Mastodon shared "Your Ghost Again," the band's first new music since a lineup change and the passing of Brent Hinds, as well as the passing of drummer Brann Dailor’s mother.
“For me, ‘Your Ghost Again’ is about when you lose somebody that’s close to you that you existed with for most of your life -- or your whole life,” Dailor says in a press release.
“It’s those moments when you’re in those familiar places that you’ve always been with that person, and then, after they’re gone, you see them out of the corner of your eye, and it makes you sad because they’re not there. When we were in the studio recording, I kept seeing Brent. I’d see him on my right holding the guitar because that’s where he’d usually be. It’s the same with my mom: I keep seeing her. And you get a little jolt of excitement because you think you’re actually seeing them, but then you remember they’re not here and it takes you down a notch. So, it’s these big relationships for me that became the subject matter of the song. I was just singing about what I was seeing, and I was seeing ghosts.”
The single comes via Loma Vista Recordings.
The band will be touring North American with Deafheaven this year.
THE POISONOUS WEAPONS TOUR DATES
September 16 - Orlando, FL - Hard Rock
September 18 - Asheville, NC - Asheville Yards
September 19 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
September 20 - Louisville, KY - Louder than Life
September 22 - Philadelphia, PA - Franklin Music Hall
September 23 - Boston, MA - House of Blues
September 24 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Paramount
September 25 - Washington, DC - Anthem
September 27 - Montreal, QC - MTelus
September 28 - Toronto, ON - Rebel
September 29 - Buffalo, NY - Buffalo Riverworks
October 1 - Detroit, MI - Fillmore
October 2 - Chicago, IL - The Riviera
October 3 - Minneapolis, MN - Palace
October 6 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
October 7 - Boise, ID - Revolution
October 9 - Oakland, CA - The Fox
October 10 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium
October 11 - San Diego, CA - The Sound
October 14 - Denver, CO - Fillmore
October 16 - Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom
October 17 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
October 18 - Memphis, TN - Satellite Music Hall
October 20 - Cleveland, OH - Agora
October 21 - Greensboro, NC - Piedmont Hall
October 22 - Atlanta, GA - The Eastern
October 24 - Dallas, TX - Sick New World DALLAS
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED MASTODON DATES
June 3 - Prague, CZE - O2 Universum #
June 5 - Nürburg, DE - Rock Am Ring
June 6 - Gdańsk, PL - Mystic Festival
June 7 - Nürnberg, DE - Rock Im Park
June 9 - Zurich, CH - Komplex 457 #
June 11 - Nickelsdorf, AT - Nova Rock
June 13 - Leeuwarden, NL - Into The Grave Festival
June 14 - Donington Park, UK - Download Festival
June 16 - Saarbrucken, DE - Garage #
June 17 - Dortmund, DE - FZW #
June 19 - Clisson, FR - Hellfest
June 21 - Dessel, BE - Graspop Metal Meeting
June 22 - Hamburg, DE - Docks #
June 24 - Copenhagen, DK - Copenhell Festival
June 25 - Berlin, DE - Huxley's Neue Welt #
June 27 - Snina, SK - Rock Pod Kamenon
June 28 - Zagreb, HR - Culture Factory #
June 30 - Toulouse, FR - Bikini *
July 1 - Bordeaux, FR - Le Rocher De Palmer *
July 3 - Cartagena, ES - Rock Imperium Festival
July 4 - Viveiro, ES - Resurrection Fest
July 5 - Lisbon, PT - Evil Live
# with Loathe
* supporting Anthrax
