The new album will be released on April 20, 2021.
Attracting fans of psych, desert rock, shoegaze, goth, and neo-garage without aligning themselves directly with any these camps, SoCal's TOMBSTONES IN THEIR EYES (TITE) have been creating a fuzzed-out, psychedelic swirl for the past few years. Now with the upcoming release of their new album LOOKING FOR A LIGHT (April 20, 2021; Kitten Robot Records / Somewherecold Records), TITE are shifting their sound ever-so-slightly and elevating it up a few notches. It is an album swathed in thick fuzz that allows its melodies to shine bright. "I think there is a greater variety of sound in the songs, less reliance on massive layers of fuzz guitar, clearer vocals, better lyrics," explains guitarist/songwriter John Treanor about the new album. The first single "Quarantine Blues" premieres today on Post-Punk.com.
Embracing the sounds of their earlier albums and EPs but pushing forward, TITE have constructed a lush album that wraps itself in feedback for warmth, not distance, which makes it more inviting and less impenetrable. "It's less focused on darkness and depression, more hopeful maybe, than some of our earlier work, and even has a love song ('Ship On The Sea')," he elaborates. "Some songs only have one or two guitar tracks ('Wrong', 'Hey'), which is not our norm. It's hard to put it into words, but I see it as a step forward in my songwriting as well." From the chiming atmosphere of "Ship On The Sea" ("It was not meant to be a love song. It was meant to be about being alone... out alone on the sea with no other ships in sight. But as the lyrics shaped up, it turned into a love song") to the abrasive melodies of "I Can Hurt All The Time" ("For a song about depression, this song rocks. This song makes me feel good, even though the subject is dark, because songs like this make me feel less alone, even though I wrote it. Haha"), Looking For A Light is rife with dark fuzzed-out sounds and mesmerizing and celestial melodies.Produced by Paul Roessler (T.S.O.L., Josie Cotton, Richie Ramone) who has produced all of the band's recordings, Looking For The Light captures the band at a career pinnacle with a new label and a new musical outlook. Signed to '80s New Wave icon Josie Cotton's Kitten Robot Records, TITE are preparing for a thrust into the mainstream. "I'm in love with this band and the journey it takes you on," says Cotton, excitedly about her new signing. "Lush and dark, searching and lost, undulating... like a junky poet traveling across the Arctic Circle on the way to somewhere. You never want it to reach the end."
Listen to "Quarantine Blues" here:
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