Hawthorne Heights Detail New Album 'The Rain Just Follows Me', Post Lead Single Constant Dread
Tuesday, 20 July 2021
Written by Jon Stickler
Hawthorne Heights have revealed details of their eighth studio album.
Produced by Grammy Award-winner Cameron Webb, 'The Rain Just Follows Me' will arrive digitally on September 10 through Pure Noise Records, with physical formats following on October 22.
Written in a pre-COVID-19 world, the record features songwriter and singer JT Woodruff's most personal material to date, reflecting on themes of both physical and emotional distance from his family. He said:
"The most unbelievable part of this story is that this entire album was written and recorded BEFORE the pandemic. All of this darkness and turmoil is basically a summation of the coldest and loneliest nights I've tried to reconcile for the past 17 years."
As a preview, the post-hardcore band have dropped lead single Constant Dread, a collaboration with labelmate Brendan Murphy of Counterparts. Woodruff added:
"When writing, I tend to dig through memories, both good and bad. In Constant Dread, I was searching through one of my favourite tour memories. Warped Tour 2017, in the tour bus village. One of our favourite hardcore bands, Counterparts, was hosting karaoke. As I was standing there, Brendan hit play on Niki FM, and then threw me the microphone, and as I was singing my own song to a jury of my peers, I realized that I need to loosen up. This should be fun, not agony. When I thought about that moment, while laying bed in the throes of the terror-filled gaze of the moonlight, I knew we needed to put Brendan in this song. And I’m so glad he said yes, because he absolutely crushes it."
Cast across changing time signatures and featuring a blistering breakdown by Murphy, the catchy track marks their first new music since the release of 2019's 'Lost Frequencies', a collection of b-sides and rarities. Their last studio LP came in the form of 2018's 'Bad Frequencies'.
Woodruff continued: "We want to create the best songs that are accurate depictions of our lives and connect to other people through our songs. I hope this record helps people understand that others out there are thinking like them – and thinking about them. Everyone gets poured on in life; we just want to provide an umbrella."
'The Rain Just Follows Me' tracklist:
1. Constant Dread
2. The Rain Just Follows Me
3. Holy Coast
4. Tired And Alone
5. Thunder In Our Hearts
6. Spray Paint It Black
7. Dull Headlights
8. Palm Canyon Drive
9. Seafoam
10. Words Can't Hurt
11. Bambarra Beach (The End)
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