UThe audacity to profess your true self is a virtue. Moreover, the transparency to outwardly proclaim a significant shift in the sentiment you once held so sacred is both courageous and compelling. Erase Me, Underoath ’s highly-anticipated new album and the band’s first new music in eight years, has arrived via Fearless Records.
What started with news of the band’s Rebirth Tour in 2016, and the return of Underoath ’s classic line-up of Grant Brandell (bass), Spencer Chamberlain (vocals), Chris Dudley (keyboards), Aaron Gillespie (drums/vocals), Tim McTague (guitar) and James Smith (guitar) has culminated with the release. The 11-song collection has been described as “crushing” (Revolver), “massive” (Alternative Press, from their current cover story) and “epic” (Kerrang), with Metal Injection saying “This is truly the return of Underoath. The sheer and raw force of energetic emotion that was present on great albums such as Define the Great Line…is back in spades.”
“When we agreed to play shows again,” explained Chamberlain in a recent Revolver interview. “I kind of knew something was going to happen. It’s unrealistic that we are going to think that we are going to get in a room and practice all these songs and not start riffing. We just rehearsed for what we needed to do and pretended like we weren’t going to make a record and tried not to put that pressure on anyone in the band. But I think me and Aaron eventually knew that we needed to make some music.”
In the weeks leading up to the album’s release, the Florida-based band has released a pair of videos for the songs “On My Teeth” and “Rapture”, as well as offering fans a look behind-the-scenes of the making of Erase Me with a series of Facebook-hosted videos dubbed “Erase Me // A Work In Progress”. Earlier this week, a Los Angeles screening of the documentary “Get Over It (The Making of Erase Me)” sold out in seconds, while a not-so-secret performance at Emo Nite LA led fans to line-up hours in advance.
Erase Me was written and recorded over the summer of 2017 with producer Matt Squire (Panic! At The Disco, 3OH!3) and mixed by Ken Andrews (Failure, Jimmy Eat World). The album is available now at retailers, digital service providers (Found.ee/eraseme).
Underoath launched the Nø Fix Tour on April 20. Tickets for the band’s North American headlining dates include a download of Erase Me, with tickets and VIP packages available via Underoath777.com
Underoath Nø Fix Tour dates:
- April 20 Las Vegas, NV Las Rageous
- April 27 Jacksonville, FL Welcome to Rockville
- April 28 Sunrise, FL Fort Rock
- April 30 Birmingham, AL Iron City
- May 1 Athens, GA Georgia Theatre
- May 3 Knoxville, TN Mill and Mine
- May 4 Charlotte, NC Carolina Rebellion
- May 5 Lynchburg, VA Phase 2
- May 6 Bethlehem, PA The Sands
- May 8 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
- May 9 Wallingford, CT The Dome at Oakdale
- May 11 Providence, RI Fete Ballroom
- May 12 Niagara Falls, NY Rapids
- May 14 Des Moines, IA Wooly’s
- May 15 Sauget, IL Pop’s
- May 16 Ft. Wayne, IN Piere’s
- May 18 Columbus, OH Rock on the Range
- May 19 Lexington, KY Manchester Music Hall
- May 20 Springfield, MO Gillioz
- May 22 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete Street Amphitheatre
- May 23 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall
- May 24 Dallas, TX Bomb Factory
- May 25 Little Rock, AR Metroplex
- May 26 Pryor, OK Rocklahoma
- June 2 Kansas City, MO RockFesst
- June 15 Paris, France Download Festival Paris
- June 16 Amsterdam, Netherlands Melkweg
- June 18 Wiesbaden, Germany Schlachthof
- June 19 Bologna, Italy Zona Roveri Club
- June 20 Milan, Italy Magazzini Generali
- June 21 Dessel, Belgium Festivalpark Stenehi
- June 22 Neuhausen Ob Eck, Germany Southside Festival
- June 22 Scheessel, Germany Hurricane Festival
- June 23 Dessel Belgium Graspop Metal Meeting
- June 27 Budapest, Hungary Dürer Kert
- June 28 Prague, Czech Republic Aerodrome Festival
- June 29 Madrid, Spain Download Festival Madrid
- June 30 Ysselsteyn, Netherlands Jera on Air
- July 12 Cadott, WI Rock Fest
- July 13 Oshkosh, WI Rock USA
- July 16 Burgettstown, PA Vans Warped Tour
- July 17 Toronto, ON Vans Warped Tour
- July 18 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Vans Warped Tour
- July 28 Montreal, QC Heavy Montreal
- July 29 Bangor, ME Impact Music Festival
- August 24 Reading, UK Reading Festival
- August 25 Leeds, UK Leeds Festival
*Dance Gavin Dance, Veil of Maya and Limbs open on the North American headlining dates.
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