{"id":18752,"date":"2026-02-26T07:22:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=18752"},"modified":"2026-02-26T07:22:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:22:37","slug":"licorice-chamber-launch-remnants-ep-and-us-west-coast-tour-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=18752","title":{"rendered":"Licorice Chamber launch\u00a0Remnants\u00a0EP and US West Coast tour dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Licorice-Chamber-1-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18754\" style=\"width:765px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Licorice-Chamber-1-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Licorice-Chamber-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Licorice-Chamber-1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Licorice-Chamber-1-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Licorice-Chamber-1-2048x1536.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Led by goth siren Layla Reyna (Strap On Halo), darkwave \/ goth rock quartet Licorice Chamber from Tacoma, Washington, have just released their new Remnants EP on Tuesday, 24 February 2026, ahead of a string of US West Coast live dates. Remnants is Licorice Chamber\u2019s third EP since forming in 2021, and the first to feature new drummer Cory Sorrentino in place of the drum machine: joining guitarist Marc Jones (also a former member of Strap On Halo), and bassist Joe Fox. Discussing the themes explored by the new three-song Remnants EP, Layla Reyna says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe EP title Remnants suggests aftermath, what survives destruction. Rather than romanticizing despair, the songs feel like they\u2019re exploring what\u2019s left when illusions fall away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Heavy\u2019 explores the invisible weight of self-condemnation and the lasting impact of what we carry in silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With \u2018Never the Same\u2019, I was thinking about that moment when you realize there\u2019s no going back and that something changes you permanently. Its origin is a dream I had that tasted like falling \u2014 the idea behind my first EP, and what ultimately convinced me to start Licorice Chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Feign\u2019 explores the armor we wear. The ways we perform strength when we\u2019re actually unraveling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Remnants EP\u2019s lead video-single, \u2018Heavy\u2019, premiered with Post-punk.com on 3 February 2026, with both the single and advance reviews of the EP drawing praise from around the US and UK, alongside DJ and radio playlisting from around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Licorice Chamber - &quot;Heavy&quot; (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8m8BRkheQh4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHeavy feels like a reckoning conducted under fluorescent lights: no theatrics, no escape hatch. Licorice Chamber sound settled into this configuration, dangerous in their discipline, and newly comfortable carrying the load.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Alice Teeple, Post-punk.com, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRemnants is the sound of a band writing a new chapter for themselves. It is recognisably part of the ongoing story, but it is also full of new and exciting developments\u2026 something all good stories must have. And as stories go, this is compelling stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Dave Franklin, Dancing About Architecture, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf anyone had asked me up front if I would have liked to hear what Siouxsie and the Banshees could have sounded like with John Bonham on drums, I might have demurred on the face of it, but the proof is in the pudding\u2026 a rare case of a Gothic Post-Punk Band moving in a Rock direction without boring me to tears.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Jim Donato, Post-Punk Monk, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn Remnants, Licorice Chamber serve up three brooding slices of classic contemporary goth which are thematically linked under the banner of the EP\u2019s title\u2026 Remnants is dark, but bold, and in its own way, uplifting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Christopher Nosnibor, Aural Aggravation, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHeavy sounds like it crawled out of a foggy bedroom at 2 a.m. carrying a notebook full of bad thoughts and zero interest in cheering up. The song wastes no time announcing its emotional mass, leaning hard into the feeling of being crushed by your own interior monologue. It is gloomy in a very intentional way, the kind that feels less like sadness and more like commitment\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Ryan Martin, Jammerzine, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe gothic feel rings true throughout; a shaded greyscale of emotion greets poetic imagery that punches in symbolism. Doomy and dirge-like, the miserable feelings play nicely with the sense of adventure, provided the storyline is heavy enough. That it is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Rowan Blair Colver, Sound Read Six, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the upcoming tour dates between Oregon, Washington State and California, Layla adds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI love touring! Long drives, late nights and being completely immersed in the music. I\u2019m looking forward to connecting with people face to face and performing the new tracks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Remnants&nbsp;EP by&nbsp;Licorice Chamber&nbsp;is out on both CD and digital download formats, available now from&nbsp;Bandcamp. From 26 February,&nbsp;Licorice Chamber&nbsp;embark on a tour of the US West Coast, joined by&nbsp;The Palace of Tears&nbsp;for selected shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Follow Licorice Chamber:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/utmmusic.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a0a668707fd79de0d56e08772&amp;id=f658f123c4&amp;e=28b14f177e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/utmmusic.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a0a668707fd79de0d56e08772&amp;id=f3aea55bc4&amp;e=28b14f177e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/utmmusic.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a0a668707fd79de0d56e08772&amp;id=e8ed4aad64&amp;e=28b14f177e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/utmmusic.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a0a668707fd79de0d56e08772&amp;id=cd46fa5666&amp;e=28b14f177e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Led by goth siren Layla Reyna (Strap On Halo), darkwave \/ goth rock quartet Licorice Chamber from Tacoma, Washington, have just released their new Remnants EP on Tuesday, 24 February 2026, ahead of a string of US West Coast live dates. 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