Born from the ashes of CROWN, France’s YOUR INLAND EMPIRE continue their metamorphosis with “Grinding,” the second single from their forthcoming self-titled debut on Season of Mist.
Standing at the intersection of dark pop melancholy and post-punk desolation, “Grinding” embodies the album’s core duality between human emotion and industrial decay. Built upon mechanical beats and spectral guitars, the song unfolds as a bleak meditation on distance and dissolution. Stéphane Azam’s haunting refrain, “I’m falling apart / In the void of my heart,” drifts through the static haze of David Husser’s meticulous production, while layers of processed guitars grind against electronic pulse and shadowed basslines.
Accompanying the single is a music video that showcases the full band performing “Grinding” within an atmosphere of tension and light. Directed by Brice Hincker and Amélie Diane, the video translates the song’s industrial pulse into a visual ritual: stark illumination, rhythmic shadows, and silhouettes moving within decay. The lighting design by Jérôme Jean heightens the sense of claustrophobic intensity, while the location, Les Dominicains de Haute Alsace, adds a sense of sacred desolation to the performance.
Your Inland Empire is out November 14 via Season of Mist.
Recorded and mixed by David Husser at La Grange Studio in France and mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano at Orgone Studio, the debut album bears the precision of seasoned craftsmen unafraid to descend into chaos. With YOUR INLAND EMPIRE, their vision finds its most unflinching expression yet.
Your Inland Empire track listing:
1. Scars (3:25)
2. There Is No Me (3:52)
3. Grinding (3:54)
4. Edge of Perfection (5:06)
5. Silver Knife (4:50)
6. Undone (3:43)
7. Venom (4:28)
8. Sulfur (5:22)
9. Chemicals (4:40)
10. Myself Destruct (3:55)
11. I’ll Be Your Night (4:49)
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