Interview with The Unlikely Candidates
We had the pleasure of interviewing The Unlikely Candidates over Zoom video.
Coming off their multi-city tour with legendary band 311, The Unlikely Candidates were welcomed home with open arms as fans and Fort Worth residents listened to new and fan-favorite music from their album. The party included performances from the band, a specialty drink, raffles, and a champagne toast to celebrate this milestone.
\u201cPanther Island,\u201d which features 8 new and 3 previously released songs, was written over Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic including \u201cHigh Low,\u201d which was recorded in lead singer Kyle Morris\u2019 closet.
\u201cThe record is a kaleidoscopic landscape of genre and style that changes from song to song, a greatest hits of the sonic worlds the band has inhabited over the years,\u201d says Morris. \u201cThematically it\u2019s just as varied, shifting from songs about the chaos on the streets and loneliness behind the phone screens of America during the pandemic, to humorous tales of twenty-something malaise and the many ways the heart breaks; when love or loved ones are lost. At the heart of this album is the ethos of taking a bad situation and making something of it. It was written during the pandemic while the world was shut down, by a band who has hit enough roadblocks to delay a debut album nine years.\u201d
Following the release of their album, The Unlikely Candidates are going back on the road, making stops in the Midwest, the Mountain States, and Canada. All upcoming tour dates can be found here. TUC has previously toured with Fall Out Boy, The Dirty Heads, and Sublime with Rome, just to name a few.
\u201cIts been an honor working with The Unlikely Candidates and I am so very proud for them to release their first full length album,\u201d said Ryan Metheny, Director of Product Management at The Orchard. \u201cAfter so many ups and downs over the last few years, they continue to blow me away with how hard they work and get through any roadblock put in front of them. It will be a great joy to see them play these songs in front of their fans this summer.\u201d
Signed to Another Century, a subsidiary of Sony Music, The Unlikely Candidates are best known for their 2019 hit \u201cNovocaine,\u201d which reached #1 on the Alternative Charts. The song was also featured in the Season 4 trailer of HULU's Veronica Mars, and on Now That\u2019s What I Call Music, with The music video becoming the #6 most viewed Alternative video of 2019 on VEVO.
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