Four Year Strong have a released a music video for their track, “Just Drive,” which you can view below. The song is taken from the band’s upcoming album, In Some Way, Shape, or Form., which will be released on November 8. You can read an exclusive interview we conducted with vocalist-guitarist Dan O’Connor, about the track, by clicking here. Let us know what you think in the comments.
]]>As previously reported, Four Year Strong are releasing their new album, In Some Way, Shape, or Form. (Decaydance/Motown), on November 8. But you can hear the new song “Just Drive” for the first time right here. Vocalist-guitarist Dan O’Connor fills us in on the song below. Let us know what you think of the track in the comments.
REVOLVER What’s this song about?
DAN O’CONNOR “Just Drive” is about being on the brink of disaster, and just saying “fuck it” and living your life like there’s no tomorrow. We’ve all been in situations where it feels like everything is collapsing around you, and this song is about knowingly not giving a shit and realizing you’re in control of your own life.
Which part of it did you come up with first?
The chorus was the first part written, more specifically the melody and chord structure. I came up with it in bed after waking up in the morning. The lyrics came later that day. Lyrically the inspiration came from times in life when everything feels like it’s spiraling out of control, but then I realize no matter what happens as long as I live life without dwelling on anything, or hold myself back, then I’ll have no regrets. I wrote the song with the visual of the world ending and getting in a car and driving to out run it, never looking back and still remembering to have fun even though the demise of the planet it right behind you. I thought it was a fun way to get my point across.
Was this an easy song to record?
Recording this song wasn’t easier or harder than any other song. It came with its own issues, just like every other song. But was a ton of fun to do. It’s one of the first mid-tempo songs we’ve written and it’s always a fun challenge to change up the way you write. We wanted to make sure that every song on this record had a new element for our band, we really wanted to challenge ourselves and our fans.
What sort of feedback have you gotten on this song so far?
Everyone we’ve played this song for seems to really enjoy it. I hope everyone likes listening to the song and much as we enjoyed writing and recording it. We recently filmed a video for it too and can’t wait for everyone to see it!
Four Year Strong have just announced that they have pushed the release date for their new album, In Some Way, Shape or Form (Decaydance/Motown), back to November 8. The good news is that you can hear their new song, “Falling on You,” right here. Vocalist guitarist Alan Day fills us in on the song below the song. Let us know what you think of it in the comments.
The band also made this statement: “We’ve been playing one of our new songs, ‘Falling on You,’ live this past spring on the Rise Against tour. We hit some snags in production deadlines and the label told us we have to push back release date to get this bad boy on the album. Since it’s finished, we wanted to get it to you right away. Oh and the photo of us was taken at our good friend Mikey’s bar from I Am the Avalanche when we were hanging out a few weeks back downing Shirley Temples (can’t wait to get their album)!
“Because of the snag in the production deadlines, In Some Way, Shape, or Form will now be out November 8. Good news, though, With the new date we can get vinyl out for release date which was important to us. We’ll also be able to get a limited edition tour 7-inch with us on the upcoming tour this fall. For everybody who have been asking about preorders, we’ll get them out quickly and we’re stoked to get out on tour and play all these new songs for you live!”
REVOLVER What’s this song about?
ALAN DAY “Falling on You” is about taking matters into your own hands and living your life the way you want to. It’s about taking everyone else’s doubt and turning into into motivation and making it so that in the end, you’re truly happy with the decisions you’ve made and the person you’ve become.
Which part of it did you come up with first?
The first part of “Falling on You” that was written was the first verse of the song “I never did things by the book, if you don’t trust me then you’ll just have to take a look.” We’ve always kind of steered clear of easy, perfect end-rhymes like that, but in this specific case, it just made so much sense to just get right to the point and have it be the first thing you hear on the song. The inspiration for the song came a lot from what we go through as a band, and as people. We’ve always done things our way, whether people thought it was the right thing to do or not. And this chapter of our lives is no different.
Was this an easy song to write?
This song wasn’t necessarily easy to write, but it wasn’t hard either. On top of what we wanted to say, lyrically, we wanted to write music that fit the song, and also what would be awesome to play live. We pretty much do that with every song, but this one was especially fun. Recording is always more of a challenge because you have to match the intensity that it has when were just playing it live. Capturing the energy is hard to do, but in this case, we made it work for sure.
What sort of feedback have you gotten on this song so far?
The feedback for this song has always been really good. We played it live every day on a tour with Rise Against and Bad Religion. We actually debuted it on the hometown date of the tour, and kids went crazy! It’s always important to us that our hometown fans approve of what were doing, and they loved the song. I’m sure that the rest of our fans will love it too. It’s Four Year Strong in its truest form.