US / THEM: Gloomgaze band Babel Map's Kurt Ballou produced album 'Teeth' out now

“Tick-tocking, searing post-rock anthems.” — Echoes & Dust

"Babel Map, a band we've commended for over four years, continues to evolve with bold ambition… A truly remarkable step forward." -- Destroy//Exist

Harrisburg, PA gloomgaze band Babel Map release their new album Teeth today via Lost Future Records. Hear/share Teeth album on all DSPs HERE and Bandcamp.

Side-Line recently launched the very Halloween/David Lynch appropriate official video for "Pazuzu" HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Teeth: the structure of enamel coated bone used for survival and defense in life, yet left intact, telling identification in the afterlife.

Teeth, Babel Map’s forthcoming 3rd album was recorded by Kurt Ballou (God City Studio, Converge) mastered by Magnus Lindberg (Cult of Luna) in the spring of 2024. Prior to beginning the writing of Teeth, the group describes this chapter as an evolutionary time for them as a change in lineup allowed for a progressive increase in experimentation with song structure.

Past albums were written and recorded mostly from playing songs in a live setting. Falling into a sound that they had never explored before, the quartet came together with blank ideas, pressed record and just built a song.

Once the album was complete, the band then began practicing live as a four piece to prepare for recording and now live performance. Babel Map explains the symbolism behind the title, as it is both about “showing your teeth,” but also “leaving a permanent piece of yourself behind for the world to reflect on.”

The band originally began in 2011 as a trip hop/electric solo project of Jessica Drummer based out of Philadelphia, PA. She then relocated to Harrisburg, PA and began playing live in 2015 where she was able to begin networking and playing with others. After a few changes in lineup, Steph Werner (guitarist since 2018 and Michael Stipe (bassist since 2019) quickly became a collaborative band where the sound changed into a Shoegaze/post-metal trance.

They recorded their first album, Raw Tomato, My Heart (released 2020) with Ian Scheila at Headroom Studios Philadelphia while building their live show experiences until the shut down of Covid-19. During this time, CANCEL THIS! (Released 2022) was written, and quickly recorded right after the world rise from the pandemic.

Due to change of lineup, the band began to write Teeth with electronic drums (produced by Michael Stipe) in 2023 as a trio. Brian Doherty later joined and began writing and producing percussion for the album and continues to play live today.

Teeth is available on LP, CD and streaming on November, 1st, 2024 via Lost Future Records. Pre-order HERE.

BABEL MAP LIVE 2024:

11/08 Mechanicsburg, PA - LoveDrafts Brewing