Suzzallo (new band led by Rocky Votolato) share new single ‘The Destroyer’, debut album ‘The Quiet Year’ due out 05/02.

Beloved singer/songwriter Rocky Votolato recently revealed his new band, Suzzallo, and the group announced their debut full-length, ‘The Quiet Year’, due out May 2nd. They’re back with another new single, ‘The Destroyer’. After the devastating loss of his child in a tragic car accident, Votolato formed Suzzallo as a means of transmuting extreme grief into something healing. Votolato‘s solo career has primarily been defined by intimate, acoustic-based music, but Suzzallo swings hard in the other direction. ‘The Quiet Year’ is an explosive eulogy of fuzzed-out alternative rock that’s as stirring and anthemic as it is intense and cathartic. ‘The Destroyer’ follows previous singles ‘Tsunami Waves’ and ‘River’ and offers another dose of skull-shaking guitars juxtaposed with Votolato‘s soaring vocal melodies.Votolato discussed the new song, saying:

“This song ended up being my favorite on the album because I feel like it most accurately captures and communicates what I was going through when making this record. When you lose a child your identity is completely shattered – I was filled with the most intense anger I’ve ever experienced and a deep primal rage. I knew if I didn’t express it in some way it would kill me. I was searching for a kind of sonic destruction and blanket of distortion, and when Goodmanson and I tracked these guitars I knew we had finally found it. I feel like they really accurately communicate how I was feeling and really helped to define the sound of the band. For anyone who’s been through deep grief, trauma and loss – I want to let them know that art can help. I’m so grateful for the way creating this music has helped me process my grief and heal, and I hope these songs can bring some catharsis and comfort to others now as well. I feel like releasing this song now is timely as well as the United States has ceded its democracy and is now processing the shock of living under a fascist dictatorship. There’s a deep grief and pain that comes with that realization. I hope songs like this can help us process some of that pain as we use our anger to fuel the resistance and revolution.”

‘The Quiet Year’ tracklist:
1. River
2. The Destroyer
3. Constellations
4. Tsunami Waves
5. Star String Radio
6. We Are The Clouds
7. Time Machine
8. Magical Thinking
9. Shattered Stars
10. Broken Dragon Wings
11. Eulogy

Upcoming Shows:
05/17 Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou’s (record release show)