Wo Fat Announce New Album The Singularity Due May 6; Preorders & New Song Posted
Texas heavy psych blues forerunners Wo Fat have just announced the details of their awaited new album, The Singularity. It’ll be out May 6 on Ripple Music. There’s a moment in the new song, “The Witching Chamber,” where the Dallas three-piece come a to full stop ahead of launching into the final galloping run of the nine-plus-minute track, and I think that’s where it’s most hitting me that yeah, these guys are back. Some six years after Midnight Cometh (review here), I wouldn’t expect them to make a bad record. That is to say, if it sucked, well, they’re seven full-lengths deep into their career, so it’s not like they wouldn’t know it, and considering they produce their own material, I’d have to think they’d keep woodshopping until it came out the way they wanted. And with Wo Fat, that’s a winning formula.
I haven’t heard all of The Singularity yet — though I’ve certainly begged Ripple for a listen — but, well, I get it. And speaking of winning formulas, “The Witching Chamber” pushes outward on the band’s jammy foundations nicely, and though it’s kind of counterintuitive to think of a nine-minute song as a single, hell’s bells, it’s Wo Fat. The more the merrier. Can’t wait to hear the rest.
Fresh off the PR wire:
WO FAT share details of new album ‘The Singularity’ on Ripple Music; first track and preorder available!
Dallas-based psychedelic doom legends WO FAT announce the release of their seventh studio album ‘The Singularity’ this May 6th on Ripple Music. Listen to its dark and bluesy first single “The Witching Chamber” and preorder the album now!
WO FAT returns with their seventh studio album, a record they feel is their most adventurous and exploratory yet. While not necessarily a concept album, its themes relate to existential threats and a dark destiny, a reflection of the times we’re living in.
The title, ‘The Singularity’, can refer to an environmental tipping point beyond which irreversible cascading feedback loops of climate destruction are inevitable; it can also refer to a point in the evolution of artificial intelligence and machine learning after which everything changes and goes beyond what we can control, potentially leading to humankind’s destruction. These apocalyptic and sci-fi-based ideas also serve as metaphors for the struggle for truth and reality in the face of disinformation, manufactured facts and cultic thinking. In essence, the battle for the future of our planet and civilization.
Musically, ‘The Singularity’ ventures outside WO FAT’s well-establish blues-based paradigm, keeping all the heaviness but also tapping into some 70’s fusion influences and more open jamminess. All in all, it’s the perfect return and elaboration of everything we love about one of the most iconic bands in all of heavy rock history! ‘The Singularity’ will be released on limited edition colored 2xLP, classic black 2xLP, limited digipack CD and digital, with preorder available at this location.
WO FAT – New album ‘The Singularity’
Out May 6th, 2022 on Ripple Music
US preorder: https://ripplemusic.bigcartel.com/products?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search=the+singularity
World preorder: https://ripplemusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-singularity
TRACKLIST:
1. Orphans of the Singe
2. The Snows of Banquo IV
3. Overworlder
4. The Unraveling
5. The Witching Chamber
6. The Singularity
7. The Oracle
WO FAT is:
Kent Stump – guitar, vocals
Michael Walter – drums
Zack Busby – bass
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