Sweetheart announce new album ‘The Unbearable Tightness Of Being’ and EP ‘The Process Of Making Us Well’
SWEETHEART have announced a new album and EP!
Titled The Unbearable Tightness Of Being and The Process Of Making Us Well, both are previously unreleased records from the short-lived Ohio post-hardcore outfit which are finally scheduled to see the light of day in February next year via Expert Work Records.
Speaking about the album, the band comment, “There’s a lyric on the LP that says “In five years, none of this will mean anything to anyone but me” and I think we sort-a figured that was true so we just dropped it. Until Justin at Expert Work came along and asked to release it! It’s hard to describe how grateful and excited we are to see this huge part of our early 20’s finally come into the world. We all worked so hard on it, and had long ago made some peace with that work, so for Expert Work to revive it 20 years later is beyond thrilling. Just being in touch with each other again, and now having a Sweetheart group text, has been a really lovely experience.”
On the EP, the band add, “Our Columbus friends BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA wrote long, sprawling songs that started slow and took their time getting anywhere; kind of opposite to us. We loved them, and played more than a few shows with them. Their influence kind of grew on us over the years; especially the dynamic range, tension, and anticipation in their songs. We had hoped to do a split 10” with them, and so we set about to writing a long sprawling song of our own.”
Justin Nardy, founder of Expert Work and a member of the band BALD EAGLE, adds, “We found a band that could keep up with our guitar riffs, could hold their own in a basketball game, Bryan (the guitar player) could “out beard me” (we both had massive beards). They truly were one of the nicest bands we met while touring, always willing to put us up, help with a show etc. they quickly became friends with ONE INCH PUNCH (the drummer from BALD EAGLE’s other band), SUBSCRIBE (another Columbia band), and WARHAMMER 48K. And introduced us to many Ohio bands as well – TACO NINJA and USED KIDS RECORDS in Columbus… They only had a chance to release a self-released 7” and later, an EP called Art Is Dead Is Dead. Both of those are fine releases, but aren’t the band’s strongest efforts. When I found out they had recorded two other records and that they had never released them, I knew I had to be a part of it and help them get these records out into the world.”
Alongside the announcements, the band have shared a single from The Unbearable Tightness Of Being, titled Fuck Purgatory.
Listen to Fuck Purgatory here:
You can view the track list and artwork for both records below.
Track List:
The Unbearable Tightness Of Being:
- Our West(Intro)
- Talking Tall
- Fuck Purgatory
- 1579
- To Thine Own Selves Be Dudes
- This Tour Shall Pass
- Viva Eternity
- Fuck Hindsight(Whaling)
- Puppies Don’t Have Wheels
The Process Of Making Us Well:
- The Process Of Making Us Well
The Unbearable Tightness Of Being and The Process Of Making Us Well are set for release on February 2nd via Expert Work Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.