Malaysian screamo act Daighila return with two new singles, announce new album

Veteran Malaysian screamo band Daighila have returned with two new singles, ‘Gandasuli’ and ‘Contradictions’.

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Released on Bandcamp on Tuesday (February 15), the two tracks mark the quartet’s first release in a decade. The songs feature their signature brand of frantic riffs, pummelling drums and piercing guttural vocals.

Listen to ‘Gandasuli’ and ‘Contradictions’ below.

S/T LP by Daighila

‘Gandasuli’ and ‘Contradictions’ make up just two of eight tracks that will feature on the band’s upcoming self-titled album, slated to release on July 29. The album will mark the band’s first project since 2012’s split EP with Grinding Halt.

The band’s self-titled record is currently also available for pre-order on vinyl, which is expected to ship in August. Other pre-order bundles available include a singular Daighila t-shirt, or a package of the vinyl and t-shirt.

Formed in 2001 in Rembau, Malaysia, the band’s first release came in the form of 2010’s split EP with Fanzui Xiangfa from China. Daighila later followed up the release with a split EP with Circuits in 2011 and split EPs with This Is Atlantis, Pazahora and Grinding Halt respectively in 2012.

The track list for Daighila’s self-titled album is:

1. ‘Amalgamation’
2. ‘Gandasuli’
3. ‘The Warm Comfort from the Shackles We Bear’
4. ‘Dark Monsoon’
5. ‘Burial Speech’
6. ‘A Reaching Around Of Arms’
7. ‘Contradictions’
8. ‘Constant Swell’

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