Hundredth have revealed a third new track from forthcoming album RARE. Suffer is the latest indicator of the band’s profoundly different new direction. Its swathes of sound speak a different language of heaviness to the band’s previously hardcore oeuvre, yet the song and the others on the record retain Hundredth’s innate energy and heaviness. Neurotic and Youth are the other tracks released from the record to date.
Before they created RARE, Hundredth were beginning to feel the walls of their sound and scene tightening around them. The band had nothing left to give hardcore and the time had come to evolve or end. Faced with this challenge Hundredth chose to do what they do best: be themselves, no matter what that sounds like. They dove headfirst into reinvention.
‘RARE’ is a fearless album of lushly dense shoegaze and post-punk. Dense walls of rolling distortion collide with crisp drums or melt into subdued atmospherics, all while vocalist Chadwick Johnson’s reverb-drenched vocals float overtop, more dynamic and cathartic than his past screams. Even Johnson’s lyrics seem to follow more esoteric paths, touching on reclusion and a desire to escape, nodding to the creative and social isolation felt within the band’s now past life.
‘RARE’ is due out June 16th via Hopeless Records.
Tour Dates:
06/16 Seattle, WA @ Centurylink Field North Lot *
06/17 Salem, OR @ Oregon State Fairgrounds *
06/21 Albuquerque, NM @ Balloon Fiesta Park *
06/22 Phoenix, AZ @ Fear Farm Festival Grounds *
06/23 Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock Hotel *
06/24 Salt Lake City, UT @ Utah State Fairpark *
06/25 Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center *
06/27 Nashville, TN @ The Fairgrounds Nashville *
06/28 Metaire, LA @ The Shrine On Airline *
06/29 Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheatre *
06/30 Orlando, FL @ Tinker Field *
07/01 St. Petersburg, FL @ Vinoy Park *
07/02 West Palm Beach, FL @ Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre *
07/04 Wilmington, NC @ Legion Stadium *
07/06 Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion Charlotte *
07/07 Camden, NJ @ BB&T Pavilion *
07/08 Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health At Jones Beach Theater *
07/09 Hartford, CT @ Xfinity Theatre *
07/10 Scranton, PA @ The Pavilion At Montage Mountain *
07/11 Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater *
07/12 Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center *
07/13 Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake PAC *
07/14 Burgettstown, PA @ Keybank Pavilion *
07/15 Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center *
07/16 Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion *
07/18 Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center *
07/19 Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center *
07/20 Noblesville, IN @ Klipsch Music Center *
07/21 Auburn Hills, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills *
07/22 Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheater *
07/23 Shakopee, MN @ Canterbury Park *
07/24 Milwaukee, WI @ Henry Maier Festival Park *
07/26 Maryland Heights, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre *
07/27 Bonner Springs, KS @ Providence Medical Center Amphitheater *
07/28 Dallas, TX @ Starplex Pavilion *
07/29 San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center *
07/30 Houston, TX @ NRG Park *
08/01 Las Cruces, NM @ New Mexico State University Intramural Field *
08/04 Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre *
08/05 San Diego, CA @ Qualcomm Stadium *
08/06 Pomona, CA @ Fairplex Pomona *
* Vans Warped Tour