New hardcore leaders Knocked Loose have announced their highly anticipated sophomore album, A Different Shade of Blue, due August 23rd via Pure Noise Records (you can pre-order it here now), and unleashed its bulldozing lead single "...And Still I Wander South." Working with producer Will Putney, the group — singer Bryan Garris, guitarists Issac Hale and Cole Crutchfield, bassist Kevin Otten and drummer Kevin Kaine — evolved from their previous "live in studio" recording approach to craft 12 industrial-strength new tracks in a much more deliberate and focused fashion. The results are clear on April's finely honed single "Mistakes Like Fractures" and today's "...And Still I Wander South," the latter of which "is about wanting to move on, or better yourself for whatever reason, but you keep going back to the same old thing," according to Garris. "Whether that be depression or whatever you may be going through. You always wander back to the same mindset."
In addition to those two songs, A Different Shade of Blue also includes "A Serpent's Touch" and "Forget Your Name," which feature guest vocals from Dying Wish's Emma Boster and Every Time I Die's Keith Buckley, respectively. See the full track listing, as well as the album cover art and Knocked Loose's upcoming tour dates, below.
A Different Shade of Blue track list:
1 - Belleville
2 - Trapped in the Grasp of a Memory
3 - A Serpent's Touch (Ft. Emma Boster)
4 - By the Grave
5 - In the Walls
6 - Guided by the Moon
7 - Mistakes Like Fractures
8 - Forget Your Name (Ft. Keith Buckley)
9 - Road 23
10 - ...And Still I Wander South
11 - Denied by Fate
12 - Misguided Son
Knocked Loose tour dates:
05/23: Haarlem, Netherlands - Patronaat
05/24: London, UK - Islington Academy
05/25: Leeds, UK - Slam Dunk
05/26: Hatfield, UK - Slam Dunk
05/27: Paris, France - Gibus
05/28: Karlsruhe, Germany - Stadtmitte
05/29: Berlin, Germany - Cassiopeia
05/30: Leipzig, Germany - Conne Island
05/31: Antwerp, Belgium - Metal Fest
06/01: Köln, Germany - Club Volta
06/02: München, Germany - Feierwerk
06/03: Aarau, Switzerland - Kiff
06/05: Columbus, OH - Express Live *
06/07: Council Bluffs, IA - Stir Cove at Harrah's Casino *
06/08: Madison, WI - The Sylvee *
06/10: Wichita, KS - Cotillion Ballroom *
06/11: Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom *
06/12: San Antonio, TX - The Tobin Center *
06/14: New Orleans, LA - The Fillmore *
06/15: Birmingham, AL - Avondale Brewing Company *
06/16: Augusta, GA - Bell Auditorium *
06/18: Chattanooga, TN - The Signal *
06/20: Raleigh, NC - The Ritz *
06/21: North Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues *
06/22: Richmond, VA - The National *
06/23: Poughkeepsie, NY - Mid Hudson Civic Center *
06/27: Portland, ME - State Theatre *
06/28: Providence, RI - The Strand Theatre *
07/28: Montreal, QB - Heavy Montreal
08/23: La Grange, KY (Oldham Country) - CityPlace Expo Center (Record Release Show)
* w/ A Day to Remember
