Atlanta-based rock band ISSUES have announced a May 20th release for new album HEADSPACE (Rise Records), the much-anticipated follow-up to 2014’s acclaimed self-titled debut. They’re giving fans a sneak preview of the album by releasing the first track and video, “The Realest,” which can be viewed below. Fans can get “The Realest” as an instant download by clicking HERE to pre-order HEADSPACE on iTunes. ISSUES (vocalists Tyler Carter and Michael Bohn, bassist Skyler Acord, guitarist A.J. Rebollo and percussionist Josh Manuel) recorded HEADSPACE at Interlace Audio in Portland, OR with producers Kris Crummett, Erik Ron and Tyler “Scout” Acord. Alternative Press called the album “one of the most anticipated records of 2016.”
The full track listing for HEADSPACE is as follows:
01. The Realest
02. Home Soon
03. Lost-n-Found (On A Roll)
04. Yung & Dum
05. Made To Last
06. Flojo
07. Hero
08. COMA
09. Rank Rider
10. Blue Wall
11. Someone Who Does
12. I Always Knew
13. Slow Me Down
“We were all passionate about making a different-sounding album and that was really liberating,” says vocalist Tyler Carter. “The band’s grown a lot both as people and musicians and I think you can really hear that on this record. I’m proud of the work and creativity we put into it and can’t wait for everyone to hear it.”
ISSUES are currently headlining the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour, which kicked off this past weekend in Sacramento, CA, with openers Crown The Empire, One OK Rock and Night Verses. This summer, they’ll be a main stage feature on the Warped Tour, which kicks off June 22 in Anchorage, AK. Dates and info can be found on the Warped Tour site.
ISSUES broke big with 2014’s self-titled debut, which entered the Billboard Top 200 chart at No. 9 and hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Hard Rock Albums, Top Modern Rock, and Top Independent Albums charts. Since the release of 2012’s debut EP Black Diamonds (which hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Hard Rock and Top independent Albums charts), ISSUES has earned “Artist of the Year” honors at the 2015 Alternative Press Music Awards, shared stages with the likes of Linkin Park, Of Mice & Men, Bring Me The Horizon and PVRIS, amassed over 40,000,000 Spotify streams and 20,000,000 YouTube views, and built a diehard international fanbase whose members number in the hundreds of thousands.
Dates for the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour are as follows:
March 26th @ The Aztec Theatre – San Antonio, TX
March 27th @ House of Blues – Dallas, TX
March 28th @ House of Blues – Houston, TX
March 29th @ House of Blues – New Orleans, LA
March 31st @ New Daisy Theatre – Memphis, TN
April 1st @ The Ready Room – St. Louis, MO
April 2nd @ Deluxe @ Old National Centre – Indianapolis, IN
April 3rd @ The International – Knoxville, TN
April 5th @ The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
April 6th @ The Norva – Norfolk, VA
April 8th @ Theatre of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
April 9th @ Baltimore Sound Stage – Baltimore, MD
April 11th @ Irving Plaza – New York, NY
April 12th @ House of Blues – Boston, MA
April 13th @ Upstate Concert Hall – Clifton Park, NY
April 15th @ Phoenix Concert Theatre – Toronto, ON
April 16th @ Mr. Small’s Theatre – Millvale, Pennsylvania
April 17th @ Royal Oak Music Theatre – Royal Oak, MI
April 18th @ House of Blues – Chicago, IL
