Steve Aoki And Taking Back Sunday Share Just Us Two Collaboration
Friday, 10 June 2022
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: @XAVIERLUGGAGE
Steve Aoki and Taking Back Sunday have teamed up for a collaborative single.
Just Us Two marks Taking Back Sunday's second release of 2022, following frontman Adam Lazzara's appearance on The Maine single Loved You A Little back in January. It's Aoki’s fourth of the year, following Welcome To The Playhouse, Da Homies and Kult.
Penned by the band and Aoki during a studio session earlier in 2022, the energetic cross-genre track fuses Lazzara's familiar vocal style with the cinematic production from the DJ and producer, who said:
"I met up with Taking Back Sunday in Charlotte, North Carolina and we recorded the song live in a physical recording studio, honing in on the group’s powerful instrumentation. I come from a punk background and it’s always so good to work with artists that share the same passion for live music. This record encapsulates both of our roots while maintaining the Aoki elements that bound the track together."
Lazzara added: "Getting a call asking if we wanted to write with Steve Aoki was very surreal. Steve comes from a very similar background as we do, house shows, DIY labels, the whole thing. We were listening back to different ideas he had, and one guitar part in particular caught our drummer Mark's ear. We approached it in the same way we do our own songs, and we couldn’t be happier with the outcome. Turns out our worlds aren’t as far apart as people might think."
Taking Back Sunday will embark on a co-headline North American tour with Third Eye Blind this summer, billed as the Summer Gods Tour. They released 'Twenty', a career spanning compilation, in 2019.
Steve Aoki's last full-length, meanwhile, was 2020's 'Neon Future IV'.
Taking Back Sunday Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Wed June 22 2022 - TROUTDALE Oregon - Edgefield (USA)
Thu June 23 2022 - AUBURN Washington - White River Amphitheater (USA)
Fri June 24 2022 - BONNER Montana - KettleHouse Amphitheater (USA)
Sat June 25 2022 - SANDY Utah - Sandy Amphitheater (USA)
Mon June 27 2022 - MORRISON Colorado - Red Rocks Amphitheater (USA)
Wed June 29 2022 - COUNCIL BLUFFS Iowa - Stir Concert Cove (USA)
Thu June 30 2022 - KANSAS CITY Missouri - Starlight Theatre (USA)
Fri July 01 2022 - PRIOR LAKE Minnesota - Mystic Amphitheater (USA)
Sat July 02 2022 - MILWAUKEE Wisconsin - Summerfest (USA)
Wed July 06 2022 - NEWPORT Kentucky - Ovation (USA)
Thu July 07 2022 - INDIANAPOLIS Indiana - TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park (USA)
Fri July 08 2022 - CHICAGO Illinois - Huntington Bank Pavilion (USA)
Sat July 09 2022 - STERLING HEIGHTS Michigan - Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre (USA)
Tue July 12 2022 - COLUMBUS Ohio - KEMBA Live! Outdoor Amphitheater (USA)
Wed July 13 2022 - PITTSBURGH Pennsylvania - Stage AE (USA)
Fri July 15 2022 - PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania - Mann Center (USA)
Sat July 16 2022 - MANSFIELD Massachusetts - Xfinity Center (USA)
Sun July 17 2022 - WANTAGH New York - Jones Beach Theat (USA)
Thu July 21 2022 - UNCASVILLE Connecticut - Mohegan Sun Arena (USA)
Fri July 22 2022 - HOLMDEL New Jersey - PNC Bank Arts Center (USA)
Sat July 23 2022 - COLUMBIA Maryland - Merriweather Post Pavilion (USA)
Tue July 26 2022 - ATLANTA Georgia - Cadence Bank Amphitheatre (USA)
Wed July 27 2022 - FRANKLIN Tennessee - FirstBank Amphitheater (USA)
Fri July 29 2022 - HOUSTON Texas - White Oak Music Hall (USA)
Sat July 30 2022 - DEL VALLE Texas - Germania Insurance Amphitheater (USA)
Sun July 31 2022 - IRVING Texas - Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory (USA)
Mon August 01 2022 - OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma - Zoo Amphitheatre (USA)
Thu August 04 2022 - PHOENIX Arizona - Arizona Federal Theatre (USA)
Fri August 05 2022 - LOS ANGELES California - YouTube Theater (USA)
Sat August 06 2022 - SACRAMENTO California - Ace of Spades (USA)
Sun August 07 2022 - SANTA CRUZ - Catalyst Santa Cruz (USA)
Thu August 11 2022 - SAN DIEGO California - Cal Coast Credit Union Amphitheater (USA)
Fri August 12 2022 - LAS VEGAS Nevada - Virgin Hotels Las Vegas (USA)
Sat August 13 2022 - IRVINE California - FivePoint Amphitheatre (USA)
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