Rustbelt rockers, The Speedbumps, will release new full-length album When The Darkness Comes onJuly 14. The band have just debuted first single, “Love Is War,” a raucous telling of romantic tumult powered by evocative, grainy vocals and penetrative, high-speed strings. Lead singer Erik Urycki tells us “the song is basically about the post-relationship waters we all navigate. Cliché as it may be, it’s not hyperbole to say it’s a pill of bitter loneliness, when you’re the one taking it.”
The new track’s intermingling of recognizable, rootsy folk and a more riotous, rock approach implies the band has evolved since 2015’s Soil to the Seed. The sound wanders purposefully through the grit of Northern Ohio neighbors The Black Keys, the thoughtfully breathy melodies of Ryan Adams and the panicked pace of Trampled By Turtles, all at once.
Embed “Love is War”:
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Tour Dates:
July 15 | Worthington, OH at Natalie’s Coal Fired Pizza
July 16 | Yorkville, OH @ The Law Office
July 17 | Davenport, IA @ Raccoon Motel
July 18 | Nashville, TN at The 5 Spot
July 22 | Cleveland, OH at Beachland Ballroom
July 26 | New York, NY at Rockwood Music Hall
July 28 | North Hero, VT at Savage Garden Farm
July 29 | Southbridge, MA at Starlite
August 01 | Thomas, WV at The Purple Fiddle
August 04 | Charlotte, NC at The Evening Muse
Track List:
- The Chosen Sons
- How You Get Down
- When The Darkness Comes
- How Do We Work It Out
- Love Is War
- Cuyahoga
- What Tomorrow Brings
- You’re Gonna Need Someone
- Someone To Believe In
- Where The Light Lives
- East Side Kids
- Counting On You
THE SPEEDBUMPS
For more information, please contact:
Maddie Corbin | MaddieC@GrandstandHQ.com
