Boston hardcore outfit My Fictions have announced the release of a new album titled Touch of Glass. The effort is scheduled for release on August 23rd and will be their first through their new label-home, 1126 Records, with whom they signed last month. Of the upcoming release, vocalist Bryan Carifio commented:
“For a long time, I didn’t think there was ever gonna be another My Fictions album, but now that it’s out in the world, I think I needed it to exist. It’s a heavy record, both sonically and lyrically. A lot of time went into making it. A lot of procrastination and stress on my part made it more difficult than it should have been. Now that it’s done, I hear these songs and feel like it’s the most complete representation of what My Fictions has tried to be as a band.
It’s not something I’d throw on a marketing sticker, but the best way I can describe it is as ‘bad mood music’ — not something that a listener particularly wants to listen to, but rather needs to hear to match how they’re feeling at a given time.
Records like that literally changed my life when I was younger and I know for a fact we’ve done that for at least a handful of people so it’s a privilege to get another chance to do it again. It also kinda rocks though so hey, maybe throw it on and punch some drywall out, I don’t know. Grateful to our partners who helped us record and release it for helping us carry out our vision.”
News of the EP arrives with the premiere of the music video for the group’s new single, “Cold Streak”. Speaking of the track guitarist Tyler Bradley offers:
“‘Cold Streak’ is as close to a fun song as we’ve ever written. That probably sounds insane to people unfamiliar with us, but I think it tracks. The meat of the song is a mid-tempo groove that builds to a heavy payoff. It ended up being a great platform for Bryan to do his thing on. It’s been a cool challenge to reign in and refine elements of our sound to focus on better, more mature song writing. Of course there’s still some weird stuff in there for the sickos, but overall, it feels like a step up for us and where I think we’ve wanted to take things for a while.”
Carifio continues:
“This is our first music video ever as a band, which was both exciting and daunting. We shot it in a day — which was a bit chaotic — but I think that energy transferred into the video nicely. I ‘directed’ and edited the video and my lovely partner Andi Guede shot and co-directed the whole thing.
The whole band helped get the storyline to make sense and improved the whole thing, which made it very fun to create. Since ‘Cold Streak’ is a song about the emotional toll of debt, I thought that a narrative about a down on his luck gambler who schemes up a stupid way to win it all back lined up pretty well thematically. All we do as a band in our free time is talk about movies, so a music video that’s basically a Tubi Original version of Uncut Gems-meets-Casino was an easy pitch that Mike, Tyler, and Seamus all did a great job bringing to life as true villains (a mobster, an outlaw biker, and a venture capitalist). The performance scenes were shot where we practice and I loved that there’s a giant Converge/Integrity/Coliseum tour poster in some of the shots.”
Touch of Glass track listing:
- “New Face”
- “Dreams Of Escape”
- “Eden”
- “Cold Streak”
- “Touch Of Glass”
- “What Would I Say?”
- “A Million Futures Out Of Reach”
- “Selfish Wish”
- “Disguise”
- “Touch Of Glass II”
