Hawthorne Heights have launched a new letter club.
Join us on an adventure like we have never offered before. Let us correspond with one another, as if cell phones didn’t exist. Let us scribble our hearts onto pages, and send them across the world to each other.
Pete Wentz talked with NME about life in quarantine:
I have a space in my head that’s always been more of an album. I have a concept for it, I have a lot of time on my hands and I kinda want to do it. Are we going to be in our houses for another six months? If we are, there’s going to be an album. I also have one other song I want to do with Cheap Cuts. Sonically, it’s an expansion on ‘Check Your Phone’ but thematically it’s about that first five minutes in the morning when you wake up and you’re in that post-dream state.
Simple Plan have shared a video of their entire No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls show in Anaheim, CA.
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day has shared a cover of “That Thing You Do.”
Nothing, Nowhere. have shared a video for “Death.”
Wolf Parade have shared a video for “Under Glass.”
Bright Eyes have shared the new song “Forced Convalescence.”
With their first new music released in three years, Incubus has returned with an expansive EP called Trust Fall (Side B). Much like their last release, 8, the music presented on this EP tackle a wide range of emotions and styles. What I have always appreciated about this band is that they never make the same record twice, and they continue to push the boundaries of their expectations on what their music is and can be. This record is no exception to this rule, as Incubus continues to cover new ground on this collection of songs.
The Weeknd still has the number one album in the country:
The Weeknd makes it a full month at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, as his After Hours album holds atop the tally for a fourth straight week. It has refused to budge from the top spot since its debut at No. 1 a month ago. It’s the first album to notch four consecutive weeks at No. 1 since Drake’s Scorpion spent its first five weeks at No. 1 in 2018 (July 13-Aug. 11).
Hawthorne Heights have released a quarantine bundle that includes lounge pants and a face mask.
Heath Saraceno and Rob Hitt of Midtown are on the latest episode of the Power Chord Hour Podcast talking about the writing and recording of Save The World Lose The Girl for its 20th anniversary. (Overcast link.)
Owel have shared a cover of “For Me This Is Heaven” by Jimmy Eat World.
Silverstein have added a puzzle and face mask to their store.
Third Eye Blind tracked new live versions of various songs for a YouTube EP.
August Burns Red have shared a cover of NOFX’s “Linoleum” featuring Silverstein’s Shane Told.