Release first new LP in 8 years: ‘It’s Closeness, It’s Easy’ out 5/30 on The Flenser. See PFB on tour in May, June, July in North America.

Planning For Burial, the solo project of Thom Wasluck, has announced its first new album since 2017′s ‘Below The House’, the record is a soundtrack to life’s quiet changes—grief, love, and the bonds that time can’t break. It was about returning home, following in the footsteps of your father and joining a union, and leaving behind youth’s wild days, album embraces what comes next—the weight of all years, the quiet shifts, the reckoning with what remains. This record is many things; it captures the slow drift of time, the unnoticed shifts in a loved one—the creeping changes in mental health, the quiet pull of addiction, the kind of grief that settles in the bones rather than announces itself. Along with the announcement, PFB shares a first look at the album with the cavernous and foreboding single ‘A Flowing Field Of Green’. Wasluck comments: “When I first wrote it I was thinking about how often on tour or when visiting other cities I’d want to move there, away from everything I know. But I’ve been to a lot of places and lived in a few too and realized everywhere will suck if you let it. You gotta be the change you wanna see, you gotta make the things you want to happen become a reality no matter where you’re at.” Combining vast heaviness and delicate ambience, Planning For Burial weaves a densely textured sonic palette where thick swaths of sound crash and roar, giving way to shimmers of celestial bliss. It’s potent stuff, and none-more-so than this first single ‘A Flowing Field Of Green’. Rooted in a staunch DIY ethos, Wasluck handles every aspect of Planning For Burial project himself—recording the music, designing the artwork, and performing live as a one-man band. He books his own tours, ever and independent creative. This hands-on approach has led Planning For Burial to play hundreds of shows solidifying his place in the underground music scene. A defining moment came in 2018 when he performed at the Meltdown Festival in London, curated by Robert Smith of The Cure. Though written over the course of two years, the recording process reflects a sense of immediacy. Rather than assembling songs piece by piece over time, the album took shape in singular, immersive sessions—less an act of construction, more an unveiling of something already waiting to take shape.

Planning For Burial, on tour:

May 31 Toronto, ON – Prepare The Ground (Live Scoring “The Phantom Carriage”)
Jun. 08 Swoyersville, PA – Guild Hall (acoustic set)
Jun. 13 Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups*
Jun. 14 Davenport, IA – Raccoon Motel*
Jun. 16 Chicago IL – Subterranean*
Jun. 17 Milwaukee, WI – Cactus Club*
Jun. 18 Minneapolis, MN – 7th St. Entry
Jun. 19 Fargo, ND – The Aquarium
Jun. 20 Billings, MT – Thirsty Street Brewing
Jun. 21 Missoula, MT – VFW 209
Jun. 23 Seattle, WA – Black Lodge%
Jun. 24 Portland, OR – Twilight Cafe%
Jun. 25 Boise, ID – Realm Arcade%
Jun. 26 Salt Lake City, UT – Ace’s High Noon
Jun. 27 Reno, NV – The Holland Project
Jun. 28 Oakland, CA – Eli’s Mile High+
Jun. 29 Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon+
Jun. 30 Las Vegas, NV – Voodoo Brewing
Jul. 01 Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
Jul. 02 Albuquerque, NM – 606 Studio
Jul. 03 Denver, CO – Hi-Dive
Jul. 05 Kansas City, MO – Howdy
Jul. 06 Oklahoma City, OK – The Sanctuary
Jul. 07 Denton, TX – Rubber Gloves
Jul. 08 Austin, TX – Valhalla
Jul. 09 Tulsa, OK – Whittier Bar
Jul. 10 St. Louis, MO – Kerr Foundation
Jul. 11 Louisville, KY – Whirling Tiger
Jul. 12 Nashville, TN – DRKMTTR!
Jul. 13 Birmingham, AL – Saturn!
Jul. 14 Atlanta, GA – Eyedrum!
Jul. 15 Tampa, FL – Crowbar
Jul. 16 Winter Park, FL – Conduit
Jul. 18 Asheville, NC – Static Age Records
Jul. 19 Richmond, VA – Afterglow

* with Stander
% with Drowse
+ with Mamaleek
! with Malevich

‘It’s Closeness, It’s Easy’ tracklist:

You Think
Movement Two
(blueberry pop)
A Flowing Field Of Green
With Your Sunglasses On Like a Ghoul
Grivo
Twenty-Seventh Of February
Fresh Flowers For All Time
Farm Cat, Watching

Photo credit: Matt Hannon