Tigers Jaw today debuted their new single “Lemon Mouth’” from their forthcoming album ‘I Won’t Care How You Remember Me’ due out on March 5th via Hopeless Records. Originally a demo by vocalist/keyboardist Brianna Collins and bassist Colin Gorman, and later finalized as a full-band with vocalist/guitarist Ben Walsh and drummer Teddy Roberts.
Fans can watch the video for the driving and emotive track here:
Collins explains:
The lyrics for “Lemon Mouth” are very personal and introspective. Sometimes self-reflection only happens for me when I’m thinking about characteristics that I want to change about myself. It can look like this sort of scanning of my own habits, things that are so consistent and familiar- but I can’t figure out the reason why I do them.
“Lemon Mouth” is the only song on the record that Colin plays guitar on and the first song that we had ever worked on writing together, which I think is really special. In the early stages of writing for the record, I showed Colin an iPhone voice memo of an idea I had written on guitar for a verse, but the chorus wasn’t all the way there and I wanted to know if he had any ideas. He picked up the guitar and played what he was thinking could work and it immediately made the song feel more complete. He helped push “Lemon Mouth” from just a rough demo idea to a real song.
“Lemon Mouth” — out now at all streaming platforms—follows the album’s lead single “Cat’s Cradle”, which earned early praise and support from The New York Times’s Playlist (“a confident step out of the shadow of the past and into the band’s future”), Pitchfork, NPR Music (New Music Friday Spotify/Apple playlist), KKBOX’s 西洋獨立最前線 playlist, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, Uproxx, Under the Radar, and more.
Listen to “Lemon Mouth” on Spotify here:
‘I Won’t Care How You Remember Me’, produced by Tigers Jaw and Will Yip, finds the Scranton, Pennsylvania-based band at the height of their powers, fusing their collective skills with the synchronicity and energy they honed over several years of non-stop touring. Whereas their latest output, 2017’s spin, was replete with several dense layers of instruments and vocals, ‘I Won’t Care How You Remember Me’ pushes the elements of liveliness and human connectivity forward. This back-to-the-basement approach resulted in a new songwriting dynamic; while spin found Walsh and Collins splitting writing duties, ‘I Won’t Care How You Remember Me’ marks the first time all four members shared songwriting input. The band’s most sonically ambitious and lyrically affecting album to date, ‘I Won’t Care How You Remember Me’ sees a newfound freshness and creative freedom crystalising the lush world of Tigers Jaw.
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