Deafheaven Release New Surprise EP At Work In The Fields Of The Bomb

Last month, Deafheaven guitarist Kerry McCoy mentioned mysterious plans for a new EP. Talking to the Spanish website Binaural, McCoy said the new record would be both "the heaviest" and "the hardest" thing that the band had ever done — a big claim when this band is the one under discussion. He also said that it would be out "before the end of the year." Right now, Deafheaven are on tour with fellow heavy music titans Mastodon and Alcest, and we've been seeing reports about the band selling that new EP at the merch tables. Now, it has arrived.Deafheaven's new EP it's called At Work In The Fields Of The Bomb. Kerry McCoy was telling the truth about the record arriving before the end of 2026. It's a little early to say how it stacks up against the rest of the band's catalog in terms of both heaviness and hardness, but it is definitely both hard and heavy. On this one, the band follows the ferocious path of last year's spectacular Lonely People With Power. This time, they've got a very specific reason in mind.At Work In The Fields Of The Bomb is named after a photo book from Robert Del Tredici, which depicts the regular people involved in manufacturing nuclear weapons, one of those thi...