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UK-based experimental instrumental quartet AV Sunset are pleased to reveal their new single ‘Alms For Oblivion’, set for release on 14th August 2026.

The single is the latest to be taken from their forthcoming new album Vs Reality, which is set for release on 4th September 2026 via Luton-based DIY collective label Vandalism Begins At Home Records, available to preorder now.

The band have a handful of select UK tour dates on sale now, including a newly-announced Manchester date for October 2026, with further live dates TBA over the coming weeks.

By far the band’s heaviest track to date, ‘Alms For Oblivion’ is one of two crushing songs from the record that see the band pushing their music into new territory, this time around flexing their muscles with post-metal and sludge influences on the album closer.

Commenting on the track, the band say: “We’re big fans of sludgy noise rock bands like Sugar Horse and Melvins, and this is inspired by that kind of down-tuned nastiness, as well as being in the tradition of instrumental rock heroes Mogwai’s brutally epic album closers like ‘We’re No Here’ and ‘Like Herod’. Post-metal Iegends ISIS were a bit of a touchstone here too, for the epic build in the second half of the song, the way they lock into a groove and just ratchet up the tension from there. This song is an absolute blast to play live, particularly that brutal ending.”

Formed during the tail-end of lockdown in Northampton/Milton Keynes, AV Sunset self-released their debut album, Disconnections, in December 2023. Having gigged extensively across the UK, sharing stages with bands such as ASIWYFA, Slow Crush, Hubris, Press to Meco, VLMV and others, the four-piece have been steadily building a dedicated following amongst instrumental and post-rock fans around the world.

Their forthcoming album’s title, Vs Reality, comes from the album track of the same name, originally written as a piece of pure escapism—with its dream-like quality, it was an alternative world you could immerse yourself in. The band extended that idea to each song on the record, with every track designed as a separate sonic environment to get lost in.

Recorded at The Arch in Southport with producer Tom Peters (AMTP, Empire State Bastard, A Burial At Sea), the album was mastered by Stephen Kerrison (Sans Froid, LIFE, Bicurious).

Previous singles ‘Maat Mons’ and ‘The Cheerleading Elite’ were released earlier this year, the former of which recently appeared on the A Cheery Wave From Stranded Youngsters: Vol. XIII compilation from renowned post-rock label A Cheery Wave Records alongside Din of Celestial Birds, Overhead, The Albatross, KISANAGI, Millions Moons and more.

The band have received enthusiastic early praise from underground tastemakers at The Line of Best Fit, Bandcamp’s New and Notable, Noizze and more.

Further live dates TBA.

AV Sunset’s new album Vs Reality is released 4th September 2026 via Vandalism Begins At Home Records

2026 Live Dates:

05/09/26 – Birmingham – Rainbow
18/09/26 – Milton Keynes – Craufurd Arms
03/10/26 – Luton – The Castle
16/10/26 – Nottingham – JT Soar
17/10/26 – Manchester – The Kamera Ballroom