Zum einjährigen Jubiläum des neunten Studioalbums "Nowhere Generation" überraschte das Quartett heute morgen mit der neuen 5-Track-EP "Nowhere Generation II", welche zeitgleich mit dem aktuellen Album aufgenommen wurde. Zudem spendierte die Band der Leadsingle "Last Man Standing" ein eigenes Musikvideo:
Hierzu kommentierte die Band:
‘Last Man Standing’ was a way of expressing some frustration with our world in regards to exploitation, public alienation and human inequality. As you see in the video, we are fed through this race of survival. Only to be taken down, regardless of our success or efforts. Almost as if the game was rigged, designed to set us up for failure.
Zur Veröffentlichungsweise der EP äußerte sich Sänger Tim Mcllrath folgendermaßen:
We’d written 16 songs for this album and then we decided to break them apart. Not only could the music get lost, but the message could get lost in asking people to listen to this all at once. I think this is, hopefully, a more effective way to give these issues the platform and the spotlight that they rightly deserve. We wanted to hold onto these and give them to our fans when we feel like they’ve had time to properly digest this first batch, so these songs were the aces up our sleeves.
"Nowhere Generation II" ist seit heute via Loma Vista Recordings erhältlich.
Tracklist
1. The Answer
2. Last Man Standing
3. This Time It’s Personal
4. Pain Mgmt
5. Holding Patterns
Tourdates
06/10 - Interlaken, Switzerland - Greenfield Festival
06/12 - Donington, UK - Download Festival
06/14 - Budapest, Hungary - Budapest Park Open Air
06/15 - Warsaw, Poland - Torwar
06/17 - Neuhausen Ob Eck, Germany - Southside Festival
06/19 - Scheessel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
06/23 - Clisson, France - Hellfest
06/24 - Antwerpen, Belgium - OLT Rivierenhof (sold out)
06/25 - Ysselsteyn, Netherlands - Jera On Air Festival
06/27 - Milano, Italy - Circolo Magnolia
06/29 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
07/01 - Viveiro, Spain - Resurrection Fest
07/02 - Lisbon, Portugal - VOA Heavy Rock Festival
