Today, Fits have shared “Running Out,” the latest from their upcoming debut album, All Belief is Paradise. Gold Flake Paint, who premiered the song are calling it “powerful and appealing,” while the band’s Nicholas Cummins says “this song is about fear for the future, about growing up in and getting away from Trump Country, then much later realizing I’d never left, and it’s about wanting to be optimistic despite all evidence to the contrary. It’s about being deluged by negativity from every direction and trying to keep your thoughts straight regardless. And it’s about wanting that to change.” All Belief Is Paradise is available for pre-order now and due out 11/17 via Father/Daughter Records.
Additionally, Fits have announced a fall tour with Yucky Duster. All dates below.
TOUR DATES:
11/8 – Philadelphia, PA @ Pilam *
11/9 – Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Roboto *
11/10 – Bloomington, IN @ TBA *
11/11 – Chicago, IL @ Auxiliary Arts Center *
11/12 – Detroit, MI @ Marble Bar *
11/13 – Toronto, ON @ Less Bar *
11/14 – Montreal, QC @ La Vitrola *
11/15 – Portland ME @ Apohadion Theatre *
11/16 – Boston, MA @ The ER *
11/17 – Brooklyn, NY @ Alphaville *
* w/ Yucky Duster
ABOUT FITS:
After years of playing bass in multiple bands across the Brooklyn music scene, Nicholas Cummins (they/them) is releasing All Belief is Paradise, the debut full-length for their first songwriting effort, Fits. Songs that began as vocal and bass loops recorded to voice memo as a way for Cummins to express their own desires and songwriting designs, have evolved into effusive power-pop songs with the help of close pals drummer Brian Orante, and later Joe Galarraga (Big Ups) on guitar and Emma Witmer (gobbinjr) on bass. All Belief is Paradise, named after a line in a Lisa Robertson’s The Weather, honors the spirit of the early material (sometimes directly pulling in bits of early voice memo demos) while unveiling Fits’ evolution into a fully formed band capable of being thoughtful and bratty, accessible and weird, and tackling it all with confidence, humor, and great hooks.
When their mother died three years ago, Cummins was left reevaluating the degree to which they had been holding back various identities and emotions in order to protect her. Fits was born as a way of claiming that space. The phrase “I want” is hyper-prevalent throughout the album – while writing songs for the album Cummins would often start by yelling “I want-” and going from there. Much of the record is about grief, and “returning to a busted up fucked up childhood after falling out of it and stabilizing yourself on your own,” says Cummins. “The Ground” and “Drop Thistle” were written after visiting the site of their old childhood home in New Freedom, Pennsylvania (profiled as “Trump County” in PA Magazine). Still other songs are drawn from lighter fare: ghosting, a relationship that was already “dead” and is now “Superdead.” Even the darker content is often folded into effusive material, buoyed by yelps, shreds, and cathartic breakdowns.
Fits is undeniably shaped by band members’ experiences playing Brooklyn DIY spaces such as Shea Stadium and Silent Barn. (For one, Cummins first decided to take the Fits project seriously after playing the demos through a giant traveling Swedish log parked in the Silent Barn yard.) For another, songs are quick, loud, and rarely content with sticking to any one style, often holding for meditative intervals before launching into full-throttle caffeinated pop. The therapeutic drive behind the songs and the genuine fun of the group’s dynamic make Paradise a rewarding listen and Fits a band that can more than hold its own.
FITS
ALL BELIEF IS PARADISE
FATHER/DAUGHTER RECORDS
NOVEMBER 17, 2017
- Ice Cream on a Nice Day
- Running Out
- Admission Day
- The Ground
- Fulfilling
- Drop Thistle
- Hot Topic
- Superdead
- Mango
- How Did U
- All the Time
- The Levers
