THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA are excited to share their new track ‘Chemical’ taken from their new album The Acton October 11th via Solid State Records.
“Musically I love that Chemical bends lines. It’s not so much rock, not metal, not post-hardcore. I think that’s a big part of The Act’s character and Chemical is a hooky one to exemplify that. It always felt like a special track to us and it’s one that pushes the boundaries of what The Devil Wears Prada can sound like.” – The Devil Wears Prada
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA consistently chooses to both challenge themselves and the world around them. The group—Mike Hranica [vocals], Jeremy DePoyster [vocals, guitar], Andy Trick [bass], Kyle Sipress [guitar], Jonathan Gering [keys, synthesizers], and Giuseppe Capolupo [drums]—bend and break all boundaries on their seventh full-length and debut for Solid State Records, The Act. Pulling plain-spoken poetry through distorted discord and dissonance, the six-piece delivers a dynamic and definitive statement.
Regarding the album, Hranica furthers, “The Act is our seventh full-length and the most detailed effort of our career. The process was scrupulous in every facet. Jon, who’s played keyboard with the band for the last seven or eight years, produced the album; which is a decision that’s insurmountably snowballed over the past few releases. There is no common theme surrounding every song on the record, although there are notions that inhale and exhale through the LP’s timeline.”
“This just feels very make it, or break it for us,” says Hranica. “All bets are in on The Act. We tried to make something outside of the norm for rock, metalcore, or heavy music. We often hear commentary that ‘rock is dead’ now; I don’t think it has to be that way though. Look at the corners pop and hip-hop turn. Artists just need to reinvent themselves and make something creative and inventive again. Reinvention is what we’re driving towards.
Be sure to catch the band this December supporting Stray From The Path W/ Gideon and Loathe this December.
DEC 2 BIRMINGHAM, ASYLUM
DEC 3 BRISTOL, SWX – SOLD OUT
DEC 4 GLASGOW, G2
DEC 5 MANCHESTER, REBELLION – SOLD OUT
DEC 6 LONDON, ISLINGTON ACADEMY
DEC 7 SOUTHAMPTON, THE LOFT – SOLD OUT
THE ACT TRACKLISTING:
1. “Switchblade”
2. “Lines of Your Hands”
3. “Chemical”
4. “Wave of Youth”
5. “Please Say No”
6. “The Thread”
7. “Numb”
8. “Isn’t It Strange?”
9. “Diamond Lost”
10. “As Kids”
11. “Even Though”
12. “Spiderhead”