Converge Announce New EP, Debut New Tracks

Update, 11:46 a.m.: Lambgoat points out that both tracks are now online! WHAT A GREAT DAY TO BE ALIVE!!!

I’m just listening to “Eve” for the first time now, but it sounds like Converge channeling Alice in Chains. I think I like it even more than “I Can Tell You About Pain.”

Original story follows…

Converge have made good on their teasing and announced a new offering: a two-song 7″/digital release, which will include the new tracks “I Can Tell You About Pain” and “Eve.” You can check out the first of the pair via the below video (courtesy of NPR). I know how impatient Converge fans can be so just go listen and we’ll meet back up to discuss in the next paragraph, okay?

Well, I dunno about you cats, but I certainly feel like I was just violated with mace. Converge haven’t lost a step.

Interestingly, the other track on the EP, “Eve,” is described by NPR as “a doomy and bracing seven minutes.” So we’ll be getting some different Converge flavors, which is nice. Variety is the spice of blah blah blah and all that.

The press release doesn’t specify when this thing is coming out, but in addition to an online release, the 7″ will be available for sale on the band’s upcoming tour with Neurosis and Amenra, which kicks off July 28. So it seems safe to assume that the digital edition will drop around the same time.

Here are all of Converge’s upcoming tour dates:

w/ Neurosis & Amenra
July 28 – Chicago, Il – Thalia Hall
July 29 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall
July 30 – Pittsburgh, PA – Rex Theater
July 31 – Buffalo, NY – Waiting Room *Converge & Amenra Only
Aug 01 – Montreal, QC – Métroplois
Aug 02 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
Aug 03 – New Haven, CT – College St. Music Hall
Aug 04 – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
Aug 05 – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
Aug 06 – Boston, MA – Royale
Aug 07 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer

Aug 18 – Bristol, UK – ArcTanGent 2017
Aug 19 – Eisleben, Germany – Destruction Derby Festival

w/ Havok, Gorguts & Revocation
Aug 20 – Warsaw, Poland – Zaklęte Rewiry
Aug 21 – Bratislava, Slovakia – Majestic Music Club
Aug 22 – Vienna, Austria – Vienna Arena
Aug 23 – Munich Germany – Backstage
Aug 24 – Aarau, Switzerland – Backstage
Aug 25 – Paris, France – Le Trabendo
Aug 26 – Tilburg, Netherlands – 013