NEAR TRUTHS: REALIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION
Underscoring the year's biggest stories (11/19a)
NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
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NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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WHAT IT IS: Following up 2013’s acclaimed Feel, which debuted at #3, the post-hardcore five-piece are gearing up to release their fourth studio album, produced by John Feldmann (Good Charlotte, Panic! at the Disco). Fans have shown up in droves, selling out nearly every one of the band’s shows since 2012. With album sales well over 700k, 1.9m singles sold, 102m album streams, 300m YouTube views and millions of social-media followers, the band is all grown up and ready to take on the world—or rather, take the world along with them.
ALBUM: Madness
RELEASE DATE: 3/17
SINGLE: “The Strays”
LIVE: 200k headlining tickets sold over last two years
INTERNET: 300m+ YouTube views, 3m+ Facebook likes, 1m+ Twitter followers, 238k Instagram followers
PRESS: BuzzFeed feature; Alt. Press March cover
BOOKING: Dave Shapiro/The Agency Group
PUBLISHING: Botswick Music Factory; Robot Dragon Music/Songs Of Red Bull; Fun Cooker/Peer Music Canada
MANAGEMENT: Mark Mercado & John Youngman/Flysouth Music Group
SOCIAL: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Official Site