News•April 25, 2024 1:00 PM ET•2,673 views

Gel sign with Blue Grape Music, announce upcoming EP, release new single

American hardcore group Gel has recently inked a new deal with Blue Grape Music.

Following their debut 2021 album, Violent Closure, and the 2023 release, Only Constant, the band is set to embark on a new chapter with the upcoming EP, Persona.

Scheduled for release on August 16th, the five-track EP aims to provide Gel with new ammunition for their live touring schedule, complete with a fresh sound.

According to vocalist Sami Kaiser:

We really wanted to fill out the songs more and make them more nuanced. It's a step forward, it's different, it's catchy, but it still really sounds like us.

Guitarist Anthony Webster agrees:

I feel like Only Constant was the cap on us doing that style of hardcore and I didn't want to do more of the same. But I also feel like at this point we just have more of a sense of what a GEL song is and we wanted to apply that to a different kind of songwriting.

'MIRAGE', the new single from the upcoming EP, is accompanied by visuals crafted by Eric Richter.

Watch that new music video below.