Trace Mountains, the project of LVL UP’s Dave Benton, has announced a new album, Into the Burning Blue, which drops September 27 via Lame-O. The follow-up to 2021’s HOUSE OF CONFUSION is led by the single ‘In a Dream’, which you can hear below.
Benton worked on the new album with Craig Hendrix (Japanese Breakfast). “From the start of the record-making process, Craig and I envisioned ‘In A Dream’ as the opening track,” he explained. “On an album that is largely auto-biographical and very personal in nature, it felt vital to begin in a place with a bit of worldview. Especially now, in an election year in the US, I think it’s meaningful to acknowledge the state-inflicted suffering and denial of life that happens here and all over the world. There are so many kinds of Dreams, some are nightmares, some are fantasies, some are very real hopes for one’s future. With “In A Dream” I wanted to explore the universal idea of Dreams – the ones that come at night and the day, what they mean, and who gets to have them.”
Into the Burning Blue Cover Artwork:
Into the Burning Blue Tracklist:
1. In A Dream
2. Hard to Accept
3. Friend
4. Ponies
5. Crawling Back To You
6. Gone & Done
7. Melt
8. Cry Cry Cry
9. Won’t Go Home