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 Get ready for Ceremony's In The Spirit World

Posted by Loren on July 21, 2019

Get ready for Ceremony's In The Spirit World
photo by Rick Rodney

Ceremony will release their next record, In the Spirit World, on August 23 via Relpase Records. Produced by Will Yip, the new record utilizes dramatic synthesizers and pop hooks for a poppy, post-punk expression.

Get a taste in the video for the titular song below:

CEREMONY LIVE DATES:

07/25: Rokycany, Czech Republic - FLUFF Fest
08/23: San Francisco, CA - August Hall
08/24: Los Angeles, CA - The Regent 

! - Record Release Show w/ Pissed Jeans & Special Guests

In the Spirit World track listing:

1. Turn Away the Bad Thing
2. In the Spirit World Now
3. Further I Was
4. /
5. Presaging The End
6. Say Goodbye to Them
7. We Can Be Free
8. //
9. Years of Love
10. Never Gonna Die Now
11. I Want More
12. From Another Age
13. ///
14. Calming Water

Get ready for Ceremony's In The Spirit World
photo by Rick Rodney

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