DEAD SPACE - Chlorine Sleep LP

After a six-year absence, The Dead Space returns. The Dead Space never quite fit in since forming in 2008, and never really cared to. The Austin trio quietly managed to craft their own brand of tightly wound art rock, equal parts bleak and brooding, presented in stark tones. Whether their allergy to artifice was a roadblock, in keeping with their character or some combination of both, it's hard to say. Either way, the band was very much on the outside looking in prior to the release of their well-received first album, 2014's Faker. And when it finally seemed they could reach a broader audience, they did what any good band should do—they broke up.

Slightly before that, however, the band returned to Ian Rundell’s Second Hand Tacos studio to record Chlorine Sleep. The record carries their history forward with arduous blasts of force, contrasting with lean efficiency, exposing a sense of fragility and vulnerability atypical of their prior works. With guitarist Garrett Hadden’s return to Texas after an extended spell in Seattle, the group are readying a return to the stage with a renewed vision and sense of purpose. The Dead Space’s ferocious second album expands on previous themes while forging a new path all their own.

“Sometimes you want a rock trio to be more mindful of the air around them, but with the Dead Space, if Quin Galavis isn’t sawing through the walls with his bass, Garrett Hadden is decimating the area around him..the proficiency of how this band delivers its trade all but demands multiple listens.” - Doug Mosurock, Still Single