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.

The full tracklisting for Persona shapes up like this:

1. Mirage
2. Shame
3. Persona
4. Martyr
5. Vanity