Pallbearer Expand Foundations of Burden Tour
(another side) As they continue to celebrate the 2025 redux of their pivotal album Foundations of Burden, Pallbearer have announced additional North American touring in support of the album (in collaboration with Ground Control Touring).
Spanning March through June, the band will sweep through North America, adding new stops in the Midwest, east coast USA and Canada (Toronto and Montreal).
Pallbearer's Foundations of Burden (2025 Redux) is a lovingly reconstituted rendering of their milestone 2014 album. "During the writing and preparation for 'Foundations,' everything was ephemeral and we were practically feral," recalls bassist/vocalist Joseph D. Rowland. "We had no real practice space, we barely had a single working computer between the four of us. Our demos of the record consisted of something barely discernible from white noise. Nevertheless, we knew we were working towards building a set of songs we were deeply enthusiastic about. Once in the thick of recording, the feeling went from dream to dreamlike very quickly, as we found ourselves in what felt like an endless churn of repetition. We slept at the studio on whatever soft surfaces we could find, waking each day to discover that some of the previous day's work had been corrupted overnight. This resulted in some parts of the album being recorded many times over. The guitars in particular mutated into something Sisyphean."
Rowland continues, "Since the time that we finally committed the original version of 'Foundations' to print, we knew it would be a sonic space we would eventually revisit. Its form did not unfold according to the original version as the numerous file corruptions, delays, and exhausted studio budget compounded into a final feverish push to finish the mix. We were relieved to get those massive and difficult mixes turned into finished songs just in time, but not without a nagging thought; we had to sacrifice much of the nuance we had spent so much time crafting."
After many discussions and plans were charted during the decade following the 2014 release, Pallbearer seized the opportunity to revisit the record from the ground up. Over the course of 2025, the band laboriously reconstructed the album from the original sessions, as well as recording new versions of the colossal rhythm guitars that define the sonic identity of the record as well as the band.
"In the time since then, we have played most of the songs from 'Foundations' more times than we can count, and they remain some of our favorites," Rowland continues. "The songs have grown with us. And while we hold a deep love and attachment to what we created in 2014, we also gained a fuller understanding of how we would want to re-present them if we had a chance. After years of discussion, listening and learning, we found ourselves in the position to fulfill that vision."
Foundations of Burden (2025 Redux) features new mixes and mastering, plus new artwork featuring a painting by Benjamin Vierling. The six-song, 55-minute collection is produced by Pallbearer, mixed by Mario Quintero (Spotlights), and mastered by Adam Gonsalves, as well as original engineering by Billy Anderson in 2014.
Pallbearer, Foundations of Burden tour:
Mar 27 Little Rock, AR - White Water Tavern
Apr 08 Louisville, KY - Zanzabar *
Apr 10 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop *
Apr 11 Buffalo, NY - Rec Room *
Apr 12 Brattleboro, VT - Stone Church *
Apr 14 Portland, ME - Oxbow *
Apr 15 Portsmouth, NH - Press Room *
Apr 17 Braintree, MA - Hopsmokerfest at Widowmaker Brewing
Apr 18 Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere *
Apr 19 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar *
Apr 20 Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts *
Apr 21 Norfolk, VA - The Annex *
Apr 22 Raleigh, NC - Kings *
Apr 23 Knoxville, TX - The Pilot Light *
May 28 Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups ^
May 29 Toledo, OH - Frankie's
May 30 Toronto, ON - Prepare the Ground Festival
May 31 Montreal, QC - Piranha Bar ^
Jun 02 Albany, NY - Empire Underground ^
Jun 03 Pittsburgh, PA - Spirit ^
Jun 04 Grand Rapids, MI - Pyramid Scheme ^
Jun 05 Milwaukee, WI - Milwaukee Metal Fest
Jun 06 Tolono, IL - Loose Cobra ^
Jun 07 Nashville, TN - Cannery Hall ^
* with Knoll
^ with Blood Vulture
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