Tangled Thoughts of Leaving has been together in this line-up since 2009.  After self-releasing a few EPs and our full-length debut, Deaden the Fields, in 2011, we were able to take our music on the road.


Tours around Australia followed - including shows with some of our favourite bands in This Will Destroy You, 65daysofstatic, Russian Circles and Karnivool - leading to our first overseas tour in 2013. This included a show at post-rock haven Dunk! Festival, as well as shows across the UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Romania and Hungary.

We then spent almost the next 2 years writing and recording our second album in Studio Sleepwalker's Dread.

Which brings us to now.

The new album is called, Yield to Despair, and it's finished - recorded, mixed and mastered. And we couldn't be more proud of it. It's a dark, grim, destructive record - our heaviest yet, although it's not all that way. As with all TToL records, there is always room for dynamics, variation and experimentation. Yield to Despair features 70 minutes of new music spread across 5 epic tracks.

We often get asked why Deaden the Fields wasn't released on vinyl - and the answer is simple: it's really expensive to do as an independent band! We love being as self-sufficient as possible, but the reality is that we all still work day-jobs outside the band. Our money goes into recording and touring (which is a crazy exercise from the isolation of Perth), leaving only a small amount to put into the physical production of the records.

This time, though, we want to do it right. We're going to present the album in beautiful, physical formats that both do the music justice, and make it worth spending your money on. Yield to Despair will be presented as a double LP in a gatefold case, with the option of black or 'bone' coloured vinyl. The CD will also be presented in a cardboard gatefold case, like a mini version of the vinyl! The artwork is done by the amazing Sydney artist, Teo Treloar.



The first single from Yield to Despair, is called Downbeat, and you can hear it here:

The funds will be put directly towards paying for the production of our new album, Yield to Despair, on CD and vinyl. We will be producing the vinyl on black and 'bone' coloured vinyl.

The vinyl production, including shipping to Australia, costs around $6,700.
The CD production costs $2,200.
We have enough to cover around $4,000 of that right now - but the $5,000 from this campaign will go directly towards paying the rest.

If we make it past the target, anything that is not put towards CD/record pressing will be used for to help fund our upcoming Australian tour supporting 65daysofstatic, and our European tour in May 2015 - this will be a massive, massive help to us. Costs include flights, van hire, equipment hire and occasionally paying to not sleep on someone's floor.