One day ahead of its official release date, SWEET APPLE's brand new album is streaming in full, courtesy of Visions.de. Sing The Night In Sorrow will be released worldwide tomorrow, July 28, via Tee Pee Records. Listen to Sing The Night In Sorrow via Visions.de
Of the release, SWEET APPLE mastermind, John Petkovic comments:
"We all have an eye for abandoned and left-for-dead things, whether they’re gutted towns in New England and burned-out buildings in Cleveland. I think that resonates with the album. In many ways, Sing the Night in Sorrow comes from that place: a sort of left-for-dead America that continues floating around the present like a ghost.
"We’re psyched that it’s done and coming out, but we’re also happy with it still -- as music. Sometimes, you get sick of an album by the time it’s pressed and stamped out and in shrink-wrap. That’s not the case here, which is hopefully a sign that people will be listening to it for a long time."
SWEET APPLE premiered the video for the track World I'm Gonna Leave You yesterday - watch it here.
The band - featuring J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr., Witch, Heavy Blanket), Tim Parnin (Cobra Verde, Chuck Mosley), John Petkovic (Cobra Verde, Death of Samantha, Guided By Voices) and Dave Sweetapple (Witch, Eerie, Dusty Skull) - have collaborated across several state lines to create the follow up to their critically acclaimed 2014 release, The Golden Age of Glitter.
Sing the Night in Sorrow is a power-pop classic that walks a tightrope between darkness and light and always manages to sound timeless and contemporary. The album explores themes such as longing and escape, darkness consumed by endless daylight, love amid lovelessness, faulty memory, alienation and distance. It’s set to a musical palette that is wide-ranging, mixing atmosphere with impact. Sing The Night In Sorrow rolls out insurgent guitars, glitter-stomp, and orchestrated pop.
The rock four-piece swelled their ranks to welcome in guest musicians throughout the recording; Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age), Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices), Rachel Haden (Haden Triplets) and Doug Gillard (Guided by Voices, Nada Surf) all make an appearance. Meanwhile, Stephen McBean (Black Mountain, Pink Mountaintops) will join the band on second guitar for live shows.
The cover art features “it girl” Chelsea Debo, who recently starred in Lana Del Rey’s Love video. The back cover features a hotel-room photo montage.
Sing The Night In Sorrow track list
. (My Head Is Stuck In The) Traffic
2. World I'm Gonna Leave You *^
3. You Don't Belong To Me +
4. A Girl And A Gun §
5. She Wants To Run +
6. Candles In the Sun +
7. Summer's Gone §
8. Thank You
9. Crying In The Clouds §
10. Everybody's Leaving ^
* featuring Mark Lanegan
^ featuring Robert Pollard
+ featuring Doug Gillard
§ featuring Rachel Haden
Sing The Night In Sorrow will be released via Tee Pee Records on July 28, 2017. Pre-orders are available HERE.