Votive "An Infinite Capacity For Joy"

PRE-ORDER
Estimated shipping date is on or around March 13, 2026

Hailing from Austin, Texas, Votive delivers a unique blend of intense heavy music, drawing influence from screamo, black metal, crust, and grind. The band features DIY veterans Eli Deitz (Porcelain), Rohan Lilauwala (Respire), Blake Given (ex-Portrayal of Guilt) and Kyle Rotta (ex-Gas Up Yr Hearse!). Since 2021, they have together sculpted a sound that is at once cathartic, caustic, and crushing.

Following critical acclaim for their debut LP, 2024’s Towards the Pillory, their latest offering finds the band at their most unrelenting yet. An Infinite Capacity for Joy features nine blistering tracks built on a foundation of serrated riffs, convulsive, off-kilter rhythms that pulse and surge, and a gnawing, unbridled desperation punctuated by only brief moments of respite. Within this, Rotta delivers piercing meditations on forgiveness, self-improvement, and retribution, exploring the narrow border between existing and nothingness. Producer Phillip Odom (Militarie Gun, Glare, Portrayal of Guilt) deftly captures the band’s raw intensity, expanding jagged edges and intricate details into a massive, suffocating heaviness. 

Limited 12” LP with a silkscreened B side, full color jacket and lyric sheet, available on two limited vinyl variants. The cassette version features alternate artwork with two limited colors available.

Co-released with Dog Knights Productions. If in UK please order from Dog Knights. If in EU please order from VOTU Records.

Pressing Info:
250 Purple, Pink & White Smash
250 Cloudy Clear & Pink Pinwheel
15 Test Presses (Black Vinyl)
50 Purple Cassettes
50 Pink Cassettes