Music|April 06, 2015 12:18 EDT
Emery Release 'Hard Times' on Break It Down Podcast; New Song Showcases Diversity on 'You Were Never Alone' [LISTEN]
Christian rock band Emery previewed the third track, "Hard Times," off their upcoming new album You Were Never Alone on the Break It Down Podcast.
The song was debuted exclusively on Substream Magazine, and can be heard here.
"Hard Times" helps mark the completely different sounds the album has already featured on the three tracks. "Rock, Pebble, Stone" was sort of a soft ballad with intense harmonies. They made fun of themselves and called it an emo "Wussy Song." The second track, "Thrash" is appropriately named and the band's heaviest track to date. The song is quite diverse, and features that hardcore element they mentioned, but then breaks down into a lovely jazzy/blues section. With this structure, the song becomes almost like a prog track, and really does a 180.
"Hard Times" is kind of in the middle, but falls more into Emery's punky style while incorporating screams.
This podcast is separate from their already popular Bad Christian Podcast, and is run by band members Carter and vocalist Toby Morrell. Emery's upcoming album You Were Never Alone, will be debuted in its entirety over the period of 12 weeks with one new song premiering per episode and the album dropping on May 19 on BC Music.
Also, one other notable is that guitarist and vocalist Devin Shelton will be marking his return after temporarily leaving the band for their last record.
Emery recently announced they will be playing a show with fellow post hardcore band Silverstein May 13th in Honolulu, HI at Hawaiian Brian's. The show will be part of Silverstein's Discovering the Waterfront 10 year anniversary tour, and tickets went on sale February 25.