Label: Summerian Records
Press Release: SLEEPING WITH SIRENS will release its fifth full-length album, "How It Feels To Be Lost", on September 6 via Sumerian Records. The follow-up to 2017's "Gossip" was recorded at MDDN Studios in Los Angeles and produced by Zakk Cervini (YUNGBLUD, GOOD CHARLOTTE) and Matt Good (ASKING ALEXANDRIA).
My thoughts: This is definitely the heaviest SWS have been since 2012. The naysayers that said they went pop need only to listen to Break Me Down to know they're still able to write a barn burner like they used to and although I liked the Madness record the best (I will not be proved wrong here). This is a nice tip of the hat to longtime fans while still having a handful of songs that have Madness and Gossip influences showing that the band has no plans of a full 180 back to their post-hardcore roots of 2011.
Label: Hopeless Records
Press Release: ROAM have announced the details of their upcoming third album 'Smile Wide'. Out on September 06 via Hopeless Records, the album was recorded in Texas with producer Machine who has previously worked with the likes of As It Is and Fall Out Boy.
My thoughts: Roam's third full length is reminiscent of the latest The Story So Far record is the sense that they clearly want to evolve with tracks like Loud and I Don't Think I Live There Anymore but don't want to leave behind their previous sound as heard on Toy Box. Overall it's a nice mix that is half old Roam records, and half like something off of Seaway's Vacation thanks to the 90's Alternative influences.
Label: Fearless Records
Press Release: Grayscale have announced that their new album ‘Nella Vita’ will be released via Fearless Records on 06 September, 2019. Grayscale traded their hometown of Philadelphia for Austin, TX, holing up in the Machine Shop alongside producer MACHINE [Lamb of God, Four Year Strong]. The resulting collection of tracks is one that sees the band chronicling life, its many facets, and its many complications, as they themselves have experienced.
My thoughts: Grayscale definitely went poppier on this record and that's not a bad thing though they definitely buried the lead with the two lead singles even if they had pop twinges to them. If I wasn't for lead singer Colin Walsh's distinct voice I might think this was a The 1975 record (again not a sleight) but even if you're not into that there s still a few pop punk bangers like Twilight and Desert Queen along with the previously alluded to Painkiller Weather and In Violet.
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