By now, 2024 is in full swing, and Say Anything is making the year a little sweeter with the announcement of their forthcoming album …Is Committed. The 12-track opus will arrive on May 24 via Dine Alone Records and marks the iconic group’s first full-length record since 2019’s Oliver Appropriate. Additionally, the Max Bemis-led band has issued their latest preview of the album with “I, VIBRATOR.”
Playing into their signature irreverent humor that gained them notoriety on their acclaimed album …Is A Real Boy, “I, VIBRATOR” features a vocal interplay between Bemis and his wife, Eisley vocalist Sherri Dupree-Bemis. As Dupree sings, “I’m gonna get myself off,” her husband harmonzies, “I’m the luckiest vibrator in the trough.” Despite its humorous veneer, “I, VIBRATOR” serves as a heartfelt tribute of adoration and worship, with Bemis employing his charismatic and sensual lyricism to elevate his wife to a pedestal of reverence.
Read more: LØLØ Transforms Green Day’s “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams” Into Acoustic Ballad
“’I, VIBRATOR’ is about wanting to be objectified as a righteous tool against the patriarchy for a particular girl to use at will,” Bemis shares of the band’s new single. “One great tool for any historically undermined person with a vagina is a disembodied, always-ready penis, a role I’m proud and lucky to play for a certain lady in my life that may have been brought up to believe sex is for dudes, and she isn’t the one with all the fucking power in the world.”
Read more: Maya Hawke Shares New ‘Chaos Angel’ Single, “Dark”
In addition to the inclusion of “I, VIBRATOR” on …Is Committed, the album will also feature previously released singles “PSYCHE!,” “ARE YOU (IN) THERE?” and “CARRIE & LOWELL & CODY (PENDENT).”
Of …Is Committed, Bemis shares, “After spending almost a decade shunning it, I simply needed to play grating emotional hardcore music because I was sad, tired, and wanted to scream and cry a lot. Maybe I’m an emo late-bloomer in that while I was jerking off to film class in West Hollywood, my fans were going through real-life traumas that I really feel like I’ve only experienced recently.
…Is Committed Tracklisting:
- BE, CHILDREN (INTRODUCTION TO THE REUNION RECORD)
- ON CUM
- AUTO-HARMONIC ASS FIXATION
- I, VIBRATOR
- PSYCHE!
- WE SAY GRACE IN THIS GODDAMN BAND, MISTER
- CARRIE & LOWELL & CODY (PENDENT)
- ARE YOU (IN) THERE?
- SAY ANYTHING, COLLECTIVELY, MADE LOVE TO YOUR GOD
- DAISY’S
- WOMAN SONG
- FAN FICTION
Say Anything will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of …Is A Real Boy on the road this spring. The tour is scheduled to kick off on April 27 in Dallas, TX, and will 27 shows, concluding on June 28 in Austin, TX. Check out the band’s full touring schedule below and get tickets here.
Tour Dates:
- April 27—Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
- April 28—Houston, TX @ House of Blues
- April 30—Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
- May 1—Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
- May 3—Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
- May 4—Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
- May 5—Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
- May 7—Columbus, OH @ KEMBA Live!
- May 8—Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
- May 10—Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount Theatre
- May 11—Montclair, NJ @ The Wellmont Theater
- May 12—Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
- May 14—Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
- May 15—Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
- May 17—Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
- May 18—St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
- May 19—Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
- June 13—Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
- June 14—Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
- June 15—Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
- June 17—Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
- June 18—Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
- June 21—San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
- June 22—Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern Theatre
- June 24—Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
- June 26—Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
- June 28—Austin, TX @ Stubb’s
