Baroness, who recently announced the Sept. 15 release of STONE, have debuted a second track from the eagerly-awaited collection, sharing Beneath The Rose and its accompanying video.
“It feels great to be releasing music again,” John Baizley shares. “Especially a song like ‘Beneath The Rose,’ which we began writing during the Gold & Grey sessions almost six years ago. During those sessions, the song never quite took off but once we began writing STONE, one of the first things I did was pull that main guitar riff out of retirement to see if we could breathe new life into the bones of this song. Paired with ‘Last Word,’ ‘Beneath the Rose’ became a microcosmic expression of STONE, a kind of mission statement that hints at the wide musical territory we cover throughout the rest of the album. It’s also part one of a trilogy of songs that also includes ‘Choir’ and ‘The Dirge.’”
Continuing the DIY ethos that infuses the forthcoming album, the video for Beneath The Rose was self-directed by the band, with editing handled by John Baizley and Nick Jost. Similarly, Last Word, the first single released from STONE, features a Nick Jost-created clip.
