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: The five-piece alternative punk group’s fifth studio album uses singer Ross Farrar’s recent breakup as a platform to explore loneliness and emotional weariness, but it is by no means a purely sad album. Rather than look inward, Farrar uses his experience to write about what it means to go through something heavy and come out the other side a different person. The sound is abetted by producer John Reis, who honed his sound in seminal bands like Rocket From the Crypt, Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes. Much of the gravelly aggression he experimented with in those bands is present on Ceremony’s upcoming release.
ALBUM: The L-Shaped Man
RELEASE DATE: 5/19
SINGLE: “The Separation”
LIVE: Just wrapped U.K. dates; stateside dates through July
INTERNET: 25k+ Facebook likes; 72k+ views on new “The Separation” and “The Understanding” video; 350k+ SoundCloud plays
PRESS: Early features from Fader, Impose, Rolling Stone, Consequence of Sound, Noisey
BOOKING: Mahood Saikh/Flowerbooking
PUBLISHING: Mattitude
MANAGEMENT: Rennie Jaffe
SOCIALS: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram