Santa Barbara’s dark rock conjurors Rival Cults reveal their new single “Last Sunset”, taken from the band’s forthcoming album Our Gods Need Blood, set for release on 22 May via Seeing Red Records. The track deepens the band’s signature blend of gothic romanticism, ritual intensity, and riff‑driven rock.

“Last Sunset” stands among Rival Cults’ most cinematic offerings — a storm of driving guitars, brooding atmosphere, and soaring emotional weight. The song captures a moment of final threshold: the surrender of identity and mortality in exchange for transformation.

Vocalist Cole Barrington frames the track as a darkly romantic metamorphosis. “‘Last Sunset’ is my best attempt at some sappy vampire romance à la Anne Rice,” he says. You’re bleeding out, crawling from the tomb of the creature who bit you as the last sunset you’ll ever see fades. Then it takes you — condemning you to eternity in the shadows.”

The single follows “Dripping With Divinity” and “Victoria” (check it out over HERE), which introduced the album’s spiritual and emotional arc. Where the earlier tracks explored surrender, resentment, and the pull of the infinite, “Last Sunset” serves as a culmination — a ritual crossing where human limits are shed.

Across Our Gods Need Blood, Rival Cults expand their thematic reach, confronting the rituals we build around love, faith, desire, and mortality. Tracks like “Lust” expose the album’s darker human core, balancing instinct with existential weight.

Channelling the electricity of their live performances, the band sharpen their sound into something heavier, tighter, and more immersive — gothic rock not as nostalgia, but as a living ceremony.

With Our Gods Need Blood, Rival Cults don’t merely return. They consecrate a new era, inviting listeners into a realm where devotion becomes transformation. Link