The Bellwether Syndicate - Vestige & Vigil (2023)

All-star deathrock ensemble The Bellwether Syndicate has revealed their highly anticipated new album, Vestige & Vigil, released through Sett Records in North America and reaching global audiences via Nexilis Records/Schubert Music Europe. An astounding nine years have passed since their captivating debut, The Night Watch, first enchanted the music world.

A result of six grueling years of creative exploration, Vestige & Vigil is an elixir of modern existence, captured through profound lyricism and melody. This exceptional array of sonic masterpieces resonates with those who answer its beckoning call.

The double-edged perspective of Vestige & Vigil offers a unique vantage point from which to survey the world: Vestige, an exultation of the enduring remnants of life, and Vigil, a solemn acknowledgement of that which has vanished into the ether.

“Golden Age‘ is a rare gift in that I received nearly the entire song in a dream,” Faith muses. “The beat, the guitar and bass melody, and the chorus lyric were all just there in my head when I woke up and, without saying a word to Sarah, I ran down to the studio to capture it before I lost it. It has a haunting quality which felt very nostalgic to me, so the lyric is really about the danger of getting lost in nostalgia and losing the present as a result. This is a conversation we have a lot, as so many people seem to stop looking ahead, content to rummage through the past. I’ve always said that tomorrow is way more interesting to me than yesterday, so this song warns about getting stuck there. As for the chorus, it’s anyone’s guess what it means, as it’s all a dream!”