# Seattle’s CALM COLLAPSE Release “Sounds God” Off The Forthcoming Album ‘Mirrored Nature’ – Out November 25

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- Published: 2022-10-06T14:00:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**Seattle’s Calm Collapse Release “Sounds God” The Next Single Off The Forthcoming
Album ‘Mirrored Nature’ – Out November 25**

**Featuring a Roster of Indie Rock Nobility: Doug Lorig (Roadside Monument), Rob
Smith (Traindodge, Museum of Light), Jon Pease (Medicine Bows)**

**Recorded With Matt Bayles (Botch, Mastodon, Minus The Bear)**

[**Stream “Sounds God” Here**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=10789403.27022.1.3b1ccb07b2317f83986b81c5a97469e4)

_“Positive Greed” settles into an expansive, melodic landscape filled with Soundgarden-
inspired guitar work and post-metal dynamics, going from bruising to haunting effortlessly.”–_**
_Decibel Magazine_**

[[ Seattle’s **CALM COLLAPSE**, which features **Doug Lorig (Roadside Monument)**
and **Rob Smith (Traindodge, Museum of Light)**, has unveiled its first single **“
Positive Greed”** off the forthcoming album **‘Mirrored Nature’** (out November 
25).

**Stream “Sounds God” on Youtube: [https://youtu.be/8UWnpn59ptQ](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=10789403.27024.1.feab0bf72381ab774d92ab34c1737db3)**

Calm Collapse - "Sounds God" (Official Audio) - Available Now

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Collapse - "Sounds God" (Official Audio) - Available Now⌉
Watch this video
on YouTube

The upcoming LP ‘Mirrored Nature’ was recorded by **Matt Bayles (Botch, Mastodon,
Minus The Bear).**

**Available for pre-order here:** [https://spr.tn/calmcollapse](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=10789403.27026.1.58369f872769c1fdb11774c0fc243995)

**Pre-save here:** [https://orcd.co/calmcollapse](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=10789403.27027.1.866c007601c3b7bdf1e2d907224570f8)

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**Track Listing:** 
1. Positive Greed 2. Sounds God 3. Brad Delp 4. Subtle Beast
5. Welfare Tour 6. Comeuppance 7. Shadows Paroled 8. Stairwell From The Moon

Spartan Records proudly presents a collective sum of historic parts. Roadside Monument.
Traindodge. Raft of Dead Monkeys. The creative forces that shaped so many formative
and fan-adored records have rematerialized and reassembled as Calm Collapse, a heavy
and melodic trio taking cues from a perfect storm of prior projects but decidedly
exploring a new and dedicated direction.

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Featuring a roster of indie rock nobility, Calm Collapse is comprised of Doug Lorig(
Roadside Monument Patrol, Raft of Dead Monkeys) on guitar/vocals, Rob Smith (Traindodge,
Museum of Light) on drums/keys, and Jon Pease (Medicine Bows) on bass. After meeting
at a show in Seattle, Lorig and Smith began to build the framework for what would
ultimately become the band’s debut record, _Mirrored Nature_. “From the early days
we documented and cataloged almost every riff, song idea, arrangement, tweak, etc.,
iterating through so many changes to create a finalized version of these songs,”
says Pease, who solidified the band’s lineup shortly after its inception. “Everything
that is heard on this record is extremely intentional. Not to say that we didn’t
experiment or have happy accidents in the recording process. But we combed through
and dissected all of our parts to craft something with intention.” The sonic result
is driving, angsty, and propulsive, but still open and spacious. The grind of Melvins,
the melodic discernment of Chavez, and the ethereal tendencies of Grails and Black
Mountain.

With so much experience and groundwork laid with previous projects, a guiding force
for Calm Collapse was continuing to chart familiar waters, but in a new and fresh
direction. “For me, the last couple of bands that I’ve been in have generally been
more heavy than other previous projects I’ve done. But with this project, I didn’t
want it to be one-dimensional,” says Lorig. “It’s generally the kind of music that
I’ve been writing for years. Songwriting has always been a tedious process for me.
I generally write in bunches but with long lapses in between, so some of these songs
or parts have been kicking around for several years — I just needed the right couple
of guys to be able to finally flesh these ideas out.” Smith adds, “[Doug’s] ideas
are by and large more rhythmically and harmonically complex than my other bands,
so sometimes he needs to just play them for a while before I can find a way in. 
It can be weeks of messing with an idea before it takes the shape of a song.” The
result of this project is a propulsive and heavy listening experience, punctuated
by memorable melodies and cinematic and ambient arrangements. “Even though a lot
of our album is on the heavier side, we did not want to trap ourselves in,” says
Lorig. “The album goes in several directions — we did not want to follow the common
things that heavy bands seem to do. We all had a common goal to write songs that
had movement and took us places.”

In order to bring _Mirrored Nature_ to life, the band brought in acclaimed producer
Matt Bayles (Mastodon, Foxing, Isis) to help execute the vision. “We knew for our
music to come across convincingly that the record had to be produced at a higher
level. This is why we went with Matt Bayles. I have worked with Matt on a previous
couple other projects over the years, so I knew what we were going to be getting.
I can say that it definitely was not the easiest thing I’ve ever done — quite the
contrast, it was probably the hardest record that I’ve done, but the end product
is everything that I had hoped it would be. It sounds huge and expansive,” says 
Lorig. “Matt definitely challenged us to a high standard during the production phase,
but it paid off in a huge way,” says Pease. “I think because we were so invested
and prepared to craft this record, Matt stepped up to meet us there. He really put
in a lot of care and detail in the recording, mixing, and production phases that
makes this record sound as great as it does.”

With time comes perspective, and even after a number storied releases, tours, and
iterations, Calm Collapse represents another evolution for the trio. A chance to
disassemble the artistic past, evaluate what worked, and reassemble with a new perspective.“
It has been my passion since I was a little kid to create music,” says Lorig, “and
that passion still lives on to this day as I’ve gotten older. I still love the process
of creating, recording, and playing music live. Part of it also has been that I 
feel I can always one-up the last project that I was in. [Mirrored Nature] is probably
my proudest achievement — but I’m definitely looking forward to trying to get even
better on the next record.”

**Socials:
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