New York, NY (Top40 Charts / Razor & Tie Media) Rochester, NY based melodic hardcore punk band Such Gold will release their sophomore studio album, The New Sidewalk, on November 10th 2014 via Razor & Tie. The band has also launched the new album pre-order merch bundles at www.thenewsidewalk.com.
Various bundles include album, vinyl, digital download, T-shirts, hoodie and shorts. Such Gold will be hitting the road this Fall with Transit and Four Year Strong (tour dates below).
Listen to the New Single "Faced" on Top40-Charts.com below:
The New Sidewalkis the follow up to their 2012 debut album, Misadventures, which debuted at #6 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. Their new album was produced by Bill Stevenson (Descendents, A Wilhelm Scream, Propagandhi) at the Blasting Room in Ft. Collins, Colorado. The New Sidewalk is a huge leap forward for the band creatively, with the band pushing themselves further and further away from the pop-punk scene they came up in and instead focusing on being an innovative, forward-thinking hardcore punk band even if it brings some tension to the listener. The album twists and turns, divebombing from riff to riff as time signatures switch up almost on a whim. Keys and textures change with an unrelenting dynamic intensity.
Such Goldlead vocalist/guitarist Ben Kotin admits, "We were really nervous going in; we didn't know what to expect in the studio. On The New Sidewalk, we had a lot more time to really do what we want. The atmosphere was a little more relaxed. We got the chance to just hang out with Bill and company every day, shoot the shit about music, listen to his jokes and stories. It was a really comfortable setting."
Out of that comfort came an album full of discomfort, from the driving dirge of "I Know What I Saw" to the five-minute-long psyche and purpose-examining title track to the jazzy skate-punk of "Morrison" (a true tale of being harassed by a small-town cop) to the black humor of "Food Court Blues," in which Kotin amusingly distorts a
Killers lyric ("Are we human or are we mall?"). Kotin isn't afraid to tell it like it is nor is he ashamed of his station in life; he is discussing The New Sidewalk's creation moments after finishing mopping out toilets at a kids' summer camp, his job for the summer. The struggle is real and relatable, and his lyrics reflect that; his band's music is the canvas on which he paints, and those canvases keep taking an increasingly interesting shape.
Such Goldformed in 2009 and have worked tirelessly since, having released 2012's full length Misadventures, as well as 4 split 7"s and two EPs, Stand Tall and Pedestals. The band has toured around the globe with Comeback Kid, Strung Out, A Wilhelm Scream, The Story So Far, Stick To Your Guns, The Wonder Years, and many more. Such Gold is Ben Kotin (guitar/vocals), Nate Derby (guitar), Jon Markson (bass/vocals) and Matt Covey (drums).
Such Gold - The New Sidewalk - 11/10/14
1. Engulfed In Flames
2. Faced
3. Axed Away
4. Food Court Blues
5. No Cab Fare
6. I Know What I Saw
7. Nauseating
8. Don't Park Next To Me
9. Morrison
10. When It Gives
11. Frying In The Mix
12. The New Sidewalk
Such Gold Tour Dates
W/Transit, Driver Friendly
October 17 - Philadelphia, PA
October 18 - Pawtucket, RI - The Met
October 19 - Boston, MA - Middle East
October 21 - Poughkeepsie, NY - The Loft @ The Chance
October 22 - Asbury Park, NY - Asbury Lanes
October 24 - Hamden, CT - The Space
October 25 - New York, NY - Studio at Webster Hall
October 26 - Amityville, NY - Amityville
Music Hall
October 28 - Toronto, ON - Sneaky Dee's
October 29 - Pontiac, MI - Pike Room
October 30 - Covington, KY - Legends
October 31 - Indianapolis, IN - Emerson Theater
W/Four Year Strong, Transit, Seaway
November 1 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
November 2 - Lawrence, KS - Granada Theatre
November 3 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theater
November 4 - Murray, UT - Murray Theater
November 6 - San Francisco, CA - Slims
November 7 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
November 8 - Pomona, CA -Glass House
November 9 - San Diego, CA - Soma
November 11 - Mesa, AZ - Nile Theater
November 13 - Houston, TX - Walter's Downtown
November 14 - Dallas, TX - The Dorr
November 15 - Austin, TX - Red 7
November 18 - Columbus, OH - Skully's (w/o Seaway)
November 19 - Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theatre
November 20 - Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop
November 21 - Buffalo, NY - Waiting Room.
