Pelican: New Album Flickering Resonance Out May 16; Spring and Summer Tours Announced
Fresh off the internet is word that Pelican‘s awaited new album, titled Flickering Resonance, will be released through Run for Cover Records on May 16. A clip of one song has been posted on social media — “Cascading Current,” also being released as a 7″ — and you’ll find that below with all due crunch of riff as Pelican highlight the fact that they’ve always been a secret-not-so-secret emo band, despite the tonal heft and fervency of groove. The deluxe-preorder-whathaveyou edition of Flickering Resonance will feature a vocalized version of the record with Thursday‘s Geoff Rickley sitting in.
I’ll readily admit that sounds like a nightmare and I don’t want to hear it, but that’s me and I’m from Jersey and I have my own associations with Thursday accordingly. It’s interesting nonetheless, and not the first time Pelican have had vocals, though they remain steadfast instrumentalists for the most part. Either way, new Pelican. I’m holding a place in my best of 2025 notes for it.
There are also tour dates in the image below. The March tour was previously announced. The summer run I think is new, and they’re talking about going back to Europe as well, which will likely happen. Okay, here we go.
From socials:
The long wait is over – our new album Flickering Resonance is coming May 16 on Run For Cover Records and there are now various pre-order options at the link in our bio including exclusive merch designs based on Christian Degn Petersen ‘s album artwork. You can also find the new song “Cascading Crescent” wherever you stream music (hear an excerpt in the comments section featuring an accompanying visual by Joshua Ford).
In addition to the 2xLP, CD, and new merch designs, there is a special preorder bundle that includes a super limited (500 copies) “Cascading Crescent” 7” single with both the album version and a special vocal version featuring Geoff Rickly of Thursday that is exclusive to the vinyl.
We’ve added tour dates in the US (with Porcelain) and the EU this summer to follow up on our upcoming run with Russian Circles next month (tickets for those are starting to sell out, so grab them soon).
We cannot wait to share these songs with you both in-person and on the album. We cannot thank you enough for the support and patience.
Tracklist:
01. Gulch
02. Evergreen
03. Indelible
04. Specific Resonance
05. Cascading Crescent
06. Pining For Ever
07. Flickering Stillness
08. Wandering Mind
Bio:
Pelican has always been a band that’s not just from Chicago, but distinctly of Chicago. Formed in 2000 by guitarists Trevor Shelley de Brauw and Laurent Schroeder-Lebec alongside brothers Bryan and Larry Herweg on bass and drums respectively, Pelican’s foundation was built upon the rule-free, genre-agnostic scene synonymous with the Fireside Bowl. “The ‘90s in Chicago was a free-for-all. Everyone was just coming from a place of pure creativity,” says Shelley de Brauw. With Schroeder-Lebec returning to the band following Dallas Thomas’ exit in 2022, this reunified version of Pelican allowed the band to tap back into those influences and build something distinctly new with Flickering Resonance.
While longtime Pelican fans will find an updated version of the band’s ethos—one that’s been constantly evolving since their very first EP—their new partnership with Run For Cover Records emphasizes something that’s always been implicit to the Pelican formula. These songs take as much inspiration from titanic ‘90s post-hardcore, space-rock, and emo as they do traditional metal, showing that though Godflesh and Goatsnake records occupied the shelves of Pelican’s songwriters, so too did Quicksand, Christie Front Drive, and Hum. “A lot of people didn’t hear it,” says Schroeder-Lebec. “I was like, well, I guess the metal world is where we fit. But now, I’m willing to acknowledge all the suits we’re wearing.”
On Flickering Resonance, Pelican allowed themselves to look at their music less as a means of hard-earned catharsis and more as an appreciation for the glimmers of joy that occur even in the bleakest landscapes.
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