Red Mesa streams new single "Witching Hour" from new album "Partial Distortions" - Allied Forces

Red Mesa streams new single “Witching Hour” from new album “Partial Distortions”

“Partial Distortions” shows a powerful return of the Albuquerque, NM heavy desert rock trio Red Mesa with their fourth full-length.

Red Mesa have recently announced that their fourth full-length album Partial Distortions is set to be released on April 19th via Majestic Mountain Records and Desert Records. The heavy desert rock trio have released a live clip for the song Witching Hour which you can see below:

Red Mesa says about Witching Hour: “This is our foreboding tale inspired by the creepier elements of Stephen King’s ‘“‘Pet Cemetery‘”‘. The closing track is heavy and dark with Alex taking the lead on vocals. Musically, the song consists of two sections that were organically brought together. The first half of the song consists of two riffs that Brad showed Roman and they recorded it into the voice memos of an Iphone in early 2021. The second half showcases a huge riff that Alex had been keeping in his back pocket for 20 years. Once the ending riff was worked out, the song came together quickly. We have been adding this song to our live setlists and is quickly becoming a staple“.

Partial Distortions shows a powerful return of the Albuquerque, NM heavy desert rock trio Red Mesa with their fourth full-length. The album will be released on April, 19th 2024 via Desert Records (North America) and Majestic Mountain Records (Europe). This 6-track album features the same lineup from their 2020 release The Path To The Deathless and the 2022 single Forest Cathedral.

The record shows further collaboration between band members as guitarist/vocalist Brad Frye, bassist/vocalist Alex Cantwell, and drummer/vocalist Roman Barham all contributed musically and lyrically throughout the album.

Red Mesa has been leading the new generation of desert rock by proving that the genre is capable of greater expanses. The trio has expanded their signature heavy desert sound on Partial Distortions to include more doom and sludge metal moments. Blackened Desert sound collages and an overall doomier and downright frightening musical path will confront the listener, as the album is darker musically and thematically. All whilst still dwelling within an optimism that instills hope that amongst the loss, the tragic endings, and the suffering that this existence brings, that life is still worth living.

Presale for limited edition LP and CD have begun on Bandcamp and www.desertrecords.us and majesticmountainrecords.bigcartel.com/

The album cover artwork has been done by Marco Blasphemator. Gatefold and back cover photos by Hayley Harper, graphics and layout by Dave Walsh. Partial Distortions was recorded by Augustine Ortiz at the Decibel Foundry in Santa Fe, NM in December 2022. Recorded and mixed by Matthew Tobias at Empty House Studio in Albuquerque, NM in April, June, August, & October 2023 and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege in Portland, OR in October 2023.