Bristol’s SCALER return with their first new music since their 2023 double A-side Daniel Avery-produced single ‘Loam / New Symbols’. The new track ‘Broken Entry’ follows the band’s recent signing to tastemaker label Black Acre (home to Commodo, Sully, Karen Nyame KG, Waldo’s Gift, Crimewave, and more), and lands as they come to the end of an extensive EU tour alongside And So I Watch You From Afar and Robocobra Quartet.
The latest double single release saw SCALER lean further into their dance-based influences, earning a spot on the BBC Radio 6 Music playlist for their heady combination of uncompromising industrial percussion, throbbing bass, glitchy leftfield samples, and colossal synth lines. ‘Broken Entry’ sees the band push further into this club mobilising sound, merging sinister synths with driving rhythmic bass and frenetic beats, before mutating into a crushing nu-metal tinged breakdown section. Recorded by Alfie-Tyson-Brown (one time member of SCALER’s live band) at The Louisiana, and mixed by long-time collaborator Sean Oakley (Kae Tempest, Frank Ocean, James Blake, Black Sabbath), the track is as much a nod to the euphoric, chest-beating call of the dancefloor as it is the frenzied energy of the circle pit. Speaking on the track, the band says:
“After a year spent locked away in various windowless rooms, ‘Broken Entry’ is our first offering from the next era of SCALER. We wanted to blow the cobwebs off before we show you what we’ve been up to.”
Speaking on their recent signing, Black Acre founder Ian Merchant says:
“Is there a better way to announce our return to making records than signing our favourite Bristol band? SCALER have been part of our lives as fans for years so it’s an honour to welcome them to the Black Acre family. The band has always defied genre, but this new material ups the ante with sheer ambition, and we are hyped to work on a project with no ceiling.“
Scaler Live Dates
April
25 – Lille, France – L’Aéronef
August
2 – Bristol, UK – Queens Square supporting IDLES
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