Earlier this year we were blessed with the reunion of Say Anything after a four year hiatus. After gifting us with two new singles, “Psyche!” and “Are You (In) There?” over the summer, we just keep getting good news. Today, the band has released another new song, “Carrie & Lowell & Cody (Pendent)” and shared the news of their eighth studio album …Is Committed. Although we don’t have an official release date yet, we have a lot of great information regarding the new record! They have reunited with producer, Brad Wood, who worked with the band on their sophomore album …In Defense Of The Genre. “Carrie & Lowell & Cody (Pendent)” finds Say Anything back in their truest, strangest, most aggressive form and we love it.
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Max Bemis spoke on his inspiration for the song, saying, “‘Carrie & Lowell & Cody (Pendent)’ is named (with the brevity of an early Minus the Bear track) after my affinity for Sufjan Steven’s titular album about HIS Mommy issues. I adore my mom to death and grew up both sparring and worshiping her, enmeshing myself in both her emotional genius and warmth and the wealth of generational trauma she inherited from her Holocaust-laden family. It took until middle age for us to get into our first real (heinous) fight, replete with actual stakes and a brief ‘let’s pretend we’re never going to talk again’ period.”
“I wrote this song,” He continues, “and much of our forthcoming record, during a period of such searing trauma and loneliness that not having my parental BFF by my proverbial side felt like an affront even if my mom was just trying to deal with other issues that come with being a child-soul with grown-person decisions to make…. Just like her bipolar pervert of a son. We in the SA camp figured serving y’all a spazzy, weird one after that last poppy jam would be fun, too, so here it is, with all the time changes and Sherri vocals you’ve come to expect.”
Check out the beautiful single art, along with the newly released track list for the album below!
Say Anything …Is Committed Track Listing:
- Introduction to the Reunion Record
- Psyche!
- Are (You) In There?
- Carrie & Lowell & Cody (Pendent)
- I, Vibrator
- Auto-Harmonic Ass Fixation
- We Say Grace in This Goddamn Band, Mister
- Say Anything, Collectively, Made Love to God
- Nardo
- On Cum
- Decent Scar, Brah
- Woman’s Song
- Fan Fiction
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Those song titles are wild, right? Honestly, very true to the classic Say Anything fashion we have all come to love and appreciate. …Is Committed is going to be a ride and we couldn’t be more excited. Say Anything will also be returning to the place they formed nearly twenty years, Los Angeles, to perform three back-to-back shows at The Regent this October. The shows will come just days before their appearance at When We Were Young Fest in Las Vegas. Check out the dates and grab tickets while you still can!
Say Anything Tour Dates:
- Oct. 17 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent – TICKETS
- Oct. 18 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent (SOLD OUT)
- Oct. 19 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent (SOLD OUT)
- Oct. 21 – Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young Festival (SOLD OUT)
- Oct. 22 – Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young Festival (SOLD OUT)
