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Following last month’s much-anticipated announcement of their forthcoming new LP, Joy Next Door, set for an April 10 release date, as well as the unveiling of “Die To Fall,” the first single off the new project , The Maine – John O’Callaghan, Kennedy Brock, Jared Monaco, Garrett Nickelsen, and Pat Kirch – are peeling back the curtain even more on their new album. Today, The Maine present their incredibly loyal fanbase dubbed the “8123 Family” with another taste of their new LP with “Quiet Part Loud,” an entirely mesmerizing new single off their forthcoming tenth studio album.
“Some songs take months or years to write, and some take hours. This one came together quickly out of necessity, because time is sometimes not on your side. With that notion in mind…say what you want while you still can. ” -John O’Callaghan
“Talk to me just like there’s no one around,” O’Callaghan pleads on “Quiet Part Loud,” martial drums and an enchanting vocal effect propelling the pulsating, almost therapeutically intimate new addition to The Maine’s already-cherished catalog.
Arriving at the height of the band’s career, the forthcoming Joy Next Door is arguably the band’s most essential album yet. Unsurprisingly for a band that’s always valued the artistry and craft of an album, the new LP was written and recorded in sequential order to emphasize the storytelling approach to the LP. Furthermore, following the band’s longstanding tradition of each era relating to a specific color, the Joy Next Door era is green.
“Every album of ours has a color that represents it, and Joy Next Door is the green era. The green grass on the album art feels like it matches perfectly with the organic instrumentation and imperfections left intact on the album,” says Pat Kirch (drums)
As The Maine gears up for the release of Joy Next Door, they’re hitting the road beginning in March for their first headline tour in nearly two years — the biggest on sale of their career to date. Additionally, they’ll be performing their new single “Die To Fall” on The Kelly Clarkson Show this April.
