Sweet Pill has shared a new single from their forthcoming sophomore LP, Still There’s a Glow, due out on March 13 via Hopeless Records. The East Coast punks revealed “Smoke Screen” with an accompanying music video that’s fire…literally. The new offering cements the group as emo mainstays and positions the upcoming record as one of the genre’s most anticipated of the year.
Vocalist Zayna Youssef says, “This song is sorta like the inner monologue of battling your self-doubt. The album has a lot of lyrics about burning or any sort of thing associated with fire: ‘Sun Blind’ mentions a sun, ‘Glow’ references haze, ‘Slow Burn’ with cigarettes and literally slow burning!”
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Youssef adds, “For ‘Smoke Screen,’ I see myself being destructive like fire, not easy to contain and ruining everything I touch, spreading fast. Sometimes we need to slow down and clear the voices out of our head. So unlike ‘Glow,’ where I want to be blanketed in ignorance, ‘Smoke Screen’ has this yearn to get out of the smoke and open my eyes.”
Check out “Smoke Screen” below and grab your album pre-order here.
Of the upcoming album, Youssef notes, “I went through some depression last spring, and then I went into therapy. It was also a big turning point in my life as I was about to turn 30, while I’d written our first record when I was graduating from college–that’s a big change. I could’ve kept making bad choices because they’re easy, but I had to come clean to myself. Half the album was written before and the other half after, so the songs are kind of hard on myself, but some are also hopeful, with a light at the end of the tunnel. You put out a fire, there’s still an ember that’s still glowing–that’s the record. It’s about being at a low and climbing out of it.”
Sweet Pill’s headlining show throughout North America kicks off in March. Check out their full run below and snag tickets and pre-order the record here.
Tour Dates:
- March 13—Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit Hall
- March 14—Cleveland, OH @ Roxy at Mahall’s
- March 15—Toronto, ON, Canada @ Lee’s Palace
- March 17—Boston, MA @ Royale
- March 19—Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
- March 20—New York, NY @ Warsaw
- March 21—Washington, DC @ Atlantis
- March 23—Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Hell)
- March 24—Nashville, TN @ Basement East
- March 26—Dallas, TX @ Ferris Wheelers
- March 27—Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall (Upstairs)
- March 28—San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
- March 29—Austin, TX @ Mohawk
- March 31—Mesa, AZ @ Rosetta Room
- April 2—Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
- April 3—San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
- April 4—Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
- April 6—Seattle, WA @ Neumos
- April 7—Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
- April 9—Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
- April 11—Denver, CO @ Marquis
- April 13—Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
- April 14—Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
- April 15—Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme
- April 17—Columbus, OH @ King of Clubs
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