Listen to RIVERSIDE’s stunning new single Vale Of Tears

27 July 2018

RIVERSIDE have shared a stream of their new single Vale Of Tears.

It’s the first material from their upcoming studio album Wasteland, which the band's Mariusz Duda calls “an epic, multidimensional, poetic and very deep album – perhaps of the once in a lifetime kind.”

And, speaking about the concept behind the follow-up to 2015’s Love, Fear And The Time Machine, Duda added: “I'd been thinking about exploring ‘post-apocalyptic’ regions for a long time. I read books, watched films, played video games, all connected by stories about an attempt to survive in a world that had just ended. But writing such a story myself didn't make much sense until now.

“Riverside are starting a new chapter and after our recent experiences, a story like that has gained more meaning.

“Wasteland is mostly about what's happening in the world these days but it also makes a reference to the tragedy that befell the band in 2016.

“Musically, we've returned to darker sounds but we have also turned a new page and recorded the album in a different style. It's still Riverside but expressed in a much deeper and more mature way.”

Wasteland is set to arrive on September 28 via InsideOut Music and is now available to pre-order. RIVERSIDE will head out on tour from October.