Bad Omens mourn 'The Death of Peace of Mind' with new album

LA crew Bad Omens have dropped their new album 'THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND' (via Sumerian Records).

Leading up to the album release, the band dropped a stunning visual stream for "The Grey" and previously shared music videos for the album title track "THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND", "ARTIFICIAL SUICIDE" and "Like A Villain" which altogether have totalled a stellar 4.8 million views on YouTube, with the single releases (also including "What do you want from me?" and "Like A Villain") amassing over 16 million streams and counting across platforms.

Bad Omens slither through boundaries, only to ultimately choke convention in the process. The quartet—Noah Sebastian (vocals), Joakim “Jolly” Karlsson (guitar), Nick Ruffilo (bass), and Nick Folio (drums)—materialise with ghostly atmospherics, striking hooks, and the tingles of sensual high-register harmonies uplifted by cinematic production. Racking up over 250M worldwide streams to date and earning acclaim, the band presents an uncompromising and undeniable vision on their third full-length album, 'THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND' (Sumerian Records).

“Making the record changed us as songwriters and musicians. In many ways, I feel like it set me free as an artist because every decision made in the writing process was for myself, with no fear for anyone else’s expectations of what our third album should sound like. Be it our fans or our record label.”

The group’s 2016 self-titled debut, 'Bad Omens', yielded fan favourites such as “Glass Houses” and “The Worst In Me” which eclipsed 30 million streams. On its heels, 2019’s 'Finding God Before God Finds Me' spawned “Dethrone” (12 million streams) and “Careful What You Wish For” (10 million streams).

Anything went in the studio, and all “rules” were broken. Noah and Jolly wrote, produced, and engineered the music themselves while GRAMMY® Award-nominated producer and songwriter Zakk Cervini (Halsey, Grimes, Poppy, Blink-182) lent his talents with the mix and master. Challenging himself, Noah decided to “make a track sampling items around the house, none of which were musical instruments”.

“The whole record really details the loss of peace of mind,” he explains. “The lyrics in the title track are a little more specific in terms of the conflict at the heart of something more intimate and personal.”

“Sonically, we want to do something you can’t arrive late or early too,” he leaves off. “You can’t cheat your way to the final act. You have to get on the ride and process it until the end. The songs are meant to be heard from start to finish. We want you to take the whole trip with us.”