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Excide — Tyler Washington, Gill Gonzalez, Gage Lanza, Caleb Hogue, and Jacob Paris — are thrilled to announce their second album Bastard Hymns. It arrives November 28 via SharpTone Records. Pre-order it here.
Today, the band has dropped the video for “Worth Your Salt”.
Watch it here:
Regarding the single, Washington states:
“The title comes from an old euphemism, and I always thought it would be cool to use as a double-meaning for a song. Some people just aren’t worth the attention that others pay to their opinions or general disdain for things. If I’ve learned anything, a closed mind is usually an ignorant or insecure one. This song is about how when you peel back that hard exterior, those pessimists usually don’t have much to show for how loudly they beat their chest.”
As for the accompanying video, he says:
“A couple of us grew up loving the Lethal Weapon movies, and when music videos could be goofy. We wanted to do a spoof-like music video that hits all the stereotypical ’80s crime movie niches. Anthony Altamura was so into the idea when we brought it to him, and really dialed it in. Genuinely such a fun video to make with all the guys. We hope it makes you laugh as hard as we did watching it back for the first time!”
Excide are thrilled to finally get this album to your ears. The band states:
“We can’t believe the day is finally here that we get to announce that our second full length record, Bastard Hymns will be all yours this winter. Putting this album together came with so many challenges and we feel incredibly lucky to have had such a great team of people behind it, so that it finally sees the light of day. Welcome to the next chapter of Excide.”
Bastard Hymns is the logical next step from the band’s debut album, Deliberate Revolver. “Having felt like we accomplished what we came to do on the first record, there were no guidelines or barriers around where we were to go next. This opened up so many avenues for our creativity and exploration. We were lucky enough to begin working with SharpTone the following year, which put the band back in gear and opened up new possibilities for the path forward.”
Sonically, the band was inspired by the grooves and energy of late ’90s post-hardcore bands such as Cast Iron Hike and Snapcase, while siphoning melody and textural elements much the same as Quicksand and Cave In. The band was not afraid to shift gears a bit and take influence from the likes of Queens of the Stone Age, Soundgarden, and Failure, which, Excide admit, “allowed us to really push the sonic needle into uncharted territory, even further accentuated by Austin Coupe’s co-writing and production.”
Overall, the album is a “fuzzy, rocky, groovy, angry record. Seeped in the woes of growing up in a hillbilly hellscape, and living to tell the tale. The result was Bastard Hymns.”
Bastard Hymns track listing:
- “No Son”
- “Worth Your Salt”
- “Your Flowers”
- “Pariah”
- “Cauterized”
- “Shine Thru Blues”
- “Down in the Mouth”
- “Bastard Hymn”
- “Ruiner”
- “Heatware”
- “Void of Function”
- “Call Box”
