Pelican releases “Cascading Crescent” single – new album out in May

US post-metal band Pelican have released the first single from their upcoming album “Flickering Resonance”. The album will be released on May 16 via Run For Cover Records. The track is called “Cascading Crescent” and you can listen to it below, as well as on streaming services.

The band finished recording the new album in September last year. It is the band’s seventh full-length album and the first to feature the band’s founding guitarist Laurent Lebec since 2009’s “What We All Come to Need”. Lebec left the band in 2012 and rejoined in 2022, and the band’s previous album “Nighttime Stories” was released in 2019.

The latest release combines the band’s traditional roots with modern influences. The collaboration with Run For Cover Records has highlighted the band’s diverse musical identity. The album reflects influences from 1990s post-hardcore, space rock and emo as well as traditional metal. Lebec describes how the band is now ready to acknowledge all the musical “outfits” it has worn over the years.

1. Gulch
2. Evergreen
3. Indelible
4. Specific Resonance
5. Cascading Crescent
6. Pining For Ever
7. Flickering Stillness
8. Wandering Mind