OFF WITH THEIR HEADS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘BE GOOD’ OUT AUGUST 16
SHARE VIDEO FOR NEW TRACK “DISAPPEAR”
DIRECTED BY JONAH RAY AND FEATURING COMEDIAN KYLE KINANE
Off With Their
Heads announce details on their forthcoming album Be Good, set for
release on August 16. The band has shared video for the track
“Disappear,” directed by Jonah Ray and featuring comedian Kyle Kinane. Watch the video for “Disappear” now.
“All the other records were about moping around and feeling sorry for
yourself,” says frontman Ryan Young. “This one is less about feeling
sorry for yourself and more about accepting how goddamn miserable you
are.”
Young and the band members—bassist Robbie Smartwood, guitarist John
Polydoros, and new drummer Kyle Manning—holed up at The Hideaway in
Minneapolis with additional recording at Pachyderm Studios, a
mid-century mansion where Nirvana recorded In Utero, to make Be Good.
Young produced the record himself, and it was the first time he enjoyed
the process, or at least tolerated it. “I don’t like how the old
records sound, and I hate recording so much,” he says. “You could just
hear all the dumb shit on them where I was like, whatever, just let it
go, I want to get out of here.”
Forced acceptance is a big theme of Be Good, though it’s a
hard-learned one, often emerging in the form of primal screams in the
band’s trademark style of gruff-punk. “Hands up to the sky and shout at
the top of your lungs, ‘til the floor falls out!” Young yells on the
title track, sounding somewhere between motivational speaker and
hard-nosed therapist.
Much of the self-deprecation that defined the band’s previous work has
been adjusted. It was the years spent out of the van, developing a life
at home in Chicago, that gave Young his newfound, slightly more positive
perspective. “Not being on the road 250 days a year, actually trying to
develop some sort of life outside of playing shows and drinking, you’d
be surprised what that does,” he says.
If ever there was a time for Ryan Young’s distinct brand on cautious
optimism, it’s now. “The title is an answer to that question of what
you’re supposed to do now that the world is so awful and the climate of
this stupid country is so shitty,” he says. “Be good, be loud—that’s
sometimes all you can do, I guess, as cheesy as that sounds.”
Be Good Track Listing
1. Disappear – 3:15
2. Be Good – 3:32
3. You Will Die – 3:11
4. No Love – 2:53
5. Take Me Away – 4:07
6. Tear Me Apart – 2:35
7. Trash It – 3:31
8. Let It All – 2:18
9. Severe Errand – 2:53
10. Locking Eyes – 4:51
11. Death – 2:49
Off With Their Heads – Promo Photo – Credit Patrick Houdek [hi-res]
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