performances

Birdhands open on dates between April 27 to May 1. Rile open from May 3 to May 6. Dates between May 11 and 24 are the Ipecac Geek Show with labelmates Mr. Bungle and the Melvins.

Alchemy For The Dead tracklist:

1. Beyond The Broken Sky
2. The Alchemist
3. Sunset Burial
4. Algorithmic
5. False Gods
6. Repeat The Silence
7. Ballad In The Mirror
8. Crawling Toward The Light
9. Alchemy For The Dead


Spotlights is Mario Quintero (guitar, vocals, keys), Sarah Quintero (bass, vocals) and Chris Enriquez (drums). The band has released three albums to date: Tidals (2016), Seismic (2018) and Love & Decay (2019). Consequence praised their “unique amalgam of sounds that is both heavy and heavenly,” Brooklyn Vegan said Spotlights “balances the pretty with metallic sludge,” and Invisible Oranges said they thrive “on the ambient and krautrock inspired edges of post-metal.” In the wake of their 2020 EP We Are All Atomic, Kerrang! observed, “That a band as heavy and romantic as Spotlights have become a fixture in the rock scene Is impressive; that they’ve done it in such a short period of time is tremendous.”

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My Grandads funeral was this morning, he died in a care home.

Spotlights drop this the day of, "'Sunset Burial' is a self-reflective story about what goes through our minds while waiting to die".

This is on par with Crosses dropping The Epilogue the same day we buried my aunt. You never forget a thing like this.

warlockkingoftalking
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I actually cried this song is so beautiful. Same with a lot of their songs. 'The Grower', 'A Southern Death' and 'What is This? Where are We?' are bangers too.

nickcavini
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This song completely changes into something frantically groovy and heavy at 4.00 caught me off guard

superunknown
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Evolving into a really sophisticated blissgaze experience.

JPNesker
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This is so dark and heavy and moody and seductive

dcquence
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This band absolutely destroys. Best new band I’ve heard in years. Fuck YES!!!

nitemareman
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Really proud of this band. I know og them from Seismic. Now, Alchemy For The Dead is my favorite album of all time. Just perfect from start to finish.

DarkoAntonica
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If Steven Wilson and Katatonia has a child, this is amazing stuff!

johnmorris
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The quinteros and Chris have done it again.

ReprogrammedToHate
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AMAZING band !!!
Amazing discography (Alchemy for the dead is a pure masterpiece) !!!
Discovered thanks to Soundgarden tribute album.
Not a day without listening to them since then.
And as bassist, Sarah's sound is so freakin huge and inspiring (Swollen pickle rules !).
Can't wait to see them during the next Hellfest.
Cuz yeah, you have big fans in Europe !!!
@Ipecac thanks for having signed such an incredible band.
They deserve so much more !
Make them tour, everywhere !
Thx...

CedricFavrichon
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4:18 that groove just goes so damn hard!! 👌

BrandonM.N
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This was an accidental discovery and I'm stuck on this now.❤❤❤❤

The_Wolf_and_the_Wonderer
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The hooks on this song are explosive! Really dig this song and the album! Superb.

LockjawOfficial
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Loving these guys since i discovered their EP"we are all atomic"

im_aleey
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Amazing song, it could be one hour long and I would still listen to it entirely.

leticialavinia
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Hey it's the only way
I know that I'm wrong, and that's okay
Don't close the curtain
Is it true that I'll live forever?
Pray to everyone
For me, the music goes on
Wait a million days
And hope the cold doesn't settle in tonight

Wait
Wait until the sun sets
Until the sun sets
Wait
Wait until the sun sets

We're in this play again
Another life to live
Another moment gone
We'll end this day again
There's no more left to give
Will the music go on?
For another million days
I hope the cold doesn't settle in tonight

Wait
Wait until the sun sets
Until the sun sets
Wait
Wait until the sun sets
Until the sun sets
You're spitting out the words [Wait]
No one needs to know [Wait]
Right up to the end [Until the sun sets, until the sun sets]
You'll hide under the ground [Wait]
But no one seems to know [Wait]
So why do you pretend [Until the sun sets]

You are the knife
Open your arms
You are the conflict
Under the knife
Who will decide this?
You are the knife
Open your arms
You are the conflict
Under the knife
Who will decide this?
You are the knife
Open your arms
You are the conflict
Under the knife
Who will decide this?
You are the knife
Open your arms
You are the conflict
Under the knife
Who will decide this?
Just go spitting out the words [Wait]
No one needs to know [Wait]
Right up to the end [Until the sun sets, until the sun sets]
Still hiding in the crowd [Wait]
But no one seems to know [Wait]
So why do you pretend [Until the sun sets, until the sun sets]
You'll hide under the ground [Wait]
No one seems to know [Wait]
Just walk up to the edge [Until the sun sets]

dcquence
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Pleasantly surprised by this. I’ve got tickets to the Bungle show soon so I’ll be sure to come early

benjamincook
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It’s just unfare how underrated this band is. Great new track. Looking forward to the new album.

peterattilakiss
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This needs 100x the views. What a great band. This whole album is killer.

werideatdusk
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This absolutely rules. AND I get to see them with Melvins/Mr, Bungle? 2023 making up for three years that sucked for musicians and live music fans alike.

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