CNTS SHARE VIDEO FOR THE TITLE TRACK OF THEIR NEW ALBUM “THOUGHTS & PRAYERS”
On the eve of their album release, CNTS, the Los Angeles-band featuring members of Dead Cross, Retox and Qui, have shared a video for the title track from their new album, Thoughts & Prayers (out tomorrow, 29th March).
“Thoughts & Prayers,” was inspired by a bad day I was having during recuperation after my accident and subsequent surgeries. I was angry and in a lot of pain, struggling to get through the day while not exacerbating my injuries. In the US, “thoughts and prayers,” is a common banal response to tragedies. Whenever someone shoots up a school or an airplane crashes into a shopping mall or an entire city overdoses on fentanyl, pundits and politicians flock to the cameras and social media with, “our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families…It’s stupid and insulting.” – Matt Cronk
Album pre-orders are available now.
CNTS is Mike Crain (Dead Cross, Retox, Festival of Dead Deer), drummer Kevin Avery (Retox, Planet B), and vocalist Matt Cronk (Qui). The Los Angeles-based band released their self-titled debut album in 2019.
Ticketing links for forthcoming shows can be found at Ipecac.com/tours.
THOUGHTS & PRAYERS TRACK LISTING:
3 – SMART MOUTH
4 – DEAR SIR
5 – FOR A GOOD TIME (DON’T CALL HER)
6 – ALONE
7 – EATING YOU ALIVE
8 – REAL TRUTH
9 – JUNKIE
10 – DROWN
“It’s impressive enough that Thoughts & Prayers even exists; the fact that it’s this good is a juicy steak for your black eye… there’s real heart, real rage and more than a helping of gratitude all the way through what is likely to be one of the best hardcore releases this year.” – Distorted Sound
“It’s an exercise in tension… coated in gnarsty distortion.” – Revolver
“CNTS… sardonic sense of humor and garage-y hardcore… sounding like it was recorded straight out of the practice space… adds a level of realness and believability that is all but absent from a lot of modern, studio-sterilized punk rock.” – Consequence
“wed[s] socially conscious energy to riotous punk rock crunch and songs that just wanna have fun… [a] profoundly compelling marriage of words, music, and emotion.” – Popmatters
“vocalist Cronk has a touch of the Mike Patton snarl in his delivery, or the aggro-cool of Iggy Pop or Henry Rollins (the music also at times brings to mind The Stooges and Black Flag). The guitars and bass of Michael Crain, Koko Arabian, and Rico Adair round out the whole package (lead guitarist Crain throwing in a few choice leads when the mood takes him). Never trying to dazzle with virtuosity, but always holding you down with nasty rhythms and grooves while they stick their collective, slimy tongue in your ear. Lovely. – Ghost Cult