Cancer Bats announce new EP ‘You’ll Never Break Us: Separation Sessions Vol. 2’

CANCER BATS have announced a new EP!

Titled You’ll Never Break Us: Separation Sessions Vol. 2, the upcoming EP from the Canadian hardcore punk band is the follow-up to last year’s You’ll Never Break Us: Separation Sessions Vol. 1, and is scheduled to be released in September this year, via Bat Skull Records/New Damage Records.

Speaking about the upcoming EP, vocalist Liam Cormier says, “after we released the first EP the reaction was so positive and great. So many people reached out saying they loved these new versions, that we felt really inspired to work on more songs and try more ideas. Jaye led the charge picking up his guitar and sending tons of ideas for us all to run with and the second round we had a bit better idea of what we were doing, and especially for me in terms of how to even sing these songs. Everything came together quickly and Vol. 2 was tons of fun to make!”

Alongside the announcement of the new EP, the band have released the first song from the upcoming release; a re-working of the classic Hail Destroyer, dubbed Hail The Acoustic Destroyer. The song features guest contributions from Lindsay Schoolcraft (former CRADLE OF FILTH keyboardist and backing vocalist).

“For Hail The Acoustic Destroyer, we all really wanted to capture the same energy and tension of the song but using a completely different approach from the original,” shares Cormier. “Looking more at it being sparse and looming to convey the ‘heaviness’. Once that groundwork was laid, having Lindsay Schoolcraft’s amazing goth-tinged vocals on the track really pushes the song into a new melodic dimension, making the listener forget what the original Hail Destroyer even was.”

Listen to Hail The Acoustic Destroyer here: 

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new EP below:

Track List: 

1. Hail The Acoustic Destroyer
2. Bricks Mandolins and More-Tambourine
3. Pneumoniacoustic Hawk
4. RAacousticTS
5. Winterpeg Folk Fest

You’ll Never Break Us: Separation Sessions Vol. 2 is set for release on September 14th via Bat Skull Records/New Damage Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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