Wage War announce new album ‘Pressure’
WAGE WAR have announced a new album!
Titled Pressure, the upcoming album is the band’s third album, and the anticipated follow up to 2017’s Jeremy McKinnon (A DAY TO REMEMBER) produced Deadweight and is scheduled to be released in August this year.
The band enlisted the talents of producer Drew Fulk (MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, Lil Peep, IDKHOW) and recorded in Los Angeles for the first time. The locale fostered a spirit of evolution. “We were all out of our comfort zone, which was really cool,” guitarist and vocalist Cody Quistad explains. “We couldn’t just go home after the day. We all lived in the same house. It was a great opportunity for us to reconnect. We’d go to shows together, come back, and write at 2am. Los Angeles is inspiring, because there’s a youthful drive and passion. Everyone is there to chase a dream. It gives you a mindset. You talk about going to L.A. to make a record when you’re 13. It was a bucket list thing for us.”
About the album, its poignant title, and the concept of pressure, the band states, “anytime you go into make a record, there’s pressure. What you in that studio with those people affects the next however many years of your career and if you play your cards right, it can change your life. It really felt like a make or break situation. The Pressure to make the perfect WAGE WAR album, one that harvests what people have come to love about our band yet still grow and explore new territory and push ourselves harder than ever before. However, that’s not the only pressure this album talks about. There are songs on the album that deal with mental health, and the pressure to act ‘ok’ even when things aren’t. There are songs on the album that speaking of not succumbing to pressure and being just another face in the crowd, but more so making a change in yourself and the world around you. Being in a band, making music, playing shows in one way or another all comes with a Pressure and how you deal with it is what determines who you are. This record is our response.”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for the first song to be taken from the upcoming record; Who I Am.
Watch the official music video for Who I Am here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming album below:
Track List:
1. Who I Am
2. Prison
3. Grave
4. Ghost
5. Me Against Myself
6. Hurt
7. Low
8. The Line
9. Fury
10. Forget My Name
11. Take The Fight
12. Will We Ever Learn
Pressure is set for release on August 30th via Fearless Records.
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