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He Is Legend announce White Bat LP; stream video for new track “Boogiewoman”

By Josh_Doe #Al Jacobs, #Boogiewoman, #Glow In The Dark Studios, #He Is Legend, #Matt Goldman, #Mitch Marlow, #Spinefarm Records, #Warrior Sound, #White Bat

Official press release:

North Carolina’s He Is Legend will release the new album “White Bat” throughSpinefarm Records on June 28. The album is available for pre-order here.

The band has shared the new song “Boogiewoman.” Listen here:

The band previously released the title track in late 2018. Listen here. Singer Schuylar Croom about the album, which is He Is Legend‘s sixth full length overall and second for Spinefarm:

“White Bat is the purest, most passionate, and the most united He is Legend has been since we wrote It Hates You. I think this album has something for every fan of each chapter in our history.”

For White Bat, the band diligently worked across the country. Drummer Jesse Shelley recorded drums in Atlanta at Glow In The Dark Studios with Matt Goldman. Guitars and bass would be tracked at Warrior Sound with Al Jacobs. Meanwhile, Croom ventured out West to reteam with Mitch Marlow for vocals in Los Angeles. Inspired by Michelle McNamara’s true crime classic I’ll Be Gone In The Dark, Croom wandered around the shadiest and most shadowy corners of the city of angels. Getting into a menacing mindset for the concept, he visited the grave of Walt Disney, canvased mausoleums, went to the Museum of Death, and “sat in crazy seedy little bars, wrote, and got into this headspace—like preparing for an acting role.”

Ultimately, White Bat, according to Croom:

“…has a moodiness and heaviness we haven’t ventured into in a while. It’s conceptual. More than the content and concept, the music is representative of what we are now.”

He Is Legend are touring this spring. Dates are below.

White Bat track listing:

  1. “White Bat”
  2. “Burn All Your Rock Records”
  3. “When The Woods Were Young”
  4. “Eyv Teeth”
  5. “Talking Stalker”
  6. “Bent”
  7. “Resister, Resist Her”
  8. “Uncanny Valley”
  9. “The Interloper”
  10. “Skin So Soft”
  11. “Boogiewoman”

5/05 – Cambridge, MA | The Middle East
5/06 – Lancaster, PA | Chameleon Club *
5/07 – Brooklyn, NY | Brooklyn Bazaar *
5/08 – Stanhope, NJ | The Stanhope House
5/09 – Pittsburgh, PA | The Rex Theater *
5/10 – Nashville, TN | The Cowan *
5/12 – Lexington, KY | Manchester Music Hall *
5/14 – Grand Rapids, MI | The Intersection *
5/16 – Flint, MI | The Machine Shop *
5/17 – Chicago, IL | Bottom Lounge *
5/18 – Springfield, MO | Outland Ballroom *
5/19 – Dallas, TX | Gas Monkey Live! *
5/21 – Denver, CO | Oriental Theater *
5/22 – Colorado Springs, CO | The Black Sheep *
5/25 – San Diego, CA | Brick By Brick *
5/29 – Austin, TX | Come And Take It Live
5/30 – Houston, TX | Acadia Live

* = supporting The Damned Things