Hardcore quintet Stick to Your Guns — Jesse Barnett (vocals), Andrew Rose (bass), Adam Galindo (drums), Chris Rawson (guitar), and Josh James (guitar) – will release their ferocious new album ‘Keep Planting Flowers’ on January 10th via new label SharpTone Records. Today, the SoCal band has shared the video for the first single ‘Severed Forever’, a massively energetic anthem with soaring melodic choruses and a monster breakdown.
“‘Keep Planting Flowers’ is a collection of songs that exist to spite the nihilistic narrative that plagues our minds and societies,” Barnett says about the album. “One that says things are just the way that they are and that regardless of the burning rage or depthless depression that this fills us with, there is simply nothing we can do about it. I militantly reject such a joyless outlook on the one life that I get the honor of living. A new world needs a new you, so no matter how bad things get, keep planting flowers.”
Regarding the single and video, Barnett continues: “In an industry where there is only one true artist for every 250 entrepreneurs, this song is a dedication to the ‘artists and musicians’ who are nothing more than lackeys or the errand boys of their keepers. I have severed myself completely from the superficial competitive market mentality of ‘fuck thy neighbor’ to one that aligns more with the yearning of my spirit. I’m not going to pretend lines haven’t been drawn. I chose my side and I have found purpose in who and what I fight for.”
‘Keep Planting Flowers’ tracklist:
01. We All Die Anyway
02. Spineless
03. Permanent Dark
04. Invisible Rain
05. Severed Forever
06. More Than A Witness
07. Keep Planting Flowers
08. Eats Me Up
09. Who Needs Who (feat. Scott Vogel of Terror)
10. H84U ( feat. Connie Sgarbossa of Seeyouspacecowboy)
STYG will spend the next several months on the road. They head to Europe in January and February with Bodysnatcher, Elwood Stray, and No Cure. All dates and locations are in the graphic below. Additionally, the band will tour with Bane this fall. All of those cities and dates are below.
Upcoming tour dates with Bane:
October 11th — Rutherford, NJ
October 12th — Brooklyn, NY
October 13th — Providence, RI
October 14th — Portland, ME
October 16th — Montreal, Quebec
October 17th — Toronto, Ontario
October 18th — Toledo, OH
October 19th — Milwaukee, WI
October 20th — St Paul, MN
November 8th — Dallas, TX
November 9th — Houston, TX
November 10th — Austin, TX
November 13th — San Diego, CA
November 14th — Los Angeles, CA
November 15th — Berkeley, CA
November 17th — Mesa, AZ