"It's very different from our previous releases," admitted Isaiah Mitchell, guitarist and vocalist for California's psychedelic rock outfit Earthless speaking about the recently released 'Black Heaven', "but it was fun to do - something you wouldn't expect us to be doing. It's fun playing the songs live, that's for sure".


The big difference Mitchell is referring to is the addition of more vocal tracks than ever before. Earthless are predominantly known as more of an instrumental band but Mitchell stresses that it was more what felt right with this album than a preconceived plan.


"I've always known I can sing, everyone's known I can sing it's just we didn't really wanna do anything vocal-heavy", he continued. "We had one song with vocals on it when we planned to make the record and then we got together and we had some other songs kicking around and I brought some songs in and the other guys liked them. They were strong so we thought let's put them in".


In the full interview Isaiah talks about next February's Australian tour, the reception to 'Black Heaven', the difference between writing songs with vocals compared to instruments only, the writing process and how it differs, the musical climate that gave birth to Earthless and more.



EARTHLESS AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND 2019


Thurs 21 Feb Melbourne – Max Watts


Fri 22 Feb Wellington - Valhalla


Sat 23 Feb Tauranga - Totara Street


Sun 24 Feb Auckland – Galatos


Tues 26 Feb Wollongong – Uni Bar


Thurs 28 Feb Canberra – Basement


Fri 1 March Sydney – Crow Bar


Sat 2 March Narrabeen – Narrabeen RSL


Sun 3 March Newcastle - Small Ballroom


Wed 6 March Gold Coast – Miami Tavern


Thurs 7 March – Brisbane – Crow Bar


Fri 8 March – Geelong – Barwon Club


Sun 10 March – Perth – Amplifier




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