L.S Dunes Announce New Album “Violet”, Out Jan 31.
L.S Dunes / Photo Credit: Shervin Laine
Nashville, TN – L.S. Dunes has announced their highly anticipated sophomore album Violet, which is set to be released on January 31st via Fantasy Records. The record was announced on October 17th, exclusively on Billboard. Now, fans can stream the band’s new single Machines – out now here.
The earliest version of L.S. Dunes—the one that introduced themselves to the world at Chicago’s Riot Fest in 2022 and went on to release their blissfully chaotic debut, Past Lives, later that year—was birthed in turbulence. There was a pandemic. There were time and family constraints. There were members away on tour with one of their many other bands: Anthony Green’s Saosin and Circa Survive, Frank Iero’s My Chemical Romance, Tim Payne and Tucker Rule’s Thursday, and Travis Stever’s Coheed and Cambria, among them.
Somehow, they managed to make it work, releasing a few more singles along the way, and touring the globe for a growing and passionate cult-like fanbase. By and large, it was a successful first effort. But there were also some unforeseen consequences, and as the album cycle came to an end, there was at least one mistake that Green knew they needed to correct.
By any measure, Violet—once again helmed by Grammy-nominated producer Will Yip—lives up to that promise, and in many ways, it opens up an opportunity to rediscover L.S. Dunes in a different light. Where Past Lives takes its oxygen from the thrill of frenzy and impulsiveness, Violet breathes deeper with a more open and expansive palette. Whether it lives in the confident and steady pulse of a song like Machines, in the rousing lyrical empowerment of Paper Tigers, or in the way that Forgivenessforges itself as an anthem for love and unconditional acceptance in the face of our personal failures, this is a body of work that secures multiple outcomes: There is hindsight. There is hope. There is, in fact, magic.
On the new album Travis Stever shares, “Violet is a sonic journey into the depths of every band member of L.S. Dunes. The collaborative efforts to bring each song to a full potential came naturally. It’s the album that has always lived in us individually but could only be made together. It has melodies that have lived within me since I was a child. It was only with this band I would be able to find a place where they could find a home in song.”
That’s the thing about magic: You need to suspend disbelief. You need to surrender to it. You need to stop asking for an explanation and simply embrace it when it comes.
Violet Tracklist -
01. Like Magick
02. Fatal Deluxe
03. I Can See It Now…
04. Violet
05. Machines
06. You Deserve To Be Haunted
07. Holograms
08. Paper Tigers
09. Things I Thought Would Last Forever
10. Forgiveness
North American fans can catch L.S. Dunes this weekend at When We Were Young Festival. Following the festival, the band will be on the road with Rise Against for their full U.S. tour.
VIOLET - OUT JANUARY 31
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