GILT have released a new single, Trophy Hunter, featuring guest vocals from Nat Lacuna of The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir.
With less than a month to go until the release of their new EP Conceit, post-hardcore duo GILT have shared another new track: Trophy Hunter.
Featuring guest vocals from Nat Lacuna of The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir (who also works with the band on their imagery), the new song has bags of energy and emotion. "We probably spent as much time refining the time modulation noise at the start of Trophy Hunter as we did on any of the musical parts," begins guitarist and bassist Tyler Fieldhouse, "because this track is at the core of the rage-fit that is Conceit, and every part of it is made to keep the energy flowing in a different way from push-mosh to floor punching beats."
"Nat did a beautiful job of embodying multiple voices and getting as close to actually using the word ‘gilt’ in a song as we’ve ever dared to come," continues vocalist Ash Stixx. "Trophy Hunter culminates all the previous ideas and coping mechanisms of Conceit and actively taunts Death, begging to be the one taken instead of the ones we’ve lost.
"In a sort of Stockholm way, Trophy Hunter rebukes salvation and takes solace in living in the shadow of death and both fearing and courting it. We didn’t have any real uplifting message to present at the end of this like our previous work, but the story is still ongoing. We’re all still living in the wake of our pasts and the band will definitely have a lot more of this to tackle on further releases so we’re not tying it up with a bow. Sometimes you lose someone and you wish they had lost you instead. It’s not sensible or nice, it’s honestly pretty selfish and conceited. But it’s human.”
Watch the video below:
And catch GILT live at the following dates:
May
28 Berlin DE Decolonoize Fest
29 Brno CZ Vegalité
31 Bratislava SK Koncerty na garážach
June
1 Vienna AT Kramladen
3 Würzburg DE Kellerperle
4 Darmstadt DE Oetinger Villa
5 Münster DE Venue tbc
8 Antwerp BE Muziekcentrum Trix
9 Bristol UK Exchange (Basement)
10 Newport UK Le Pub
11 Leeds UK Temple of Boom
12 London UK The Queen’s Head, Brixton
