[Cover photo credit to Magdalena Wosinska]
Blackwater Holylight now make Heavy Music in the Los Angeles underground, following a move from Portland, Oregon. On January 30, 2026, the Hard Rock trio will share the full-length album, Not Here Not Gone via Suicide Squeeze Records.
They’ve now released their second single and video, “Involuntary Haze“. They will also tour North America, Europe, and the UK in late Winter to Spring 2026.
On the track, lead-guitarist Mikayla Mayhew shares:
This song holds up a mirror to empty promises. Pretending there’s room for someone when your heart’s already full. It’s the moment you realize you’ve been fooled, not by anyone else, but by your own excuses.
Not Here Not Gone was recorded at Sonic Ranch outside of El Paso TX by Sonny Diperri (Narrow Head, DIIV, Emma Ruth Rundle), allowing the band to “isolate themselves in a place where they could focus exclusively on their art.”
Suicide Squeeze Records will be releasing the album on Limited Edition Deluxe LP, standard LP, and CD.
| UPCOMING 2026 LIVE DATES |
| 2/13 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah 2/14 – Phoenix, AZ @ Last Exit 2/15 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sister 2/17- Austin, TX @ Radio/East 2/18 – Houston, TX @ White Oak 2/19- New Orleans, LA @ No Dice 2/20 – Pensacola, FL @ Handlebar 2/21 – Atlanta, GA @ Siberia 2/22 – Asheville, NC @ Eulogy 2/24- Charlottesville, VA @ Southern Cafe 2/25 – Baltimore, MD @ Metro 2/26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s 2/27 – Brooklyn, NY @ Meadows 2/28 – Braintree, MA @ Widowmaker Brewing 3/02 – Youngstown, OH @ Westside Bowl 3/03 – Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle 3/04 – Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village 3/06- Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive 3/07 – Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive 3/08 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Aces High 3/10 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos 3/11 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater 3/12 – Sacremento, CA @ Starlet 3/13 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel 3/14 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Moe’s Alley 3/21 – Los Angeles, CA @ Pacific Electric 4/18 – Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Fest 5/06 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique 5/07 – Hamburdg, DE @ MS Stubnitz 5/08 – Copenhagen, DK @ A Colossal Weekend Fest 5/09 – Oslo, NO @ Desertfest 5/10 – Gothenburg, SE @ Monument 5/12 – Poznań, PL @ Pod Minoga 5/13 – Leipzig, DE @ UT Connewitz 5/14 – Berlin, DE @ Desertfest 5/15 – Nuenkirchen, DE @ Stummsche Reithalle 5/16 – Brussel, BE @ Obsidian Dust Fest 5/17 – London, UK @ Desertfest 5/18 – Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny 5/19 – Glasgow, UK @ Stereo 5/20 – Manchester, UK @ The Deaf Institute 5/22 – Helsinki, FIN @ Sonic Rites Fest |
