After announcing that their fourth studio album Joyride The Pale Horse is set for release on April 25, Cleveland punks Heart Attack Man just dropped their first two singles from the LP. New track “Laughing Without Smiling” is accompanied by a horse-themed music video with high-octane guitar melodies and unique disillusioned spoken word portions.
Frontman Eric Egan shares, “With every song of ours that comes to life, I have a thought in the back of my mind that it could be the last good song we ever write.”
He adds, “At the same time, in many ways it feels like we’re just getting started and have only just begun to tell our story. This album is the intersection of pessimism and optimism; firmly between life and death.”
The trio also dropped the official audio for “Spit” and it is the relevant, topical punk track you need in your playlist right now.
Egan notes, “It gets into A.I. What does A.I. mean for the creative process? Is it the end of human creativity? ‘Spit’ is a tongue-in-cheek sarcastic confrontation. I don’t like the idea of everyone relying on robots more and more. It’s my snarky pushback.”
It’s clear that Heart Attack Man is ready to take the reins (no pun intended) of their future and make punk tracks that feel more authentic than ever before.
“When it comes to this band, it feels like everything we’ve done prepared us for this moment,” Egan says. “We know what we want to do and who we are. We don’t want to know what life looks like without playing music.”
Joyride The Pale Horse Tracklist:
- One More Song (Imposter Syndrome)
- End Of The Gun
- Spit
- Lay Down And Die
- Laughing Without Smiling
- Call Of The Void
- Can’t Slow Down
- One Good Reason
- I’ll See You There
- The Gallows
- Quit While I’m Still Ahead
- Joyride The Pale Horse
Coming up in May, the band is hitting several Australian venues before their slots at Slam Dunk Festival. Check out the full tour date list below and grab tickets here.
Tour Dates
- May 8 — North Perth, Australia @ Rosemount Hotel
- May 9 — Thornbury, Australia @ The Croxton Bandroom
- May 10 — Adelaide, Australia @ Jive
- May 15 — Newcastle, Australia @ King Street Hotel
- May 16 — Camperdown, Australia @ Manning Bar
- May 17 — Brisbane, Australia @ The Triffid
- May 24 — Hatfield, UK @ Slam Dunk Festival – South 2025
- May 25 — Leeds, UK @ Slam Dunk Festival – North 2025
