New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Sometimes, you just have to walk away. That's one of the many life lessons that Evan
Thomas Weiss details on his forthcoming Into it. Over it. album, Figure, and specifically on his new song "We Prefer Indoors," out today. Written about a short-lived relationship that went on for much longer than it had to, it's about rediscovering your self-confidence; an exercise in patience and trusting one's gut.
Into it. Over it.'s last album, 2016's Standards, found the project drifting into new territories, recreating the blueprint for what the emo genre could become in the years to follow. Now, four years later, Weiss returns to an entirely new landscape but once again, innovation becomes the beating heart of everything he creates. Songs like "We Prefer Indoors" prove that Evan's never ending quest for transformation is alive and well--both sonically and emotionally--as he continues to explore different ways of updating a sound that some might say he's already perfected.
Its corresponding video follows a day in the life of IIOI -- including Weiss, Adam Beck (Drums), Matthew Frank (Bass) and Joe Shadid (Guitar) -- as they prepare for a gig unlike any gig they've ever played before.
Directed by
Chicago directing duo coool (John TerEick and Jake Nokovic), the entire video was able to be shot while practicing social distancing. It features guest appearances from some of Chicago's finest: Mike Kinsella (American Football), Bob
Nanna (Braid / Hey Mercedes), Christine Goodwyne and Nicollete Sara (Pool Kids), Erik Czaja (Dowsing / Pet Symmetry), Marcus Nuccio (Ratboys / Pet Symmetry), Jared Karns (Their/They're/There), Andy Hendricks (Annabel), and more.
At the start of 2017, Evan wasn't sure that he would make Figure, but built slowly and kindly with the help of his community, Figure became his commitment to do better and to be better.
"It's about trying to make peace with poor decisions that I've made," Weiss says, "and how I can try to reconcile as much as I can, and what I can't reconcile, how I'm going to cope with that moving forward, and what I can do to be better to the people around me."
Weiss and drummer/audio engineer Adam Beck recorded and produced Figure over seven months in different studios around Chicago's many neighborhoods with longtime friends and recording collaborators Matthew Jordan, Andrew Emil and Mark Michalik. Mixed by Jason Cupp (Jimmy Eat World, American Football, Maps & Atlases) and mastered by Dave Kutch (American Football, Lana Del Rey, Solange), Figure contains 12 tracks--patient and considered, layered and epic--that map a crooked, unyielding journey forward through the streets and parks and bars and heartbreak of Logan Square.
Figure is out
September 18 on Triple Crown Records, and it's available to pre-order now.
