Punknews is very excited to premiere the acoustic version of "Clear The Air," which is the first track from Off With Their Heads' anticipated acoustic album Won‘t Be Missed (the original version can be heard on the band's 2010 release In Desolation). The record is it due out on October 25, 2016 via frontman Ryan Young's own Anxious and Angry. Pre-orders for the physical version can be found here. The band will be going on a US acoustic tour to support the album starting in late October. The band last released Home in 2013 via Epitaph Records.
You can listen to the song, read a statement from Ryan Young and see the album art, the track list and the list of tour dates below.
I went up to Minneapolis to record a couple songs to see how they would turn out acoustic. A few longtime friends told me that just my voice and an acoustic would be good. I always scoffed at the idea because I don't consider myself talented enough to do that. I also happen to love being out of my comfort zone. I hit up friend and longtime OWTH collaborator Dan Jensen to work with me on recording a few. After we heard the new version of "Old Man", we both decided that it actually captured something kind of cool. I called up OWTH guitarist Nice John and told him I wanted to make an actual record this way. Not new songs, but just different takes on old ones. We picked a few out and started working on it. It's one of those things that happened without a real agenda. We played one show for OWTH drummer Ryan Fisher's debut of his poutine company. We learned that doing this is much harder than doing a full band. So basically, challenge accepted! This record was made entirely by myself, John, Dan and our Minneapolis friend Joe. When we recorded the vocals for this record, it all came flooding back to me. I got in the same mental space as I was when the lyrics were written. It's definitely quite authentic as far as the emotion of the songs! - Ryan Young
Track List:
1. Clear The Air
2. Old Man
3. The Eyes of Death
4. Stolen Away
5. Jackie Lee
6. Start Walking
7. Go On Git Now
8. I Just Want You To Know
9. I Hope You All Die
10. Don't Laugh
Date | City | Venue |
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Saturday Oct. 29th | Gainesville FL | Loosey's |
Mon Oct. 31st | Athens GA | Preserve |
Wed Nov 2nd | Richmond VA | Strange Matter |
Thurs Nov 3rd | Virginia Beach VA | Hook Up |
Friday Nov 4th | Chapel Hill NC | Local 506 |
Saturday Nov 5th | Charlotte NC | The Milestone |
Sunday Nov 6th | Atlanta GA | The Earl |
Tuesday Nov 8th | Knoxville TN | TBA |
Wednesday Nov 9th | Nashville TN | Springwater |
Thursday Nov 10th | Lexington KY | The Burl |
Friday Nov 11th | Dayton OH | Blind Bob's |
Saturday Nov 12th | Ft. Wayne IN | The Brass Rail |
Friday Dec 2nd | Lombard IL | Brauer House w/ Brendan Kelly |
Sat Dec 3rd | Pittsburgh PA | TBA |
Mon Dec 5th | Rochester NY | Monty’s Krown |
Tues Dec 6th | Portland ME | TBA |
Wed Dec 7th | Boston MA | O'Briens |
Thursday Dec 8th | Newark DE | Homegrown |