Seattle, WA...April 27, 2009...Just finishing their fourth international tour since last fall, UNDEROATH have announced the MySpace global premiere of the video for "Too Bright To See, Too Loud To Hear," the compelling new single off their acclaimed fourth studio album LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION (Tooth & Nail/Solid State). The group's most accessible single to date, "Too Bright To See, Too Loud To Hear" will hit Alternative and Rock radio in early June.
In a recent live review, the Orange County Register noted of the standout song:
"'Too Bright to See, Too Loud to Hear'" showed why the group has moved far ahead of its metal peers. Armed with soaring instrumentals you'd expect from someone like Explosions in the Sky, combined with epic gang vocals and hand claps, Underoath makes clear that this is not a typical band. Not only does it know how to headbang but this is also a group of acute musicians, and that talent is what stood out the most" (Jonathan Bautts, 11/16/08).
For the striking clip, UNDEROATH re-teamed with the Swedish production team Popcore Films--with whom the band received a Grammy nomination for "Best Short Form Video" for the song "Writing on the Walls." To watch the video--created in the pseudo-Victorian steampunk style--click here. The clip, which has logged over 100,000 views in the first 24 hours; is receiving major MySpace placement across the globe including Sweden, Brazil, Russia, India, Australia, New Zealand and the U.K.
"We knew we wanted to do something unique because we've never had a song like this before," explains MCTAGUE of the muted track with electronic touches. "We talked to our good friends from Sweden and decided to try something new. This is our fifth video with Popcore, so we felt confident in our communication and direction; they couldn't have done a better job in our opinion."
After a fall U.S. headlining tour last fall which averaged an over 90% sell-out rate, UNDEROATH have wrapped hugely successful sold-out shows in over ten countries around the globe--U.S., U.K., Mexico, Canada, Italy, Germany, South Africa, France, Belgium, and Sweden--and performed their first-ever tours of South and Central America; they also had headlining spots on the Soundwave (Australia) and Give It A Name (Europe) festivals this spring. In June, UNDEROATH will perform all summer long on the main stage of the Vans Warped Tour. The 2009 trek marks the group's sixth outing on the annual punk rock extravaganza and their fourth run as a headlining act on the tour which celebrates its 15th anniversary this summer. The 46-date trek commences June 26 in Pomona, CA and finishes August 23 in Carson, CA (see the full list of tour dates, cities and venues below).
UNDEROATH--whose last three albums count combined sales in excess of one million copies-- released their fourth album LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION on Seattle indie Tooth & Nail/Solid State. The disc marked the top rock debut for the week and entered the Billboard Top 200 Album chart at #8, #1 on the Top Christian albums chart and #5 on the Top Digital albums chart, with over 9,476 digital downloads sold its first week alone.
UNDEROATH--lead vocalist SPENCER CHAMBERLAIN, guitarist TIM MCTAGUE, bassist GRANT BRANDELL, drummer AARON GILLESPIE, keyboardist CHRISTOPHER DUDLEY and guitarist JAMES SMITH--continue to garner new fans and widespread critical acclaim for LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION as well as their powerful live performances. Check out more critical soundbites for UNDEROATH:
"The high point comes on track 10, 'Too Bright To See, Too Loud To Hear,' an epic rock song that couples an incredibly dark lyric with an incredibly light melody to create a beautiful hum that sits over a backbone that is part U2, part Radiohead and part something else entirely. It's a moment of magic."
--Andrew Kelham, ROCK SOUND, September 2008 (UK, 8-OUT-OF-10 CD REVIEW)
"They even unveil moments of beauty untouched by screaming or roar, such as the penultimate track, 'Too Bright To See, Too Loud to Hear,' with its dreamy shimmer, handclaps and choir."
--Chris Parker, HOUSTON PRESS, November 20
"Underoath's new album, LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION, is like one 43-minute-long roller-coaster ride: a vertiginous plunge through obsessively layered cacophony, complete with chaotic and sudden shifts of direction. [Tim] McTague and co-guitarist James Smith flail valiantly in the midst of the metalcore mayhem. ...But LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION ventures even further afield than that: it actually contains some slow songs. 'Too Bright to See Too Loud to Hear' veers close to ballad territory, and 'Desolate Earth: The End Is Here' closes the album on a somber, meditative instrumental note that is rarely, if ever, heard in metalcore."
--Alan DiPerna, GUITAR WORLD, December 2008
"...LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION will surely prove to the world--at least those who listen to their gospel-that UNDEROATH are one of the most powerful, passionate and creative bands in heavy music today... LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION is truly 2008's first perfect record, which is made all the more fascinating when it's realized that it was created out of the mistakes, shortcomings and misgivings of its members from throughout the past two years. Once again, UNDEROATH have elevated themselves to a level of their own."
--Scott Heisel, ALTERNATIVE PRESS, September 2008 (5-OUT-OF-5 REVIEW)
"Unrelenting and often harrowing, Underoath's newest [LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION] is filled with the band's characteristic bone-crunching riffs and a reduced role from drummer/vocalist Aaron Gillespie, allowing frontman Spencer Chamberlain's guttural howls to take command...Chamberlain trades his screams for sung parts on 'Too Bright to See, Too Loud to Hear,' and the sparse, electronic-based closer 'Desolate Earth: The End Is Here' is largely instrumental except for a few lines...Underoath has made definitive strides at progression without abandoning its muscular, broad-shouldered hardcore."
--Evan Lucy, BILLBOARD, September 6, 2008 (CD REVIEW)
"After achieving definitive success with Define the Great Line, the metalcore outfit return with their much anticipated sixth studio album. Highlights include first single 'Desperate Times, Desperate Measures,' which holds onto that familiar Underoath sound and thundering ballad 'Too Bright To See, Too Loud To Hear' which is quite possibly the most impressive and musically advanced song of theirs to date."
--Jen Walker, BIG CHEESE (National, monthly music; U.K., October 2008)
"'Desperate Times, Desperate Measures,' Underoath: Dual guitars tangle and tango in the forceful first single from LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION."
--Edna Gundersen, USA TODAY, September 16, 2008
"...[LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION] the group's third album with its current lineup...sharp and sometimes frighteningly bleak."
--Jon Caramanica, NEW YORK TIMES, September 4, 2008
"...impressively savage."
--TIME OUT NEW YORK, August 28, 2008
"LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION is a stark, brutal record that once again pushes the band's creative boundaries while also showcasing the refinement that comes with age...With its lean song structures and 10-ton guitar riffs combined with Chamberlain's face-peeling vocals LOST...finds a way to push the envelope even further than Define The Great Line."
--Brendan Manley, ALTERNATIVE PRESS
Cover story, Fall Preview, October 2008
"...Yet in a further demonstration of their emotive power, the record concludes with back-to-back tracks steeped in tragic solemnity-'Too Bright To See, To Loud To Hear' and 'Desolate Earth: The End Is Here'-and it's hard to shake off the melancholy hangover that lingers long after the speaks have fallen quiet."
--Dan Slessor, KERRANG! (5-out-of-5 review), September 18, 2008
"...the riveting 'A Fault Line, A Fault of Mine' and 'Emergency Broadcast: The End Is Near,' two slightly experimental, highly melodic cuts make that four, as 'Too Bright to See Too Loud to Hear' and near-instrumental closer 'Desolate Earth: The End Is Near' are mini-masterpieces of hope and anguish that not only signal growth for the Florida ensemble, but deliver on the dark promises that haunted Define the Great Line, exposing a more mature, post-apocalyptic nightmare that manages to give equal time to both loss and redemption, declaring allegiance to neither. "
--James Christopher Monger, ALL MUSIC GUIDE, September 2008
"With LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION, Underoath have truly become heavy music's equivalent of Radiohead. Much like every hipster's favorite English band, Underoath's albums are equally enigmatic and atmospheric, transcending standard genre confines and venturing into rarely charted sonic territory. If 2006's Define The Great Line was Underoath's OK Computer-the record that broke the band to a mainstream audience-then LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION is Underoath's Kid A. In other words, even though it's a decided evolution from their last offering, LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION is a terse and haunting statement of a record that will affect fans for many years to come."
--Rick Florino, ARTIST DIRECT.COM, September 2, 2008
Catch UNDEROATH on the road in the following cities:
Date City Venue
Vans Warped Tour 2009 Main Stage
Fri 6/26 Pomona, CA Pomona Fairplex
Sat 6/27 San Francisco, CA Pier 30/32
Sun 6/28 Ventura, CA Seaside Park
Tue 6/30 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion
Wed 7/1 Las Cruces, NM NMSU Practice Field
Thu 7/2 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
Fri 7/3 Houston, TX The Showgrounds @ Sam Houston Race Park
Cornerstone Festival
Sat 7/4 Bushnell, IL Cornerstone Festival
Vans Warped Tour 2009 Main Stage
Sun 7/5 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
Tue 7/7 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Wed 7/8 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
Thu 7/9 Cleveland, OH Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre
Fri 7/10 Toronto, ON Arrow Hall
Sat 7/11 Montreal, QC Parc Jean Drapeau
Sun 7/12 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center
Tue 7/14 Washington, DC Merriweather Post Pavilion
Wed 7/15 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion
Thu 7/16 Buffalo, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Fri 7/17 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
Sat 7/18 Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Sun 7/19 Oceanport, NJ Monmouth Park Racetrack
Tue 7/21 Boston, MA Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
Wed 7/22 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Thu 7/23 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Fri 7/24 Orlando, FL Central Florida Fairgrounds
Sat 7/25 Miami, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre
Sun 7/26 Tampa, FL Vinoy Park
Tue 7/28 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheatre
Wed 7/29 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Thu 7/30 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheatre
Fri 7/31 Detroit, MI Comerica Park
Sat 8/1 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Sun 8/2 Minneapolis, MN Canterbury Park
Mon 8/3 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Tue 8/4 Kansas City, MO Sandstone Amphitheatre
Fri 8/7 Boise, ID Idaho Center Amphitheatre
Sat 8/8 Salt Lake City, UT Utah State Fairgrounds
Sun 8/9 Denver, CO Invesco Field
Wed 8/12 Calgary, AB Race City Speedway
Fri 8/14 Vancouver, BC Thunderbird Stadium
Sat 8/15 Seattle, WA Gorge Amphitheatre
Sun 8/16 Portland, OR Washington County Fairgrounds
Wed 8/19 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
Thu 8/20 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Fri 8/21 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Sat 8/22 San Diego, CA Cricket Amphitheatre
Sun 8/23 Los Angeles, CA Home Depot Center
Coming off their gold-certified Define The Great Line disc, UNDERØATH--who've built their career on being both heavy and experimental--return September 2 with the succinct and resolute LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION, their fourth album on Seattle's Tooth & Nail/Solid State Records.
A diverse musical display coupled with the input of six opinionated souls, LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION is their most accomplished album to date.
By trusting their instincts, pushing their songcraft to the limit and meticulously perfecting it with Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz, Atlanta-based producer/drummer Matt Goldman and the skilled mixing of veteran David Bendeth, UNDEROATH has soared to new artistic heights with LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION. Catapulting them far beyond their previous works to create a sound that's both epic and intimate, brutal and beautiful, UNDERØATH deliver one highlight after another including "A Fault Line A Fault Of Mine," the melodic reprieve of "Too Bright To See Too Loud To Hear" and "The Created Void," as well as the striking first single "Desperate Times, Desperate Measures." Defying the band's traditional approach, the stunning and uplifting "Too Bright To See, Too Loud To Hear" is a beautiful near-ballad destined to become a fan favorite.
UNDEROATH--lead vocalist SPENCER CHAMBERLAIN, guitarist TIM MCTAGUE, bassist GRANT BRANDELL, drummer AARON GILLESPIE, keyboardist CHRISTOPHER DUDLEY and guitarist JAMES SMITH--whose last three albums count combined sales in excess of one million copies--have worked diligently to reach this creative apex while building one of the biggest metalcore followings in the world.
Meanwhile, Hot Topic has come back on board with UNDERØATH for a chain-wide early listening party. Last Friday, August 22, all 684 Hot Topic stores nationwide played the entire new UNDEROATH album LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION. During the listening event, fans received 10% off their entire purchase and fans that pre-ordered a copy of the new UNDEROATH CD received a special gift onsite.
UNDERØATH will launch their world tour beginning Saturday, August 30 in Mexico City at the Centro De Convenciones. This show marks the group's first-ever visit to Mexico. On September 2, the day of release of LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION, UNDEROATH will hold a special in-store signing at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square beginning at 4:00pm (1540 Broadway, New York, NY; 212-921-1020). Later that evening, the band will perform at their CD release party at The Fillmore at Irving Plaza in the city. Following the CD kick off party, the group will launch the U.K. portion of the trek September 6. Tours of Germany, Italy, South Africa and Australia will follow. The band will return to the U.S. for a special show on October 4 at Honolulu's Pipeline Café before launching their major autumn nationwide U.S. tour on October 15 with Saosin, Devil Wears Prada, P.O.S., Person L and Famine supporting. Look for more dates to be announced shortly as UNDEROATH will tour throughout 2008 and 2009.
In other news, the group recently shot a video for "Desperate Times, Desperate Measures" with director Walter Robot (Modest Mouse "Missed the Boat") in Los Angeles. Expect an announcement about the clip's debut soon.
Seattle, WA...May 1, 2008...UNDEROATH will release their first-ever live CD and concert DVD SURVIVE, KALEIDOSCOPE May 27 on Tooth & Nail/Solid State. Recorded during the group's fall headlining U.S. trek at numerous tour stops and mixed by Beau Burchell, guitarist for Saosin, the 12-song live CD portion and features nine tracks from UNDEROATH's gold-certified breakthrough album Define The Great Line as well as "A Boy Brushed Red Living in Black and White," "It's A Dangerous Business Just Walking Out Your Front Door" and "Young And Aspiring"--all off of the group's They're Only Chasing Safety disc. The 65-minute live DVD concert film--shot in its entirety at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, PA--is presented in 16:9 widescreen and offers fans a glimpse at UNDEROATH's unique stage and lighting set up for an ambient visual and audio one-time-only concert experience. The DVD--which features 14 tracks back-to-back--was shot by Art & Industry and edited by Ryan Gardner of the Audible Diversion Group. The audio was mixed by producer Adam Dutkiewicz, guitarist for Killswitch Engage.
"The footage on the live DVD came out far above our expectations, and Adam and Beau outdid themselves in the audio department," says UNDEROATH guitarist TIM MCTAGUE.
The acclaimed hard rock group are renowned worldwide for their cathartic and frenzied live performances, as underlined by SURVIVE, KALEIDOSCOPE. Revolver magazine has noted that "Underoath have become one of the most punishing metalcore powerhouses around and--in the pouring rain--they delivered an astonishingly brutal set that proved them worthy of the buzz surrounding them." Metro Times (Detroit, MI) weighed in by saying, "While Define the Great Line added melody and dynamics without sacrificing the intensity of the sextet's metal-hardcore hybrid, nothing, compares to the band's writhing live performances." Elsewhere, as noted in the Providence Journal, "Underoath were the headliners; with punishing bass and drums, crunching guitar and a horror-movie tinge to singer Spencer Chamberlain's delivery that all give the religious themes of the lyrics universal appeal." Creative Loafing (Atlanta, GA) summed it up in one word: "incendiary."
UNDEROATH has announced a special pre-order of SURVIVE, KALEIDOSCOPE at a discounted price through their new merchandising store which is run by the Audible Diversion Group. Special pre-order packages include a custom Underoath t-shirt designed by artist Justin Nelson (Verdure Studio) and a limited quantity of packages with posters autographed by the band are available until supplies last. To go directly to the pre-order, click on: www.underoathmerch.com.
The Audible Diversion Group--a merchandising and film company formed by Tim McTague of Underoath, Jay Vilardi guitarist for The Almost and filmmaker Ryan Gardner--has now taken over the webstores for Underoath and The Almost. Visit: www.underoath777.com and www.thealmost.com to see the revamped web stores for each band.
UNDEROATH--lead vocalist SPENCER CHAMBERLAIN, guitarist TIM MCTAGUE, bassist GRANT BRANDELL, drummer AARON GILLESPIE, keyboardist CHRISTOPHER DUDLEY and guitarist JAMES SMITH--have solidly built their fan base from incessant touring and their unrelentingly intense live shows, establishing an unbreakable bond with their fans. The combined sales of their three albums are over one million copies.
UNDEROATH will headline the Hot Topic stage on this summer's Rockstar Energy Mayhem Tour, joining Slipknot, Disturbed, Mastodon, Dragonforce, Machine Head and many others. The Mayhem Fest launches July 9 in Seattle, WA and wraps August 19 in Buffalo, NY and includes stops near Los Angeles on July 13 in San Bernardino, CA and in Uniondale, NY on August 3. For more info, visit: www.mayhemfest.com.
Currently working on the follow-up to DEFINE THE GREAT LINE, the FL-based sextet will release their as-yet-untitled fourth disc on September 2.
Following is the complete track-listing as well as the corresponding city in which the songs were recorded live for the SURVIVE, KALEIDOSCOPE 12-song live CD:
1) Returning Empty Handed (Sayreville, NJ)
2) In Regards To Myself (Buffalo, NY)
3) It's a Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door (Dallas,TX)
4) You're Ever So Inviting (Baltimore, MD)
5) To Whom It May Concern (Boise, ID)
6) A Moment Suspended In Time (Boston, MA)
7) Young And Aspiring (Norfolk, VA)
8) Writing On Walls (Chicago, IL)
9) Everyone Looks So Good From Here (Omaha, NE)
10) Casting Such A Thin Shadow (Baltimore, MD)
11) Moving For The Sake Of Motion (St. Paul, MN)
12) A Boy Brushed Red Living In Black And White (Sayreville, NJ)
To pre-order SURVIVE, KALEIDOSCOPE visit: www.underoathmerch.com.
Catch UNDEROATH on the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Tour:
DATE CITY VENUE
Rockstar Energy Mayhem tour
Wed 7/9 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheatre
Fri 7/11 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Sat 7/12 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sun 7/13 San Bernardino, CA Glen Helen Pavilion
Tue 7/15 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
Wed 7/16 San Diego, CA Coors AmphitheatreFri
7/18 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
Sat 7/19 Albuquerque, NM Journal PavilionSun
7/20 Denver, CO Coors Amphitheatre
Tue 7/22 Kansas City, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Wed 7/23 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Fri 7/25 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
Sat 7/26 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Sun 7/27 Houston, TX Sam Houston Race Park
Tue 7/29 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
Wed 7/30 W. Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
Fri 8/1 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless
Sat 8/2 Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion
Sun 8/3 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
Tue 8/5 Boston, MA Tweeter Center for Performing Arts
Wed 8/6 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion
Fri 8/8 Toronto, ON Downsview Park
Sat 8/9 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Sun 8/10 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Tue 8/12 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheatre
Wed 8/13 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
Fri 8/15 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
Sat 8/16 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center
Sun 8/17 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
Tue 8/19 Buffalo, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
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