The Commoners are on observe for an additional banner 12 months with the discharge of their extremely anticipated third Album, Stressed. Launched by Gypsy Soul Data on Friday 21 June 2024, the extremely anticipated new album options ten tracks that grip your senses and make you groove.
The album is offered to pre-order in numerous codecs from:
https://www.thecommoners.ca/store.
Following their critically acclaimed 2022 sophomore album Discover A Higher Way, the Canadian Roots-Rock quintet proceed their devoted musical journey to offer listeners with a hearty dose of Southern-style swagger accentuated with slide guitar, organ swell, and heartfelt vocals.
“The Way I Am,” the second single taken from the brand new album, was launched digitally on Friday 26th January 2024. The tune is offered on all streaming platforms HERE.
Kicking via the speaker with excessive power and grit, “The Way I Am” bears an unapologetically wild spirit, successfully setting a tone that matches the album’s edgy theme. Chris Medhurst’s lead vocals plead and pry over Ben Spiller’s pulsing bass and Adam Cannon’s rhythmic percussion, steering the verses into a real rock n’ roll refrain supported by wealthy harmonies and wailing riffs.
Mixed with Ross Hayes Citrullo’s infectious guitar riffs, the brand new single delivers a second serving to of anthemic, guitar-driven rock. It’s the right follow-up to the earlier single, “Satan Teasin’ Me” which proved immensely well-liked on British basic rock radio together with a 10-week run and over 90 spins on Planet Rock.
At simply over three and a half minutes lengthy, “The Way I Am” rocks from high to backside, fuelled by a band whose performances. As Devis Gate Music says, “it’s a riotous celebration of life.”
A pure evolution from their 2022 album Discover A Higher Way, Stressed gives a peek backstage of success, revealing the gruelling routines and ragged feelings that cover behind the glamorous aesthetic of a rock band on the rise. With introspective, slower-tempo numbers pocketed amongst rip-roaring anthems, the brand new album, recorded at RHC Music in Toronto, is a portrait of a hardworking group revitalizing a basic style.
“As with our earlier album, we wished to marry outdated and new southern rock collectively in a approach that was distinctive to the band’s Canadian roots,” says the Commoners guitarist and producer Ross Hayes Citrullo. “By including the soul and rock parts of The Black Crowes, and the southern blues rock undertones of The Allman Brothers to a manufacturing type akin to Blackberry Smoke and Rival Sons, I believe we developed an genuine sound that compares sonically to a few of our favorite information throughout all of these music genres.”
With 2023 rounding out a busy 12 months of recording and touring the UK, in help of none apart from Grammy-nominated duo Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton, The Commoners are an act to maintain tabs on. The launch of Stressed will see the quintet greeting the street as soon as extra in 2024, with two UK festivals (Steelhouse and Maid of Stone) already slated for July, and extra dates to be introduced within the coming weeks. From the audio system to the stage, one factor is for certain: The Commoners are ushering in a celebration rock renaissance, and we’re all invited.
RESTLESS – TRACK LISTING
Satan Teasin’ Me (4.25)
Shake You Off (4.00)
The Way I Am (3.42)
Stressed (5.17)
Gone With out Warning (7.07)
Who Are You (Ain’t Knocked Down) (4.15)
Physique And Soul (5.34)
See You Once more (4.42)
Too Quickly To Know You (5.11)
All That We Have (3.20)
Approx. Operating Time: 45 minutes
