CEL DAMAGE - No Volume

CEL DAMAGE: Silent Pendulum Records to release California mathcore phenoms' new album No Volume; new music video streaming now

Silent Pendulum Records announces the July 14th release of No Volume, the new album by the label's newest signing, Cel Damage.

Stream the official music video for new track, "If You're Going to Be a Ghost, Are You Going to Watch Me?" here: https://www.noecho.net/features/cel-damage-no-volume

Pre-order the album, here (digital): https://silentpendulumrecords.bandcamp.com/album/no-volume

Pre-order the album, here (LP): https://silentpendulumrecords.com/products/cel-damage-no-volume

Perched in California's High Desert – the region, north of LA, marked by towns like Apple Valley and Hesperia – Cel Damage has been creating music at a furious pace since its formation in 2014. Upcoming new album No Volume is the band's 12th release in a decade.

"Our local scene is pretty eclectic," says frontman Danny Mathews. "I feel like the music scene is vastly different from the majority of people here. I mean, the people in the scene are more progressive than the people that are living here."

Inspired by bands like Heavy Heavy Low Low, Mathews and his co-conspirators in Cel Damage – his brother Josh Mathews on drums, Riley Tews on guitar, and Robert Cordova on bass – bring a mix of chaos, sass, and earth-splitting heaviness. Spastic Three One G-style forays are balanced by volcanic breakdowns of the most anthemic and crushing variety. Handclaps, synths and wits'-end screams are tempered by moments of pure, steamrolling, metallic hardcore bliss. 

Lyrically, Mathews paints beautifully surreal pictures on No Volume. "If You're Going to Be a Ghost, Are You Going to Watch Me?" begins with these lines: "Mountains are looming / Screaming the letters in no specific order / Eyes begin to twist / Who ever really knows anyone in a room?"

Discussing that song's meaning, he states: "Sometimes the future can seem bleak. Just take a second and remember the good past memories. Sometimes that's what you need to push forward."

No Volume was engineered and mixed by Brad Racine at Local Man Studios, and mastered by Nick Townsend at Infrasonic Sound. The album is yet another high point for Silent Pendulum Records, the Brooklyn-based label helmed by drummer Michael Kadnar, whose roster boasts Glass Casket and Dr. Acula, among others.

Cel Damage embarks on a summer tour of the Southwest in June.

Tour:
Jun 23 - Phoenix, AZ @ Pub Rock (w/ Marrow)
Jun 24 - El Paso, TX @ The Music Gallery (w/ Marrow)
Jun 25 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk Inside (w/ Mothman)
Jun 26 - San Antonio, TX @ Snake Hill (w/ Mothman)
Jun 28 - Denton, TX @ Andy's Bar (w/ Mothman)
Jun 29 - Oklahoma City, OK @ The Sanctuary
Jun 30 - Albuquerque, NM @ Chancla DIY
Jul 1 - Tucson, AZ @ Groundworks
Jul 2 - San Diego, CA @ Eagles Club (w/ Marrow)

Tracklist:
1) I'm Taking the Pins Out
2) Are You Kidding Me
3) We Look Nothing Like Ourselves
4) If You're Going to Be a Ghost, Are You Going to Watch Me
5) They Said I Can Go to the Dance (feat. Sage Jackson)
6) It's Mathematically Impossible
7) Mt. Moon
8) Medium Talent
9) George Wilson (feat. Drez Martinez)
10) Such a Sad Monument to Somebody's Dreams and Aspirations Cut Short
11) You Will Lose Somebody, Someday
12) I Was Catfished

Lineup:
Danny Mathews - vocals
Riley Tews - guitar
Robert Cordova - bass
Josh Mathews - drums

Discography:
No Volume - 2023, Silent Pendulum Records
Split w/ Marrow (single) - 2021, One Wing Records
Take a Number I'm Busy at the Moment (single) - 2021, self-released
Until You Reach the Shallow Part (single) - 2021 self-released
Runoff of Acid, Oil and Water (EP) - 2020, self-released
Zebulon (EP) - 2020, Extinction Burst
New Advice (EP) - 2019, self-released
Making Ours - 2018, self-released
Misanthrope II (EP) - 2016, self-released
Misanthrope (EP) - 2016, self-released
I Ain’t No Salesman - 2015, self-released
I (EP) - 2014, self-released

Photo by Josh Alvarez