Oakland post-punk quintet ESSES are set to return with their sophomore album, Bloodletting For The Lonely,that deals with topics such as mental health, memory, and trauma. Bloodletting For The Lonely will be released on the 6th August on digital, vinyl, and CD formats via Atakra Records and Bat-Cave Productions. As the third and final single from Bloodletting For The Lonely, ESSES have now shared the video for Before the Blight. ‘Before the Blight’ was written prior to COVID, but one could make an easy connection to the desire of going back to life (in most aspects) prior to the Pandemic. We aren’t sure how Kel was able to foresee the desire to ‘send us back before the blight’ that late...