REZN – “Collapse” [Video]

Chicago’s REZN – made of Rob McWilliams (vocals, guitar), Phil Cangelosi (bass), Patrick Dunn (drums), and Spencer Ouellette (synth/saxophone) – present a new single/video, “Collapse,” off of their forthcoming album, Burden, out June 14th via Sargent House. In conjunction, they announce new headlining tour dates in North America with support from experimental Americana band Mute Duo (See Dates Below).

“Collapse,” the follow-up to the “heavy, catchy, and trippy” “Chasm,” opens with smoky, Eastern guitar melodies and swirling synth ambience before a distorted wall of sound comes crashing down on the listener. The accompanying video, directed by Chris Owsiany, features the band and encapsulates the song’s mood. “It’s one of the more progressive and dynamic tracks on the record because we wanted to explore as many different corners of the lucid dream/harsh reality dichotomy as we could in the same song,” says McWilliams. “Themes of hallucination are all over Burden and the music video totally nailed that feeling by incorporating the liminal and obscured aspects you encounter when losing touch with reality.”

REZN LINKS
Instagram | Bandcamp| Facebook | Sargent House

REZN Tour Dates
(new dates in bold)
Sat. May 11 – Oslo, NO @ Desertfest Oslo
Tue. June 11 – Durham, NC @ The Fruit %
Wed. June 12 – Asheville, NC @ Eulogy %
Thu. June 13 – Virginia Beach, VA @ The Bunker %
Fri. June 14 – Baltimore, MD @ Metro Baltimore %
Sat. June 15 – Lancaster, PA @ Tellus360 %
Sun. June 16 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts %
Tue. June 18 – Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom %
Thu. June 20 -Brooklyn , NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg %
Fri. June 21 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair %
Sat. June 22 – Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount %
Sun. June 23 – Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground %
Tue. June 25 – Milwaukee, WI @ Vivarium %
Wed. June 26 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall %
Thu. June 27 – St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club %
Fri. June 28 – Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck %
Sat. June 29 – Little Rock, AR @ The Hall %
Fri. July 26 – Indianapolis, IN @ Post. Festival
Fri. Aug. 9 – Iowa City, IA @ Gabe’s ^
Sat. Aug. 10 – Kansas City, MO @ MiniBar ^
Tue. Aug. 13 – Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive ^
Wed. Aug. 14 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Aces High Saloon ^
Fri. Aug. 16 – Portland, OR @ Dante’s ^
Sat. Aug. 17 – Vancouver, BC @ Green Auto ^
Sun. Aug. 18 – Seattle, WA @ Substation ^
Tue. Aug. 20 – Sacramento, CA @ Cafe Colonial ^
Wed. Aug. 21 – Oakland, CA @ Stork Club ^
Thu. Aug. 22 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room ^
Fri. Aug. 23 – Palmdale, CA @ Transplants Brewing ^
Sat. Aug. 24 – Mesa, AZ @ The Nile Underground ^
Sun. Aug. 25 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar ^
Tue. Aug. 27 – Fort Worth, TX @ Tulips ^
Wed. Aug. 28 – Austin, TX @ The Lost Well ^
Wed. Oct. 9 – Berlin, DE @ Astra $
Thu. Oct. 10 – Koln, DE @ Kantine $
Fri. Oct. 11 – Munich, DE @ Keep It Low Festival $
Sat. Oct. 12 – Prague, CZ @ Archa $
Mon. Oct. 14 – Vienna, AT @ Arena $
Tue. Oct. 15 – Bologna, IT @ Estragon $
Thu. Oct. 17 – Metz, FR @ La Bam $
Fri. Oct. 18 – Antwerp, BE @ Desertfest $
Sun. Oct. 20 – Gothenburg, SE @ Monument $
Mon. Oct. 21 – Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret $
Tue. Oct. 22 – Stockholm, SE @ Slaktkyrkan $
Thu. Oct. 24 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega $
Fri. Oct. 25 – Aalborg, DK @ Lasher Fest $
Sat. Oct. 26 – Hamburg, DE @ Uebel & Gefaehrlich $
Tue. Oct. 29 – Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute2 $
Wed. Oct. 30 – Glasgow, UK @ Slay $
Thu. Oct. 31 – Belfast, N-IRE @ Limelight 2 $
Fri. Nov. 1 – Dublin, IRE @ Button Factory $
Sat. Nov. 2 – Manchester, UK @ Damnation Fest $
Sun. Nov. 3 – London, UK @ EartH $
Tue. Nov. 5 – Paris, FR @ Le Trianon $
Wed. Nov. 6 – Rennes, FR @ L’Antipode $
Thu. Nov. 7 – Bordeaux, FR @ Krakatoa $
Sun. Nov. 10 – Madrid, ES @ Nazca $
Mon. Nov. 11 – Barcelona, ES @ Salamandra $

%= w/ Pallbearer
^ = w/ Mute Duo
$= w/ Russian Circles