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The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die Share New Single Dissolving
Thursday, 24 July 2025
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Lisa Johnson
The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die have unveiled another song from their upcoming album.
Restrained with sparse instrumentation that builds a dark, haunting atmosphere, Dissolving marks the latest preview of 'Dreams Of Being Dust', which was co-produced by guitarist Chris Teti and his studio partner Greg Thomas, with mastering by Will Putney. Commenting on the track, lead vocalist David F. Bello said:
"Lyrically Dissolving is set in the woods late at night, too far from home, alone enough to notice how fuzzy the boundary is between you and the rest of the outside world. You remember that your skin is always shedding into particles of dust, and there isn't much difference between you and the trees and the dirt. No matter how old you become, you're still developing, changing, and growing into something new. Even once you are nothing but a memory, you will have evolved and will haunt the air. Donna Haraway's ‘A Cyborg Manifesto’ says ‘a cyborg would not recognize the Garden of Eden; it is not made of mud and cannot dream of returning to dust.’ You are. made of mud and you can dream of returning to dust."
According to Teti, the song offers a more melodic contrast to the album's previously released heavier tracks; Se Sufre Pero Se Goza, Beware the Centrist, and Auguries Of Guilt. He explained:
"To me Dissolving musically is a deliberate combination of what I would want to hear if you took My Bloody Valentine and The Rising Tide era Sunny Day Real Estate. It might seem from what has been released so far that 'Dreams Of Being Dust' is just all chaotic and aggressive. While it does include material that is more aggressive than what’s been released so far, there needed to be some tracks that were a relief from the dissonance and chaos around it, but we didn’t want to include an interlude track like we normally have done on our albums. This need for songs that would serve as a relief sonically ended up spawning Dissolving and another track on the record, Oubliette."
The follow-up to 2021's 'Illusory Walls' will arrive through Epitaph on August 22. The Connecticut group will support it with a UK and Ireland tour this November. Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Friday (July 25).
'Dreams Of Being Dust' tracklist:
1. Dimmed Sun
2. Se Sufre Pero Se Goza
3. No Pilgrim
4. Beware the Centrist
5. Oubliette
6. Captagon
7. Dissolving
8. Reject All and Submit
9. December 4th, 2024
10. Auguries of Guilt
11. For Those Who Will Outlive Us
NEW // Connecticut collective The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die (@twiabp) have announced a new album, 'Dreams Of Being Dust', and guess what? They're set to support it with a tour of the UK and Ireland in November!
The World Is A Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid To Die Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Wed November 05 2025 - BRISTOL Strange Brew
Thu November 06 2025 - BRIGHTON Hope and Ruin
Fri November 07 2025 - NOTTINGHAM Rough Trade Nottingham
Sun November 09 2025 - GLASGOW Slay
Tue November 11 2025 - BELFAST Deers Head
Wed November 12 2025 - DUBLIN Grand Social
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