{"id":30546,"date":"2019-03-09T12:15:49","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T17:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30546"},"modified":"2019-05-30T17:34:11","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T21:34:11","slug":"shoegaze-band-dead-swords-release-debut-album-enders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30546","title":{"rendered":"Dead Swords release debut album &#8216;Enders&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New Jersey-based shoegaze band  Dead Swords have released their debut album titled&nbsp;&#8216;Enders&#8217;. The brainchild of Alex Rosamilia&nbsp;of&nbsp;The Gaslight Anthem&nbsp;and&nbsp;Corey Perez&nbsp;of&nbsp;Bottomfeeder&nbsp;and&nbsp;Let Me Run, the band plays a ghostly brand of shoegaze, or, perhaps, a more soothing kind of black metal, expansive in both purpose and ambition.&nbsp;Take a listen to the album via Bandcamp below. <\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"120\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 120px;\" src=\"\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/album=2792224755\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Out now via&nbsp;Human Blood Records, the debut showcase picks up where its two previous EPs,&nbsp;&#8216;Skeletons&#8217;&nbsp;and&nbsp;&#8216;Broken Souls,&#8217; left off and is a record that&#8217;s clearly inspired by and obsessed with both&nbsp;&#8216;Disintegration&#8217;&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;&#8216;Loveless&#8217;. Lyrically, the album also speaks to Rosamilia&#8217;s continued fascination with death. In scope, the album is his overly morbid take on loss and what happens after we go. Stream the album in full on Spotify&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/r9y5eb\/3m9fkn\/rtii9f\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rosamilia had the following to say about the album and ambition behind it:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;When I started Dead Swords, I really wanted to focus on letting the music be able to breathe. I have always been a fan of bands like Pink Floyd, My Bloody Valentine, or The Cure; bands that write songs that sprawl about over the course of seven-t0-eight minutes. 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The brainchild of Alex Rosamilia&nbsp;of&nbsp;The Gaslight Anthem&nbsp;and&nbsp;Corey Perez&nbsp;of&nbsp;Bottomfeeder&nbsp;and&nbsp;Let Me Run, the band plays <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30546\" title=\"Dead Swords release debut album &#8216;Enders&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"On Culture Addicts: Shoegaze band Dead Swords release debut album 'Enders'","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[23,28,30,5812],"tags":[7858,7860],"class_list":["post-30546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","category-shoegaze","tag-dead-swords","tag-enders"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2f28aebc63bfe69d9fa282bf_1240x1246.jpg?fit=1240%2C1246&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-7WG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30248,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30248","url_meta":{"origin":30546,"position":0},"title":"Dead Swords announce debut album &#8216;Enders&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"December 17, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Dead Swords, the New Jersey-based outfit comprised of Alex Rosamilia of The Gaslight Anthem and Corey Perez of Bottomfeeder and Let Me Run, are proud to announce the band's debut album titled 'Enders'. 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