Two years after the first volume, Levity have released Escapism Vol. II through Ultra Records. The Chicago trio of John Hauldren, PJ Carberry and Josh Tarum fill 12 tracks with guest vocals from K.Flay, Billy Otto, Lhasa Petik and Emi Grace, and the K.Flay collaboration "Slipping Away" sits near the end as the centerpiece.
It caps a run that took Levity from bass festival favorites to arena headliners. Their 2023 Electric Forest set went viral and set things in motion. Since then they have sold out a 10,000-capacity headline show at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, made their Coachella debut in the Sahara tent this spring (bringing out Big Sean for their flip of "Dance (A$$)"), played the circuitGROUNDS stage at EDC Las Vegas, co-headlined an amphitheater tour with Tape B that sold more than 63,000 tickets, and sold out their first Red Rocks headline show on October 2.
The first Escapism EP came out in September 2024, and the series follows the trio's own story as it goes. This chapter is a darker one in places. "It is definitely a bit more sad and slower at times," Hauldren said of the new music in an interview this summer.
Three songs are already familiar: "Can't Get Enough," "Heartbreak" and "Neon Soul" came out ahead of the full project.
Tracklist:
- Reimmersion (Intro)
- Can't Get Enough
- Heartbreak
- Neon Soul
- Faded (feat. Billy Otto)
- Odyssey
- Liminal
- Dream (feat. Lhasa Petik)
- Eternity (feat. Emi Grace)
- Slipping Away (feat. K.Flay)
- Coming Home
- Breathe
Expect to hear plenty of it next year. Levity are booked for JACKPOT Festival in Downtown Las Vegas on December 26 and 27, Forbidden Kingdom in Orlando in April, and the Friday of Force Fields Episode III in Wisconsin on June 4, alongside Subtronics.
Escapism Vol. II is streaming now on Spotify and other platforms.
