Inching closer to the release of their debut album, Steps Ascending, on June 14th, today Long Island, NY based band Stand Still share the fifth single “We Know The Score.” The track leads off with a bouncy riff before breaking into a fast, melodic hardcore assault. Vocalist Gerry Windus’ sung delivery is complimented by a more in-your-face feature from Pain Of Truth vocalist Michael Smith. You can listen to “We Know The Score” HERE and on streaming.
Speaking on the message behind the song, Windus shares:
“These lyrics are an ode to self-reflection. One can't place judgment on others without being able to identify their own faults, and sometimes those faults aren't so surface-level.”
Around the release of Steps Ascending, the band has a packed tour schedule for Spring and Summer with shows alongside HEAVYHEX, Soul Blind, ASkySoBlack, and Pity Sex. Stand Still will also host an album listening party this Friday, June 7th at Ruby Soho’s in Lindenhurst, NY and have announced a record release show on August 24th at AMH in Amityville, NY alongside Capital (reunion), Celebrity Murderers, Sick of Talk, Somerset Thrower, and Ten Years Out. Full dates below.
Formed in 2020, Stand Still launched with their EP, A Practice In Patience, in 2021, followed by the highly praised In A Moment’s Notice in 2022. For Steps Ascending, the band spent over a year spending weekends traveling to Silver Bullet Studios in Connecticut to record, produce, and perfect the album with Greg Thomas before sending off for mastering with by Kris Crummett at Interlace Audio. The song structures are bright, weaved with moody lyrics and bouncy breakdowns that can be expected to hit hard in a live setting.
Steps Ascending is available for preorder now through DAZE.
Steps Ascending Tracklist:
1. Avoiding the Intersection
2. In the Dying Light of a Setting Sun
4. In My Blood
5. Dust (feat Kristian Hallbert of Crime In Stereo)
6. We Know the Score (feat Michael Smith of Pain Of Truth)
7. Mysticism
8. Gridlock Apocalypse
9. Tower of Gold
10. Fourth Wall
Tour Dates:
- Friday June 8 - Lindenhurst, NY @ Ruby Soho’s - Album Listening Party
w/ HEAVYHEX
- Saturday June 8 - Milford CT @ Static Era Records
- Sunday June 9 - Vorhees NJ @ Tunes Records
w/ Soul Blind + ASkySoBlack
- Wednesday June 12 - Brooklyn NY @ TV EYE
- Friday June 14 - Baltimore MD @ Holy Frijoles
- Saturday June 15 - Scranton PA @ Jackson St
- Sunday June 16 - Lake Como NJ @ Saltys Beach Bar
- Monday June 17 - Toronto ON @ Nineteen Seventy Nine
- Tuesday June 18 - Cleveland OH @ No Class
- Wednesday June 19 - Detroit MI @ Parts And Labor
- Thursday June 20 - Chicago IL @ Beat Kitchen
- Friday June 21 - Louisville KY @ Mag Bar
- Saturday June 22 - Nashville TN @ The End
- Sunday June 23 - Little Rock AR @ Vino's
- Saturday July 6 - Philadelphia PA @ Foto Club
- Saturday August 17th - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w/ Pity Sex
- Saturday August 24th - Amityville, NY @ AMH (Record Release) w/ Capital