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ATREYU Releases The Hope of a Spark EP

ATREYU RELEASES THE HOPE OF A SPARK EP

VIA SPINEFARM TODAY

 

 

CAPTURING THE EBB AND FLOW OF COMPLEXITIES AND A REFLECTIVE OUTLOOK ON THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE

TO DEVELOP A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF SELF

 

 

HEADLINING TOUR STARTS ON APRIL 27 WITH SPECIAL GUESTS POINT NORTH, WITHIN DESTRUCTION, AND LYLVC

 

SUPPORTING KAYZO ON MAY 6 AT THE KIA FORUM

(Photo Credit: Dennis Larance | Download Assets HERE)

 

New York, NY (April 14, 2023) – Atreyu releases The Hope of a Spark EP today via Spinefarm – stream now. The 4-tracks embody everything that the band has come to be, to mean, to represent, marking the beginning of the next chapter in the band’s story, with assorted pieces of an expansive puzzle still taking shape, form, and focus.

 

Produced by long-time collaborator John Feldmann, the new music explores reflection and rumination on modern life’s pressures, pleasures, and pains, with each track representing a snapshot of deeply personal, lived, and shared experiences.

 

“The overarching concept is essentially about the seasons of life,” frontman, Brandon Saller explains. “Everyone goes through the same things, the ups, and downs of life. The emphasis really is the importance of at least respecting those, and finding the positives and the lessons from even your lowest moments.”

 

The recent single, “Watch Me Burn” is the  EP’s phoenix rising from life’s trial-by-fire, a call to arms to let renewed hope emerge from smoldering embers and ash. “To me, it’s a song about being cleansed by fire,” explains bassist, Porter McKnight. “Whatever it is that’s bringing you down and holding you back, burn it down. Use it, learn from it, move on, and grow. That thing does not deserve you and you don’t deserve it.”

 

“It’s very relatable to all of us individually,” adds Saller, who leads the track’s anthemic, hooky chorus with a defiant cry of ‘Even when flames grow higher / I’ll be fighting till I’m dead.’ “But it’s also incredibly pertinent to the journey of this band.”

The opening track of the EP, “Drowning,” was written as a collective effort from each band member who poured their own experiences, be it familial health problems that guitarist Dan Jacobs was shouldering to Saller’s first encounters with feelings of anxiety or bassist, Porter’s McKnight’s long-running fight with depression. The second track, “God Devil,” laments a loss of identity, self, and faith, a desperate cry for help from a higher power, when our greatest power is one we need to find within, following, “Capital F,” which was inspired by Saller’s observations of the human plight.

 

“These songs are the culmination of our entire artistic endeavors,” McKnight attests. “It’s everything we’ve learned as humans, everything we’ve ingested as musicians, and everything we’ve experienced in this lifetime. It is ATREYU unleashed.”

 

“Everything that we have put out to this point has built to this moment,” said Jacobs. “Something special is happening with ATREYU right now. We can feel the creativity and collaboration when the five of us get in the studio. We can feel the confidence we all give each other when we stand onstage together. And we can see it in the audience when they’re losing their minds. They’re having as good a time as we are ourselves.”

 

“It feels like the world has been catching up with the diversity of influences and sounds that we’ve been putting into ATREYU for some time now,” Saller says. “There are no limitations, no barriers.”

The Hope of a Spark EP Trackisting

01. Drowning

02. God Devil

03. Capital F

04. Watch Me Burn

Atreyu will kick off The Hope of a Spark headlining tour on April 27 in Sacramento at Ace of Spades with a one-off date supporting Kayzo on May 6 in Los Angeles. The tour will conclude on May 21 in Denver at the Gothic Theatre. Unless otherwise noted, all dates are with special guests Point North, Within Destruction, and LYLVC. Tickets are available for purchase here.

 

U.S. Tour Dates:

04/27/23 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades

04/28/23 – Reno, NV @ Virginia Street Brewhouse

04/29/23 – Bend, OR @ Midtown Ballroom

04/30/23 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox

05/02/23 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory

05/03/23 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex

05/05/23 – Phoenix, AZ @ Van Buren

05/06/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Kia Forum *

05/07/23 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues

05/08/23 – Tucson, AZ @ Encore

05/10/23 – San Antonio, TX @ Vibes Event Center

05/11/23 – Corpus Christi, TX @ Brewster Street Ice House

05/12/23 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live

05/13/23 – Dallas, TX @ The Echo Lounge & Music Hall

05/15/23 – Joliet, IL @ The Forge

05/16/23 – Belvedere, IL @ The Apollo

05/18/23 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom

05/19/23 – Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater

05/20/23 – Colorado Springs, CO @ Sunshine Studios Live **

05/21/23 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre **

* = supporting Kayzo

** = without Point North

ATREYU ushered in a new movement in heavy music. Their music seamlessly intertwines with formative experiences for a diverse legion of dedicated listeners, many of whom started their own bands. They’ve broken into the Top 10 in the Billboard 200 more than once; two of their albums, The Curse and Lead Sails Paper Anchor, are certified gold with 2 million albums sold worldwide and an encompassing 600 million streams. Their most recent album, Baptize has clocked 65 million streams alongside a Top 10 at rock radio hit with “Warrior” featuring Travis Barker.

 

Where once the band was heralded as the early innovators of the nascent metalcore scene, their place in heavy music’s diverse and boundary-breaking scene has never felt more relevant, with inspirations of pop-punk, hardcore, thrash, ‘80s rock, and more melding into a unique and varied sound that has never felt more relevant than in today’s increasingly genreless world.

 

With a 20-year career and eight acclaimed albums in the rear-view mirror, ATREYU in 2023 is focused only on the present and the future, and a mission to continue shaping and defining the rock and metal scene, just as they have always done since their emergence from Huntington Beach in Southern California.

 

Frontman Brandon Saller, guitarists Dan Jacobs and Travis Miguel, bassist Porter McKnight and drummer Kyle Rosa are one of the most respected names and potent forces in heavy music, and their live show is one of the most heralded on the touring circuit.