The exuberant, boundlessly joyful sound of GROUPLOVE has been impossible to escape for over a decade—and all these years on, they continue to prove themselves worthy of the title of indie rock royalty. From 2011’s smash hit “Tongue Tied,” 2013’s “Ways To Go,” 2016’s “Welcome to Your Life,” to 2023’s “Cheese,” the band has consistently made waves on mainstream radio station while bolstering their fanbase with a truly captivating live presence. Their forthcoming release, Rock N’ Roll You Won’t Save Me (Live), expected May 30 via Glassnote Records, will celebrate the latter.
Recorded during their Winter 2024 tour at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago, their latest drop is a triple single consisting of live recordings of “Raspberry,” “Borderlines and Aliens,” and “Cruel and Beautiful World.”
GROUPLOVE consists of vocalist Hannah Hooper, guitarist/vocalist Christian Zucconi, alongside guitarist Andrew Wessen, bassist Daniel Gleason, and drummer Ben Homola. The highly anticipated live album will celebrate their journey as a band as well as an invitation into the beauty and euphoria of a GROUPLOVE show—one that has earned the quartet performances at festivals such Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and Shaky Knees, along with countless sold-out headliners across the globe.
This live album will serve as both a celebration of their journey and an invitation to lose yourself in the unfiltered, euphoric experience of a GROUPLOVE show. On these new releases, the band comments:
‘“Raspberry” is an anthemic reminder not to lose your mind regardless of how much the boat is rocking. Andrew Wessen’s soaring guitars live take the song to this wildly insane place where candy flipping at a Phish show can’t even carry you.
You ready for a cry? You storing up some pain in your body that needs to be released? “Cruel and Beautiful World’s harmonies live cut through no matter how numb we’ve become. A reminder to hold onto the ones you love because this long winding road is going to get very hard and bumpy.
“Borderline and Aliens” has that Prog rock timing and cryptic lyrics about not fitting in, but live there is an undeniable coolness that accompanies feeling alone. It makes me want to head bang my way into a place of total self-love and acceptance.”
Of the full album, GROUPLOVE says: “Our 2024 Rock N’ Roll You Won’t Save Me Tour was an incredible and surreal heart opening tour for us. It was our first headlining tour in several years and we were visiting most of our favorite venues across the country. When we all came together, it felt like we were one giant organism lifting one another up and letting go of everything we didn’t need. It felt really good. It felt so good that we wanted to remember it, press it, and share it with you. Recorded at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago, IL (except Cheese which was taken from the Wiltern in Los Angeles) mixed by engineer wiz Matty Green, experience a night of Rock N’ Roll You Won’t Save Me [LIVE]. Play it loud!”
Preorder Rock N’ Roll You Won’t Save Me here.
TRACK LISTING
- Close Your Eyes and Count to Ten
- Primetime
- Deleter
- Borderlines and Aliens
- Cheese
- Malachi
- Ways to Go
- Itchin’ on a Photograph
- I’m With You
- Shark Attack
- All
- Cruel and Beautiful World
- Let Me In
- Spun
- Climb
- Hello
- Make Art, Feel Better
- Tongue Tied
- Song 2
- Chances
- Cream
- Walk Off / Walk On
- Welcome to Your Life
- Raspberry
- Thank You
- Colours
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