Stick To Your Guns en stilzetten, het gaat niet samen. Als ze niet aan het touren zijn (veelal door Europa), dan zijn ze bezig met het maken van nieuwe muziek. Zo starten we 2025 sowieso goed met een nieuw album van de Amerikaanse band. Op 10 januari brengen ze hun 8ste studioalbum Keep Planting Flowers namelijk uit. Een paar dagen later start ook hun Europese tour met stops in België en Nederland. Dus, als je nog geen kaartje hebt, wordt dat hoog tijd!
Ter voorbereiding kregen we onlangs nog een voorproefje. Het is een korte, maar stevige song met de titel More Than a Witness. Het liedje doet me weer helemaal aan hun populairste album Diamond denken, dus ik was meteen verkocht. Het voelt een beetje alsof Stick To Your Guns met hun nieuwe album wat meer naar hun roots terugkeert en I'm here for it!
Stick To Your Guns over hun nieuwste liedje:
"'More Than a Witness' was a song that poured out of us, from the riffs to the lyrics it was clear that the substance of this song was something that desperately needed to come out and I'm glad it did," says James. "It's one of my favorites from the new album and truly is a reminder that we each have our own responsibility in fighting for a better way of life for all. The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it. Whether we all like it or not, every day we are engaging in a collective society where what we do, or don't do, has a cause and effect on each other, and other things. While most of us have completely isolated ourselves by individualizing every aspect of our lives, it can be difficult to see why what doesn't directly affect you right now in this moment should have any significance to you at all. For me, personally, I have committed to my role of no longer just sitting back and watching our world spin out into a death spiral but rather I will do what I can when I can with what I have. No matter how futile it may seem to be to some. To me, this is what it means to be truly human. And like the late great Kris Kristofferson says: 'Try to tell the truth and stand your ground. DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN.'"
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Since emerging in 2003, Southern California’s Stick To Your Guns—Jesse Barnett [vocals], Andrew Rose [bass], George Schmitz [drums], Chris Rawson [guitar], and Josh James [guitar]—have merged socially conscious and outspoken lyricism with hardcore energy and hammering metallic force. They took a bold step in a new direction on their sixth full-length album, True View [Pure Noise Records] by expanding their grasp of melody, amplifying the haunting clean vocals, and incorporating actual phone conversations to thread together a narrative of self-realization. It was only a matter of time before they got this personal. Through countless shows and a steady stream of music, the band attracted a devout fan base. Among many accolades, Diamond would bow at #1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Chart in 2012 as 2015’s Disobedient went Top 100 on the Billboard Top 200. 2016 EP, Better Ash Than Dust, repeated the #2 debut on the Hard Rock Albums Chart and earned acclaim from Alternative Press, Revolver Magazine, New Noise Magazine. Moreover, 2017 saw Stick To Your Guns make history, becoming “the first American hardcore band to play East Africa” in Nairobi, Kenya. Along the way, Stick To Your Guns toured across the globe with everyone from Every Time I Die and The Amity Affliction to BlessTheFall and Being As An Ocean in addition to multiple stints on the Vans Warped Tour.
