Hail The Sun is back with a new track, “Insensitive Tempo,” while on their expansive fall tour with Between The Buried And Me. The track is set to appear on their forthcoming LP cut. turn. fade. back., due out Friday, October 24.
Lead vocalist Donovan Melero shares, “Bertrand Cantat killed his girlfriend in the early-’00s, citing violence as a ‘crime of passion.’ He served an embarrassingly low sentence, and many questions still surround the case. Domestic violence is often packaged as a ‘crime of passion’ and somehow this designates less responsibility to the perpetrator. It’s absurd.”
Melero says, “‘Insensitive Tempo’ was inspired by these actions. But furthermore, it dives into a bigger topic. At a young age, we see how adults treat other adults, and we can dismiss red flags of violence as signs of intimacy because that’s what we have learned. It can become a vicious cycle, and I feel like there is a need to reevaluate how we digest this type of behavior from an early age.”
Of the album, he says, “It doesn’t matter if people take away the intended message from these songs, and I’m certainly not going to police it, but we do, as always, want to encourage critical thinking. Fifteen years in, I love that we’ve been allowed this fan base to speak to. I feel very grateful and fortunate, and I hope that it keeps carrying us forward and continues to be the thing that we can sustain life from.”
Tour Dates:
- Sept. 18—Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
- Sept. 19—Montreal, QC @ Beanfield Theatre
- Sept. 20—Portland, ME @ Aura
- Sept. 21—Albany, NY @ Empire Live
- Sept. 22—Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
- Sept. 23—Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
- Sept. 25—Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
- Sept. 26—Charleston, SC @ Music Farm
- Sept. 27—Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
- Sept. 29—Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
- Sept. 30—Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
- Oct. 1—New Orleans, LA @ Joy Theater
- Oct. 2—Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
- Oct. 4—Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
- Oct. 5—San Antonio, TX @ Kill Iconic Fest
- Oct. 7—Phoenix, AZ @ Nile Theater
- Oct. 8—Riverside, CA @ Municipal Auditorium
- Oct. 9—Las Vegas, NV @ 24 Oxford
- Oct. 10—San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
- Oct. 12—Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
- Oct. 13—Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
- Oct. 14—Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl
- Oct. 16—Edmonton, AB @ Union Hall
- Oct. 17—Calgary, AB @ Macewan Hall
- Oct. 19—Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
- Oct. 20—Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
- Oct. 21—Bozeman, MT @ The Elm
- Oct. 22—Missoula, MT @ The Wilma
- Oct. 24—Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
- Oct. 25—Wichita, KS @ TempleLive
- Oct. 26—Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s
- Oct. 27—Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
- Oct. 28—Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
- Oct. 29—Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
- Oct. 30—Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
