Ever since they came rumbling down from the Blue Ridge Mountains, it was clear that Bask are cut from a different neck of the woods than their fellow Southern trailblazers.
"It's really exactly what you want from a musical artist", Heavy Blog is Heavy wrote about the band's previous album, "a group of people creating their own sound that isn't aping anyone".
The climb to reach album number four wound up taking the Asheville natives on one hell of a trip. But The Turning takes Bask's homebrewed Heavy Americana to a new dimension. While its lead single starts with boots firmly planted in familiar metallic pastures, "Dig My Heels" leaps into the great beyond thanks to a gentle nudge from the band's newest member.
"We've been through so many trials and tribulations together over the past five years", Bask says. "We were knocked down by COVID, then by Hurricane Helene. Seeing this album finally come to light is therapeutic for us. The Turning is Bask at our finest. It's our most cohesive and heartfelt effort, an ode to our mountain home in the sky".
Watch the video for lead single "Dig My Heels" Below:
The Turning comes out August 22, 2025 on Season of Mist.
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To kick off this heavy and heady new frontier, Bask are touring the East Coast later this summer. Hear them play "Dig My Heels" and other songs from The Turning during the album's opening run out on the road.
The Turning 2025 East Coast Tour
August 20 - Atlanta, GA @ 529
August 21 - Savannah, GA @ El Rocko
August 22 - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
August 23 - Raleigh, NC @ Chapel of Bones
August 24 - Richmond, VA @ Fuzzy Cactus
August 26 - Philadephia, PA @ MilkBoy
August 28 - Searsport, ME @ Starboard Lounge
August 29 - Providence, RI @ Parlour
August 30 - Wallingford, CT @ Cherry Street Station
August 31 - Boston, MA @ O'Briens
For as long as they've been together, Bask have called The Land of the Sky home. "We've been a band longer than we've been with our spouses", says bassist Jesse Van Note. The Turning is still rooted in Appalachia's rugged terrain. The album was recorded at Echo Mountain Recording with producer and fellow Asheville fixture Kenny Harrington, who's also worked alongside Manchester Orchestra. "Dig My Heels" quickly settles into a sunbaked groove with riffs that are as chiseled as red clay. But once drummer Scott Middleton takes the reins, the band's new single bounds off in a proggier direction.
"This song stemmed from Scott calling me out", laughs guitarist Ray Worth. Instead of following Worth's headbanging leads, the band let Middleton's sideways gallop be their guide. "There's nothing wrong with playing in 4/4", Middleton acknowledges, "but if you're not exploring, then you're missing out on a world of opportunity". As "Dig My Heals" rounds the corner into the chorus, what should appear but a country field of paisley countermelodies.
"We all like heavy music and half us grew up around folk and bluegrass", says vocalist and co-guitarist Zeb Wright, "but The Turningleans into that mix even further".
Line-up:
Jesse Van Note – Bass
Scott Middleton – Drums
Ray Worth – Guitar
Zeb Wright – Guitar/Vocals
Jed Willis - Pedal Steel
Guest musicians
Clay White - Trumpet
Franklin Keel - Cello
Alex Taub - Piano, Hammond B3 Organ
Recording Studio
Echo Mountain Recording
Producer
Kenny Harrington
Engineer
Kenny Harrington
Mixing Studio
Acre AudioMixing
Mixing Engineer
Andrew Schneider
Mastering Studio
West West Side Music
Mastering Engineer
Alan Douches
Available Formats
Digital Download
CD Digipack
12" Vinyl Gatefold (Black)
12" Vinyl Gatefold (Transparent Orange)
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Follow Bask
Official website: www.baskband.com
Bandcamp: https://basknc.bandcamp.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/basknc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/baskband/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebandbask
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/44JvnzLiXzAtiMSDJTnFC7
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/bask/209266263