Trace Mountains, has announced his forthcoming new album Into The Burning Blue, will drop on September 27th via Lame-O Records. Written as Benton grappled with the end of an 8-year romantic relationship, songs were pouring out of him in quick succession, often urgently before he had logically processed the emotions himself. The pressure of this period crystallized Benton’s adventurous spirit and self-renewal as he embraced new high-fidelity sounds and conviction. Writing routinely over a Roland CR-68 drum machine and enamored with the dramatic precision of 80s music, Benton enlisted Craig Hendrix (Japanese Breakfast).

Benton’s band LVL UP will perform three reunion shows at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn, NY on August 2nd, 3rd and 4th. All three nights are sold out. Announced today, Trace Mountains will embark on a US headline tour to support Into The Burning Blue, kicking off with an east coast run in October, and a west coast run in December.

“From the start of the record-making process, Craig and I envisioned “In A Dream” as the opening track,” shares Benton, “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.

Trace Mountains
Into The Burning Blue Album Art
Tracklist:

01 In A Dream
02 Hard to Accept
03 Friend
04 Ponies
05 Crawling Back To You
06 Gone & Done
07 Melt
08 Cry Cry Cry
09 Won’t Go Home

LVL UP TOUR DATES:

8/2 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right – SOLD OUT
8/3 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right – SOLD OUT
8/4 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right – SOLD OUT

TRACE MOUNTAIN TOUR DATES:

10/9 – Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong
10/10 – Wilmington, NC @ Reggie’s
10/11 – Durham, NC @ Rubie’s
10/12 – Boone, NC @ Lily’s Snack Bar
10/15 – Atlanta, GA @ Altar
10/16 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement
10/17 – Columbus, OH @ Space Bar
10/18 – Cincinnati, OH @ MOTR
10/19 – Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village
10/20 – Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar
10/22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
10/24 – Brooklyn, NY @ TV Eye
10/25 – Boston, MA @ Deep Cuts
12/3 – Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou’s
12/4 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
12/6 – Arcata, CA @ Miniplex
12/10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Gold Diggers
12/11 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
12/12 – Phoenix, AZ @ Linger Longer Lounge

pre-order Into The Burning Blue HERE