KNOCKED LOOSE
You Won’t Go Before You're Supposed To
LIMITED EDITION of only 500 made
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*Included is a CD booklet **Autographed by the Artist**
*The Vinyl LP/cover is NOT SIGNED.
DESCRIPTION:
Purchase includes CD booklet signed by Knocked Loose.
SIGNED CD Booklet is not in the sealed vinyl. It comes separate.
A Newbury Comics exclusive color variant on Bone in Swamp
Green vinyl.
As Knocked Loose chipped away at what would become their
third album, they felt the pressure from all sides. Internally, there was the
need to challenge themselves as songwriters while retaining the merciless
intensity and unflinching honesty that have always been their calling cards.
Externally, there was a whole new set of eyes on the hard-touring Louisville
quintet, following a banner year in which they’d brought their
underground-seasoned sound to some of the world’s biggest stages, finding
themselves the unlikely viral darlings of both Coachella and Bonnaroo.
The creative process was arduous, with the band writing
close to 40 songs across a span of four years before locking in the 10 tracks
that make up their new LP You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To. But in the
end, vocalist Bryan Garris, guitarists Isaac Hale and Nicko Calderon, bassist
Kevin Otten and drummer Kevin “Pac Sun” Kaine honed a diverse, cohesive and
savagely intense album that both sums up the massive strides they’ve taken
during their decade as a band and asserts their boundless potential going
forward.
Raging lead single “Blinding Faith” skillfully wields
whiplash tempo changes in service of a scathing indictment of religious
groupthink. “Don’t Reach for Me” combines the band’s signature frenzied attack
with deliberate catchiness and refreshing sonic variety. While “Suffocate,”
featuring pop-meets-metal trailblazer Poppy, contrasts an oppressive heaviness
befitting the title with a dance-y, syncopated groove and, midway through, the
most concussive reggaeton rhythm you’ve ever heard.
The album title—a phrase that a fellow passenger said to
Garris to soothe his severe air-travel anxiety during a particularly trying
flight—strikes a note of reassurance. But glossing over negative emotions isn’t
what Knocked Loose are about. The new songs find them plumbing new depths of
loathing—directed both inward and outward—and tortuous anguish. Musically,
they’re leaning into their most extreme impulses, from blastbeat-driven fury,
chaotic turbulence and seismic breakdowns, while seasoning the mix with
ear-catching auxiliary percussion, evocative samples and shout-along hooks, all
interwoven to perfection by Grammy-nominated, pop-savvy producer Drew “WZRD
BLD” Fulk.
There’s no ceiling for hardcore in 2024—even an outfit as
uncompromising as Knocked Loose can turn up in mainstream-adjacent spaces and
win over new fans. But there’s a center to what they do that will never change:
uncompromising heaviness, both sonically and thematically. What is evolving is
their drive to find new ways to convey that heaviness and add tasteful variety
that only highlights their undiminished ferocity. Everywhere Knocked Loose have
been is here on this record—but so is everywhere they may yet go.
ITEM DETAILS:
Number of discs: 1
Limited edition of: 500
Label: Pure Noise
Release Date: 05/17/2024
Mono/Stereo: Stereo
Catalog Number: PNE4095
TRACK
LISTING:
1. Thirst
2. Piece By Piece
3. Suffocate (ft. Poppy)
4. Don’t Reach For Me
5. Miss Covers All
6. Take Me Home
7. Slaughterhouse 2 (ft. Chris Motionless)
8. The Calm That Keeps You Awake
9. Blinding Faith
10. Sit & Mourn
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