ACRES release new single ‘Welcome To The Family’ |
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‘The Host’ extended version, due out September 26th via Solid State Records |
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ACRES join Like Moths To Flames on tour this Autumn |
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British metallers ACRES have today unveiled their powerful new single ‘Welcome To The Family’, taken from the extended edition of their acclaimed recent album The Host, due for release on September 26th via Solid State Records. Serving as both a continuation and completion of the original record, the expanded edition of The Host introduces three brand-new tracks (including recent single ‘Push Me Away feat. Landon Tewers’) that further showcase the band’s dynamic and emotive approach to modern metal. Speaking about the new single, ACRES share, “Welcome To The Family is about how bi polar and mental health issues run in my family and how they have been passed down, from generation to generation. For a long time I didn’t understand why my family would want to have children knowing this and it’s written within that mindset. I felt it fit perfectly with “the host,” carrying something with you so insidious without being given a choice always seemed unfair.” |
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ACRES – Welcome To The Family (Official Visual) |
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We all face an entity we can’t escape. It may rear its head under the guise of a drug, a drink, a hobby, or a significant other. No matter how bad it gets, we go back for more until we just can’t anymore…and nothing remains. Acres turned this universal struggle into inspiration for their aptly titled third full-length album, ‘The Host’ (out now via Solid State / Tooth and Nail Records). Working alongside producer and The Plot In You front man Landon Tewers, the UK quartet – Ben Lumber, Alex Freeman, Jack Rogers, Ash Scott – confront this universal affliction head-on with an unpredictable and undeniable hybrid of insurgently catchy melodies, neck-breaking grooves, and disarmingly seductive soundscapes. “The Host represents a bold step in a new direction for us as a band, we’ve always pushed ourselves to evolve with every album and never write the same record twice,” says singer Ben Lumber. “This time the process was unlike anything we’ve done before, working with Landon Tewers brought a fresh perspective and added a new flair to our sound that we’re really excited about!” |
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Biography: Audiences initially fell under Acres’ spell in 2019 when they unveiled the fan favorite Lonely World. After grinding on the road, they made significant strides with 2023’s Burning Throne. “My Everything” reeled in 2.6 million Spotify streams followed by “Hold On” with another 2 million Spotify streams. Kerrang! applauded how, “Acres display their potential with some big choruses to match,” and When The Horn Blows hailed Burning Throne as “a classic metalcore album filled with swinging hooks, rough riffs, popping electronic elements and lovely vocals that turn into monster screams.” During October 2024, the band hopped the pond to record what would become The Host with none other than The Plot In You frontman Landon Tewers behind the board as producer. The musicians stayed at his Michigan studio. Beyond enjoying the onset of Halloween in America, they expanded their sonic palette by incorporating elements such as drop-tunings and leaning on the producer’s perspective, acumen, and wisdom. The album was lauded by Kerrang! Rock Sound, HM, Idobi, New Noise, and more. |
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ACRES ON TOUR: With Like Moths To Flames OCTOBER 24 Cincinnati Bogarts
25 Lakewood The Roxy
26 Chicago The Bottom Lounge
28 Milwaukee The Rave
29 Minneapolis Varsity Theater
31 Denver Gothic Theatre NOVEMBER
1 Salt Lake City Urban Lounge
3 Seattle El Corazon
4 Portland Hawthorne Theater
6 Roseville Goldfield Trading Post
7 Pomona Glasshouse
9 Tucson 191 Toole
11 San Antonio The Rock Box
12 Dallas Trees
13 Houston Scout Bar
15 Tampa The Orpheum
16 Orlando Abbey
18 Atlanta The Masquerade (Hell)
19 Charlotte The Underground
21 Philadelphia Brooklyn Bowl
22 Baltimore The Recher
23 New York Gramercy Theatre
25 Boston Paradise Rock Club
26 Montreal Fairmount Theater
27 Toronto Opera House
29 Pittsburgh Preserving Underground
30 Detroit St. Andrews Hall |
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