The Maine Share New Track “Palms” Ahead of ‘Joy Next Door’

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As The Maine – John O’Callaghan, Kennedy Brock, Jared Monaco, Garrett Nickelsen, and Pat Kirch – ramp up to the release of their forthcoming new tenth studio LP, Joy Next Door, set for an April 10 release date, the beloved rock band continues to peel back the curtain on the highly anticipated new project. Having already released the LP’s first two singles – “Die To Fall,” and “Quiet Part Loud” – the Maine now return with another stunning single: the propulsive and energetic “Palms.”

Highlighting people’s increasing inability to let life play out as it will, not to mention our collective desire to forever maintain a semblance of control no matter the circumstances, O’Callaghan sings at the chorus:“Don’t think/It all happens for a reason/Fuck that/Well the night is uknown/Don’t think, let it happen.”

“‘Palms’ was written at zero hour. And while the demo took all but 30 minutes while I was at home, we didn’t get it to final form for another couple months after,” O’Callaghan says. “It may have been a function of thinking too much, but I’m glad we clawed our way through to get it to where you hear it now because it brings a little levity and balance to Joy Next Door. Plus, my four-year-old loves to hear her Dada say the F word. I hope you dig it, too (the song, not just the swear word.)”

As The Maine gears up for the release of Joy Next Door, they’re preparing to hit the road beginning in March for their first Stateside headline tour in nearly two years — the biggest on sale of their career to date – as well as an 8-city European headline tour kicking off this September, the band’s biggest European outing to date. Additionally, they’ll be performing their new single “Die To Fall” on The Kelly Clarkson Show this April.