Weekly US News Round-Up (28/9/2012) - Already Heard
INTERVIEW: ARCANE ROOTS
Having finally released début album ‘Blood And Chemistry,’ we met up with vocalist/guitarist Andrew Groves to discuss the new album, being compared to Biffy Clyro and more.
INTERVIEW: NATIVES
Currently on tour with The Summer Set and a new EP set to be released soon, we caught
up with New Forest's Natives to talk about the new EP and album, the UK rock scene, the transition from being Not Advised to becoming Natives and much more.
FIVES: THE BEST WONDER YEARS SONGS
This week Lansdale, Pennsylvania’s The Wonder Years released their fourth album - ‘The Greatest Generation,’ a record that sees the pop punk quintet reach their creative peak in a number of ways. With a wealth of material in their discography, Already Heard's Sean Reid and Tom Knott took on the tricky task of picking out the five best songs from The Wonder Years. Find out what we picked and let us know if you agree or disagree?
INTERVIEW: MALLORY KNOX
Following the release of their superb 'Signals' album, Mallory Knox have certainly become ones to watch in recent months. We caught up with the band to discuss joining Search & Destroy Records, how vital the festival season and touring are, what it feels like to be a part
of the expanding British rock scene and much more.
ALREADY HEARD RECOMMENDS: OVER THE OCEAN
Over The Ocean have crafted a compelling, brooding record with their latest effort ‘Be Given To The Soil.’ With intense specific precision and delicate accuracy that echoes the likes of Explosions In The Sky and Sigur Ros. Jesse Hill from the band to discusses how the
album came together, the importance of precision, being compared to post-rock pioneers and more.
VERSUS: BRING ME THE HORIZON - 'THERE IS A HELL...' VS 'SEMPITERNAL'
After a top ten UK album and an outstanding UK tour with festival dates on both sides of the Atlantic to follow, Bring Me The Horizon are having a fantastic 2013 and are now featured in the latest edition of "Versus." It's ‘There is a Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There is a Heaven, Let’s Keep it a Secret’ vs the bands latest release, 'Sempiternal.'
ALREADY HEARD TRACK GUIDE: ALEXANDER - SAY HELLO
We catch up with Newcastle Indie Rock quartet Alexander to find out more about their debut album 'Say Hello' for a “Already Heard Track Guide” feature.


Weekly US News Round-Up (28/9/2012)

Even though we love our Stateside friends, our main goal here at Already Heard to showcase and highlight the best in established and emerging UK bands.

As a result of this, each week we bring you a concise round-up of news from America.

Nevertheless we will continue to work with bands from overseas in a variety of other ways; reviews, interviews, live photos, acoustic sessions, features and more.

If you have any news to contribute to future US News Round-Up’s, e-mail us at info@alreadyheard.com.

On this week’s round-up there is new songs from likes of Coheed & Cambria, The Swellers, Converge, Troubled Coast, and Direct Hit. Whilst As I Lay Dying, Handguns and Aficionado are streaming their latest releases.

In addition there’s new videos from Green Day and Balance & Composure and details of new releases from Bad Brains, Alkaline Trio and more.

Coheed & Cambria posted the title track from their forthcoming album ‘The Afterman’.

Iconic Punk band Bad Brains will release ‘Into the Future’ on November 19th via Megaforce. Stream the title track here.

Green Day’s music video for ‘Stay The Night’ has been released.

As I Lay Dying are streaming their new album ‘Awakened’ online.

The Swellers posted a new song called ‘Hands.’

Alkaline Trio have begun recording their new album with Bill Stevenson of Descendents.

Balance and Composure released the video for ‘Quake’.

Converge have released another track from their new album ‘All We Love We Leave Behind.’ ‘Time’s Arrow’ can be streamed here.

Troubled Coast have previewed another track from their new album ‘Awake and Empty’1967’ can be listened to here. ‘Awake and Empty’ is released on October 9th on Pure Noise Records.

Direct Hit have posted a new song called ‘Fallout Shelter Television’. The track will appear on their forthcoming split 7” with The Haverchucks.

‘Angst’ the new album from Handguns is streaming online.

Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) giving away their entire catalog away for free via Bandcamp for one week.

Aficionado’s new EP ‘Empty’ is streaming here.

‘Paranoia,’ a new song from Texas In July can be heard on Alternative Press.

A new song from Run, Forever, ‘Drop Out’ can be streamed here. The track appears from their forthcoming album ‘Settling’ available soon on Tiny Engines.

01. Good Enough 
02. Sun Bruised 
03. Maritime States (stream
04. Basement (mp3
05. Nothing To Say 
06. Braddock Beach 
07. Postcards 
08. Close To The Sun 
09. Drop Out (stream
10. Forget

West End Motel (Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds) will release their second album ‘Only Time Can Tell’ on October 30th. The first single ‘Burn It Down’ can be heard here.

Deep Elm Records will release ‘Caves’ the third full-length album from Canadian The Sky Life on October 17th.

Pull Strings’ new EP ‘The Upside Of Going Blind’ is set to be released through Better Days Records later this year.

01. Growing Up
02. Getting Out
03. Perception Is Everything
04. Sleeping In
05. Transparent
06. Empty
07. Staring At The Sun
08. Leaving
09. Pipe Dreams
10. Sleeping In (acoustic)

McAllen, TX indie rock outfit Sick/Sea have unveiled the music video for the track ‘Robot’. The track can be downloaded for free here.

Creative Adult will release their debut EP ‘Dead Air’ on October 16 via their own label, Broke Hater.

Young Turks have announced new tour dates.

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