(UN) LOST

Tuesday is the new Monday! Happy New Music Day!  

This week, my loves in The Maine, finally released a much anticipated music video for their new song, Bad Behavior, which is nothing short of amazing.  Maybe it’s just me being biased, 1. Because it’s The Maine and my love and admiration for them has grown immensely over the last 8 years or so I’ve been following them.  2. Because I was actually there!

Firstly, Happy Monday! Secondly, I’ve decided on Mondays to introduce new music, pending new music, obviously.  So, welcome to my first installment.  Today, I will be discussing how excited I am to not only write about All Time Low’s newest single, but also, their new album on their new label.

 After leaving and returning to Hopeless Records with a brief stint at Interscope, All Time Low will now be joining the Fueled by Ramen family, home of many other talented artists including but not limited to: Twenty One Pilots, Paramore, Panic! At The Disco, and Fun (all of which have been nominated and/or won Grammy’s. Hence, my initial excitement).  Their first album on Fueled by Ramen, The Last Young Renegade, is slated to drop June 2nd.

Onto what’s relevant, the new music that is out now! After taunting fans with subtle hints on social media, the band finally decided to drop the first single and announce their new album on February 17th.   The new single entitled, Dirty Laundry was accompanied by a new music video.

 The song, as the video, starts very dark and desolate, with a self-proclaiming reconciliation, that everyone has skeletons in their closet and that makes them who they are. As the song continues, tension grows as Alex Gaskarth finds himself reminiscing about a fight with his love about her past, in which he admittedly was wrong and misspoke. Instruments that seemed negligent are now at a heart ponding crescendo with smooth transitions into new verses.  At the final chorus, the song has reached its height and emotions are more relevant than ever. Guitars and drums are blaring. Gaskarth is nearly shouting his words with his signature rasp, pleading for forgiveness, overpowering the argument, and accepting the realization of what he’s learned. Then suddenly, it becomes dark and desolate again.

 To conclude, the overall song showcases the band’s newfound maturity. As lead singer, Gaskarth, stated, “We all felt pulled to exciting and difference places as we searched for inspiration, approaching something that’s become so familiar to us, from a new direction”. It’s visible in Dirty Laundry and hopefully, it will make its way to the rest of the album.