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WILLIAM COVERT ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF 'DREAM VESSEL' VIA COUP SUR COUP RECORDS ALONGSIDE THE SUPPORT TOUR 

Dream Vessel is the new full-length album from Chicago multi-instrumentalist, William Covert. The album features the William Covert Trio - Jack McKevitt on guitar, Nathan Schenck on bass, and Covert on drums on three tracks performing instrumental + improvised noise rock mixed with free-jazz and slowcore. The album also features solo pieces of cinematic ambient drone soundscapes sculpted by Covert through modular synthesis, free jazz drums, and looped dreamy guitar.

Release: October 17, 2025

Genres: noise rock, free jazz, improvised music

Format: TAPE, DR.

FFO: Don Caballero, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dazzling Killmen

Label: Coup sur Coup Records

Track-list:

1.Brotherhood Of Sleep (available starting September 17)

2.Trancers (available for airplay from now on)

3.Dream Void (available starting September 17)

4.C-Beams (available starting September 17)

5.Throttle (available starting September 17)

6.Come True (available starting September 17)

*None of the tracks contains explicit lyrics.

After more than 15 years of drumming in math rock, post-rock, and post-hardcore bands, William Covert began experimenting with live-looped synths alongside acoustic and electronic drums. This experimentation birthed two full-length solo albums characterized by post-rock and krautrock-inspired synth loops and melodies, all performed solo with loop pedals and sequencers. “I wanted my third solo album to go in a different direction with different instrumentation,” – explains Covert discussing the process behind the creation of ‘Dream Vessel’.

The band's inspiration springs the fearless genre-blending of John Zorn’s and bands such as Naked City and Painkiller alongside the pioneering live improvisations of King Crimson and the Mahavishnu Orchestra in the 1970s. “’Dream Vessel’ is more of a full rock band feel for much of it while going into uncharted musical territory.” – explains William stating that this album serves as a vessel to “experiment with combining abrasive noise rock with free-jazz textures in a band format.”

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Joining Covert on drums for half the album's tracks, longtime collaborators Jack McKevitt (guitar) and Nathan Schenck (bass) perform together as the William Covert Trio. Recorded live and fully improvised in the studio, the William Covert Trio tracks contain no overdubs, capturing the spontaneous and visceral energy of the musicians performing together in the same room. The trio, who also play together in Chicago’s post-hardcore noise rock outfit Tum, bring an aggressive avant-garde noise rock improvisational ethos to the record. “The trio’s approach is rooted in raw energy with loose but deliberate structure,” states Covert, equally inspired by both Don Caballero and Last Exit.

While the first part of the record became a group effort for Covert, the other half was performed entirely solo, diving deep into cinematic ambient soundscapes, dreamy Frippertronic-influenced guitars, modular synth, and free-jazz drumming filtered through a post-industrial lens. These compositions immerse themselves in meticulously layered sound design with nods to slowcore and minimalist post-rock, providing a dynamic contrast to the trio’s raw intensity. ‘Dream Vessel’ coming October 17 – pre-order the new LP from William Covert now from here.

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