Minneapolis natives Household have released their new album, Everything A River Should Be, today on Equal Vision Records. The record premiered earlier this week via Substream Magazine and has previously been featured on Alternative Press, who named the band one of"18 Artists To Watch in 2018". Everything A River Should Be is now available for purchase at household.merchnow.com.
On the album, vocalist Joshua Gilbert shares: "After 2 years of writing, we're finally able to share these songs with everyone! It means the world, having a label like equal vision to release this album on. The songs reflect the spectrum of human emotion and the cost of relationships. I hope these tracks meet people where they're at. All we can offer is our experiences and Everything a River Should Be is our representation of this messy but worthwhile life."
Everything A River Should Be is a record that redefines who and what - and even why - the Minneapolis trio are. Anybody familiar with the music the band - vocalist and bassist Joshua Gilbert, drummer Matthew Anthony, and guitarist Nathanael Olsen - made before will immediately hear the shift in sound of these 11 songs. While the urgency and sincerity of the raw and visceral post-hardcore they began life making remains, Everything A River Should Be is a collection of dense, dark and brooding songs full of a tense, glowering atmosphere.
Lyrically, too, the album - which was recorded over the course of a month by Nate Washburn at Atlanta's Glow In The Dark studios - marks a change in approach. Not only is this the first time the band have really had any production on a recording, but Gilbert says he has never written from the heart so much or presented so much of himself - and his emotions and fears and insecurities - within his songs.
"The songs touch on some close-to-home feelings for me," he says. "It's much more of a personal expression of my own emotions - it's not so much a declarative thing, as some of our music has been in the past. It's more personal and vulnerable in a lot of ways."
The band will be touring in support of the new record this winter with Senses Fail, Reggie & The Full Effect, and Have Mercy. The run kicks off in Santa Ana on February 27th and concludes in Las Vegas on March 31st. For a full list of dates, please see below or visit: www.equalvision.com/tour-dates.
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Everything A River Should Be Tracklisting:
1. Away
2. It's Easy To Feel Rotten
3. Dark Matter
4. Don't Listen To Me
5. Misiziibi
6. Far From Me
7. Scared To Be
8. Dreamer
9. Shore Slipper
10. Safe World
11. Bloom
Upcoming Tour Dates w/ Senses Fail:
2/27 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
2/28 - Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theater
3/2 - Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Bar & Grill
3/3 - Austin, TX @ Barracuda
3/5 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
3/6 - Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum
3/7 - Orlando, FL @ House Of Blues
3/9 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
3/10 - Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage
3/11 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
3/12 - Hartford, CT @ Webster Underground **
3/13 - Millvale, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre
3/14 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew's Hall
3/16 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
3/17 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
3/18 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre Of The Living Arts
3/20 - Cleveland, OH @ Agora Ballroom
3/21 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
3/22 - Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre
3/23 - Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
3/24 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
3/26 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos
3/27 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
3/29 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
3/30 - San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
3/31 - Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl
4/3 - St. Louis, MO @ Fubar **
4/4 - Indianapolis, IN @ Hoosier Dome **
**Denotes show w/ Have Mercy ONLY
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