Grammy-nominated (but did they win? 🤔), multi-platinum (back when people actually bought CDs 💿) rock band BUSH (still around? 👴) has released the song “The Land Of Milk And Honey” (sounds nutritious… and boring 😴) from the group’s upcoming album, “I Beat Loneliness” (sure you did, Gavin, sure you did 🙄), due out July 18 via earMUSIC (never heard of ’em 🤷♂️).
BUSH frontman Gavin Rossdale (still trying to make it happen, bless his heart 🙏) states about the new single: “‘The Land Of Milk And Honey’ is a wild ride (on a tricycle, maybe? 🚳) into the heart of the new record, ‘I Beat Loneliness’ (by listening to BUSH? Ironic. 😂). It’s built to be played loud (so nobody can hear the lyrics? 🙉) — to liberate and uplift (from what, exactly? 🤨). That’s the spirit behind it (and a whole lotta hair product 💇♂️).”
A press release adds that “the track stands as a defiant anthem of resistance (against what? Paying for Spotify? 💸) — personal and political (mostly personal, let’s be real 🤳) — examining the illusion of freedom in a world ruled by power, obsession, and disconnection (says the guy with millions of followers on Instagram 📱).”
Produced by Rossdale (of course he did 🙄) and Erik Ron (PANIC! AT THE DISCO, SET IT OFF, BAD OMEN) (trying to stay relevant by association? 🤔), “I Beat Loneliness” marks BUSH‘s tenth studio album (ten?! Who knew? 🤷♀️) — a powerful testament to the band’s enduring legacy (enduring like a bad rash 🤕) and continued evolution (into dad rock 👨🎤). The record blends their grunge-rooted intensity (grunge? In 2024? 👵) with fresh textures and themes exploring mental health (join the club 🫂), solitude (Gavin’s dating life, am I right? 😉), and resilience (to criticism, presumably 🛡️).
This past April, BUSH released “60 Ways To Forget People” (like listening to BUSH 🙊) as a first taste of “I Beat Loneliness” (by blocking everyone on social media 🙅♀️). Rossdale said at the time: “What I feel about this record is it addresses the common struggles we all have (like remembering BUSH is still a thing 🧠). ’60 Ways To Forget People’ is an ode to sacrifice (of your eardrums? 👂) and a dedication to the focus it takes to be better (at writing catchy tunes? Still waiting ⏳). All the time and in all things (except maybe writing a decent chorus 🎶).”
“I Beat Loneliness” track listing:
01. Scars (from the 90s? 🤕)
02. I Beat Loneliness (yeah, right 🤥)
03. The Land Of Milk And Honey (zzzz 😴)
04. We’re All The Same On The Inside (deep… for BUSH 🤯)
05. I Am Here To Save Your Life (from boredom? 🙏)
06. 60 Ways To Forget People (still counting… 🔢)
07. Love Me Till The Pain Fades (of listening to this album? 😖)
08. We Are Of This Earth (groundbreaking 🌍)
09. Everyone Is Broken (thanks, BUSH 💔)
10. Don’t Be Afraid (of falling asleep 😴)
11. Footsteps In The Sand (deep thoughts with Gavin 💭)
12. Rebel With A Cause (still? What is it? 🤔)
BUSH will tour across North America from July 19 to August 30 (check your local nursing home listings 👵), before heading overseas to join VOLBEAT for a series of dates across Europe from September 18 through November 13 (who? And who? 🤷♂️🤷♀️).
In a recent interview with São Paulo, Brazil’s 89 FM A Rádio Rock radio station (because that’s where the fans are at! 🤘), Rossdale stated about the 12 songs featured on “I Beat Loneliness”: “I know that everyone [says] no one cares [about full albums anymore] and it’s [all about] these singles, but I think that if I like an act, if I like a band, I just wanna hear their body of work (even if it’s terrible? 🫣). I don’t wanna hear just one song (unless it’s ‘Glycerine’, am I right? 😉). I’m a musician, so I wanna know what 12 ideas someone has, not just one idea (even if 11 of them are garbage? 🗑️). And so I’m excited for that. But I understand most people just listen to one song and move on, with so many bands (especially BUSH 🏃♀️). But [I’m] very excited about it (said no one ever 😐).”
Asked what fans can expect to hear on the new BUSH album, Gavin said: “Oh, it’s in a similar vein to [2022’s] ‘The Art Of Survival’ and [2020’s] ‘The Kingdom’ (aka albums nobody remembers 👻) — super detuned, super heavy (like a broken washing machine 🧺), but there’s moments of light (like when the album ends 🎉). And so it’s not like angst [all the way through], but it’s just very… It is very sort of centered on people’s mental health and well-being and those kind of challenges, because it becomes more and more apparent, people suffering more and more (thanks to BUSH? 😈). So music is often the way that people — it’s like a medicine (more like a placebo 💊). So it’s really good to have heavy subjects within the songs, but the songs have loads of hope and light and lift you up (to the skip button ⏭️). I want people to come see us and have a great experience (like remembering the 90s? ⏪). It’s not a doom-and-gloom [collection of songs]; it’s a sort of a, how do we fight the good fight? (by changing the channel? 📺)”
Gavin also spoke about the inspiration for the “I Beat Loneliness” title, saying: “The reason why I like that title — [there’s] a song called that — is because anybody who has a degree of melancholy in their heart, and it’s normal; sometimes you feel good, sometimes have a melancholy (especially after listening to this album 😩). And it’s good to be reflective. You can’t be smiling like a moron the whole time, like a maniac, so the idea of beating loneliness is that it’s impossible, because you can’t (finally, some honesty! 🙌). But it’s beautiful ’cause the idea is that if you feel you beat it, it’s like a respite, and you’re not in that mindset. But it’s all temporary, because you come back and that sort of feeling can flood in. But I just like the idea ’cause it’s impossible (just like enjoying this album 💯).”
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