Taking Back Sunday have announced that their eighth studio album 152 will be released on October 27th via Fantasy Records. The video for the first single, “S’old” is available to see below.
The album’s recording sessions took play under producer Tushar Apte, who’s worked with Demi Lavato, BTS, etc. and mixing was done by Neal Avron. The band offered the following regarding the new album:
“‘152‘ offers a lot more hope and light than we first realized when we were in the thick of it, putting it all together. We’ve been fortunate enough, through our music, to grow up with a lot of people going through the same things at the same time, and probably feeling the same way. Our hope is that you’re able to find a little bit of yourself in this new collection of songs, because you’re not alone, and neither are we.”
Adam Lazzara, the band’s vocalist offered:
“You would think after 20 years, we knew what each other is going to do. But there were so many times making this record where I heard the initial idea and thought I knew where it would go, but then I was super surprised. It’s those kinds of surprises that make it so exciting. That’s why we all still want it so badly.”
Mark O’Connell, the band’s drummer added:
“When we’re writing songs, the one thing we ask ourselves, ‘Is it capable of making people feel something?’ You try to make people feel emotion. That’s the one goal we went in with, and we think we did it.”
152 track listing:
01 – “Amphetamine Smiles”
02 – “S’old”
03 – “The One”
04 – “Keep Going”
05 – “I Am the Only One Who Knows You”
06 – “Quit Trying”
07 – “Lightbringer”
08 – “New Music Friday”
09 – “Juice 2 Me”
10 – “The Stranger”
The band has the following shows lined up:
09/29 Cocoa, FL – Cocoa Riverfront Park
09/30 Jupiter, FL – Dastoberfest
12/01 Melbourne, AUS – Good Things Festival 2023
12/02 Sydney, AUS – Good Things Festival 2023
12/03 Brisbane, AUS – Good Things Festival 2023
