Fresh from making their critically acclaimed live debuts at Australian festivals UNIFY Gathering and Groovin' The Moo and polishing off their biggest ever national headlining tour, Eora / Sydney alt-rock force RedHook have returned with their most gut-wrenching single to date, ‘Jabberwocky’, produced by Stevie Knight (Stand Atlantic, Yours Truly) and mixed by James Paul Wisner (Underoath, Paramore). Listen to Jabberwocky HERE / Click to stream 'Jabberwocky' / Click to pre-save ‘Jabberwocky’ is an intensely personal song that addresses vocalist Emmy Mack’s experience of being sexually assaulted while on RedHook’s first ever overseas tour. Using the metaphor of the Jabberwocky (a fictional monster from the Alice In Wonderland mythos which in the Irwin Allen film adaptation Alice is ultimately able to vanquish by convincing herself it doesn’t exist) the song centres on Emmy’s coping process of denying her own trauma and the monster who inflicted it in order to effectively “go on with the show”. Menacing guitars and frenetic synths charge beneath Mack’s powerful vocals, building into a psychotic dubstep-inspired breakdown before the vulnerable chorus lyrics take centre stage. Emmy explains the inspiration behind the track: “As difficult as this song was to write, I felt like it was something I had to do. One of the main ways I cope when horrible things happen in life is by listening to music. But when this happened to me, for the very first time, I couldn’t find a song that resonated with what I was going through. Isn’t it strange that we’ve heard so many stories about high-profile male predators in the heavy music space over the past few years, and yet there are so few songs in the genre that deal with sexual assault itself from a female perspective? I really wanted to help change that.” RedHook will support the release of ‘Jabberwocky’ with their second ever tour of Europe in June, including their debut appearance at one of the world’s most iconic rock festivals Rock AM Ring / Rock Im Park alongside the likes of Green Day, Muse, Weezer, Turnstile, Gang Of Youths & Spiritbox, as well as multiple dates supporting The Faim throughout the UK, followed by a 28-date, three-month-long regional tour of Australia as main support for In Hearts Wake, and an appearance at Sydney All Ages festival Shoreshocked alongside Beddy Rays and The Rions. This continues on from a freshly completed national ‘Bring Ya Mates’ tour with The Dead Love and appearances at UNIFY Gathering, Groovin’ The Moo and Halloween Hysteria. The band have previously sold-out national tours and performed at festivals Download (UK), Download (AUS), Good Things, BIGSOUND and Stonefest. 2021 saw RedHook release their long-awaited debut EP ‘Bad Decisions’ which has ticked over 7 million Spotify streams and earned praise from Kerrang! (UK), Rock Sound (UK), Rolling Stone (AUS), Hysteria Magazine and has been nominated for AIR's Independent Music Awards 2022, with multiple video clips being added to rotation on ABC’s Rage. Lead single ‘Bad Decisions’ has also clocked 5 million Spotify streams and has just been announced as a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition and featured on Spotify’s ‘The Best Of The Rock List 2021’ alongside huge songs by Machine Gun Kelly, YUNGBLUD & more. Previous singles have been added to rotation on triple j, along with further radio support from SiriusXM (USA), Kerrang! Radio (UK), triple j Unearthed, The Faction, 4ZZZ and Aussie Music Weekly. ‘Jabberwocky’ is available worldwide now
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Hawthorne Heights have premiered new video 'Bad Frequencies' on Rock Sound. The track is taken from album Bad Frequencies which was released earlier this year, the band's first full-length album since 2013 and first release on Pure Noise Records. You can watch to 'Bad Frequencies' here Speaking on the song and video for Bad Frequencies singer JT Woodruff says:- ' One of my favourite places on earth is the California desert. It's a dream and a nightmare at the same time, which is why I love it. I wrote the lyrics to the song “Bad Frequencies” while waiting on Interstate 5 in traffic for 4 hours. My dream then turned into a nightmare. You just have to remember that the nightmare eventually goes away, and you always get back to where you need to be. Visually, much of the video’s vibe is an homage to some of our favourite music videos we grew up to in the 90’s. There is a certain amount of mystique to videos from that era that we absolutely love. Other visual inspirations include Twin Peaks and Black Mirror.' The album was produced by Hawthorne Heights along with Nick Ingram (Hotel Books, Capital House Studio), and mixed by Cameron Webb (Grammy Winner, NOFX, Social Distortion). The band previously worked with Ingram on the Hurt EP as well as Webb for “Push Me Away” which was released last summer ahead of their full run on the Vans Warped Tour. Hawthorne Heights will also be touring the UK and Europe starting this October. You can see the bands at the following dates: 10th October Foundry Belfast 11th October The Grand Social Dublin 12th October Jacaranda Phase One Liverpool 13th October Turbulence Festival Plymouth 15th October Exchange Bristol 16th October Clwb Ifor Bach 17th October The Key Club Leeds 18th October Audio Glasgow 19th October Corporation Sheffield 20th October Head Of Steam Newcastle 21st October Rebellion Manchester 22nd October The Flapper Birmingham 23rd October The Waterfront Norwich 24th October Rock City Nottingham 25th October Electric Ballroom London* 26th October Zappa Antwerpen* 27th October Turbinenhalle 2 Oberhausen-rheinhausen* 28th October Patronaat Haarlem* 30th October Markthalle Altstadt Waldenburg* 31st October Lowensaal Nürnberg* 1st November WUK Vienna* 2nd October Lucerna Music Bar Prague* 3rd November Dürer Kert Budapest* 4th November Backstage Werk Munchen* 5th November Substage Karlsruhe* Tickets on sale now * Supporting Hands Like Houses and Our Last Night http://hawthorneheights.com/ https://www.facebook.com/HawthorneHeights https://twitter.com/HawthorneHgts https://www.instagram.com/hawthornehgts/ |
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