Respire deliver final preview of upcoming album with "The Sun Sets Without Us"

Toronto-based "post-everything" outfit Respire is on the verge of releasing their new album Hiraeth on July 26th via Dine Alone Records. The group has shared their latest single, "The Sun Sets Without Us", along with an accompanying music video.

Pre-order Hiraeth here.

The band shared the following:

The Sun Sets Without Us' covers plenty of stylistic ground – featuring arpeggiated melodies countered by driving horns, an ode to sassy art punk, a captivating, accelerating buildup with haunting gang vocals punctuated by raw screams, and a crushing climax. The song is about our precarious position as immigrants, and a warning that those who come after us now will come after you next.

Things are not well in this world, and fake smiles can only hide so much. The news is bad – strikes, riots, wars, famine, inflation, corruption – and continues unabated. In the video you see the constant cycle of crisis we've become accustomed to… the smiles fade away, and the news anchors lose their composure, growing increasingly desperate.

08/01 Toronto, ON @ The Royal Theatre
09/12 New Brunswick, NJ @ TBA
09/13 New York, NY @ Gold Sounds
09/14 Richmond, VA @ Dark Days, Bright Nights Festival
09/16 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Roboto Project
09/17 Cleveland, OH @ The Winchester Music Tavern
09/18 Columbus, OH @ Dirty Dungarees
09/19 Indianapolis, IN @ Healer
09/20 Chicago, IL @ Reggie's Music Joint
09/21 Detroit, MI @ TBA
09/22 Toronto, ON @ St. Stephen-In-The-Fields Church