NEWS: MUSEUM OF LIGHT Release “Undone” Second Single Off Upcoming Album ‘Diviner’ – Out March 14
Seattle’s Museum Of Light have announced details for their sophomore album Diviner, set for release on March 14 via Spartan Records.
“Undone” the second single from the 11-track LP produced by Scott Evans (Sumac, Thrice, Kowloon Walled City) is now streaming everywhere. Stream “Undone” Now.
Guitarist Ted Alvarez tells Revolver: “It’s a bit strange for us to pick singles. Obviously we want people to enjoy each song on its own terms and listen however they desire. But we’re massive fans of the classic LP format, and for “Diviner” we wanted to expand what we started on “Horizon” and really design the record as something that’s hopefully most rewarding when it’s absorbed in one sitting. It might be an old or antiquated idea, but it’s our tiny way of pushing back against everyone’s attention being atomized and split in a million directions. That said, “Undone” has been a set ender for a while, so it proved its mettle as a banger long before the album took shape.”
“When it comes to meanings or feelings, I think we’re way more into creating images and suggestions that feel real and true, but opaque enough that the listener is really attaching their own specific story. This one’s maybe a bit more concrete in that I think we tried to bottle the collapse of a relationship when it feels most catastrophic — mountains are crumbling, the earth is literally trying to swallow you up. But even after you’ve been buried, you can see a little light coming through the cracks, if that makes any sense.”
Museum Of Light’s sound blends crushing, heavy swagger with ethereal, sparkling melodies, creating a dynamic, otherworldly atmosphere that combines raw intensity with haunting, operatic vocals and poetic, existential lyrics.
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Diviner Track Listing:
1. Body
2. Blunt Force Drama
3. Get Paid
4. Above You
5. Undone
6. The Known World
7. Still Running
8. Kneel
9. Born All Wrong
10. Diviner
11. Breathe
Catch Museum Of Light on tour in March/April.
22 March 2025 – Seattle, WA (Record Release Show) – Substation w/ with Serial Hawk and Heldscalla
10 April 2025 – Spokane, WA – Big Dipper w/ DUG
11 April 2025 – Seattle, WA – Bad Bar w/ DUG + Constant Lovers
12 April 2025 – Portland, OR – High Water Mark w/ DUG + Spares + Hiss
13 April 2025 – Bend, OR – Webfoot Garage w/ DUG
About Museum Of Light’s Diviner
Every band lucky enough to get to make a second record learns the journey there comes with a thousand hard choices. Double down on a sound that worked so far? Undertake wild-hair experiments to escape narrow boxes? Or let the weight of expectations inside and out paralyze you? All of the above plus more, if we’re honest—a lot can get in the way of “just make a rad record you can be proud of.”
For Seattle’s Museum Of Light, the path to Diviner became clear at Ocean Sound. Set against stony peaks and icy fjords on the island of Giske, Norway, the turf-roofed studio’s setting let everyone involved bask in the kind of mythic landscapes that always served as a kind of closet influence for the band. Turns out inspiration is easy to come by when it’s nudged along by a walk down a wind-raked coastline or a night spent tracking with hallucinogenic auroras dancing in the sky. It wasn’t always comfy: Each day began with a cold plunge in the Norwegian Sea, as prescribed by returning producer extraordinaire Scott Evans (Sumac, Thrice, Kowloon Walled City).
These methods yielded a record that stomps with heavy, crushing swagger while sheltering the hollows of sparkling melody and hushed breath that set Museum Of Light apart. Going beyond the blueprint of their debut Horizon would’ve been impossible without the addition of new bassist and certified Tøne Lörd Jeff Bartlett, who dug up the bones of the earth and somehow strapped them to rosewood. Singer Elissa Alvarez both channelled and defied decades of opera training to transform into a beyond-human choir that gives Diviner its ethereal soul. And award-winning poet Amelia Urry gifted the record its pulse with haunting words about the slippery nature of existing in a lost world.
In the end, “making a rad record you can be proud of” was all that Museum Of Light set out to do — international twists and turns be damned. We think they got there. Listen for yourself.
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