TEARDROPS ANNOUNCE DIGITAL EP SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT
FIVE-SONG EP OUT JULY 26 VIA IODINE RECORDINGS
BAND SHARES VIDEO FOR “IN MY SLEEP” — WATCH
TEARDROPS will release their five-song, digital EP Something to Cry About on July 26 via Iodine Recordings. Pre-save it here.
Today, the band has shared the video for “In My Sleep.” It’s a gloriously noisy and memorable post-punk jam if there ever was one. If you dig Soft Kill and METZ, you will dig TEARDROPS.
Watch the video here.
“The worst dreams of my life showed up when our kids started walking and talking,” the band’s Jebb Riley says. “Dreams more vivid, detailed, and horrifying than any I’d ever experienced. I’d wake up in tears, not sure what was real and what my brain made up.”
He continues, “In these situations, I was realizing the immense agony I’d caused for others; feeling their pain and witnessing their sorrow. Able to do nothing but soak in the spotlight of being the one responsible. I think it was my brain saying, ‘Listen, don’t mess these kids up. Actions have consequences.’ Grim subject matter, hidden in a beautiful melody.”
He continues, “It was the first thing [guitarist] Joe Thomas brought to the table when we invited him in. I like the idea of dark lyrics hiding out in a catchy or pretty tune. Just like the worst scenario of your life hidden beneath the veil of what you expect to be a peaceful night’s sleep.”
TEARDROPS are a group of four friends who like hanging out and writing songs. Each member has been in other bands, but right now we are talking about this band. TEARDROPS started in 2020 because the time was right. Sorry you are just now finding out about it. The five songs on Something to Cry About are a lead glass window into human experiences including but not limited to: beauty, confusion, joy (presence of and lack of), manipulation, epiphany, longing, regret, abject terror, liberation, helplessness, and the many faces of love. Things that make you cry. If you are human, this might resonate with you. The music sounds like TEARDROPS. TEARDROPS recorded these songs in a basement by themselves and did their best to make it sound good. Zachary Rippy handled mixing and made it sound professional. Brad Boatright mastered it so that it is properly loud. TEARDROPS will be playing shows. Bring earplugs. And tissues.
BTW, members of TEARDROPS cut their teeth in Doomriders, There Were Wires, Sexless Marriage, and Purity’s Failure.
SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT TRACK LISTING:
“Crooked Heart”
“Silly Little Thing”
“Promises”
“Evil Worm”
“Drifting Off”
“In My Sleep”
TEARDROPS ARE:
Jebb Riley — Guitar/Vox/Lyrics
Joseph Thomas — Guitar
Earl Brown — Bass
Chris Bevilacqua — Drums
