Theory of a Deadman is taking the wraps off their seventh studio album Say Nothing, and despite the title, it says a lot.
The songs deal with tough issues like domestic violence ("History of Violence") and racism ("White Boy") under the overarching theme of social media toxicity. Like many of us, frontman Tyler Connolly often finds himself getting lost in the comments section of YouTube, and would like nothing more than to silence the online brawls.
“Say Nothing, I think, is a response to the social media and the world today and how triggered people get, the knee-jerk reactions people have to everything - how oversensitive people are,” he told RADIO.COM. “Say Nothing is kind of like what we’re trying to get people to do. If you just shut up like your mom told you to do when you were a kid and say nothing everything will be so great.”
The album completes a transition in sound and substance for Theory of a Deadman that began in earnest on 2017’s Wake Up Call. Connolly says the idea that the band could be something more came with the success of “Angel” three years earlier.
“So our sixth record (Wake Up Call) we kind of used that to kind of take us down this new road,” Connolly explained. “We kind of matured our sound and even the lyrical content has changed quite a bit. I think we just kind of had some courage to discuss new things. That’s what led to the new sound.”
“I think there was a lot of ugly emotions on our past stuff, even some bitterness. I went through some time were I was very angry at some women, so there was almost some misogynistic stuff that maybe was more tongue in cheek. And I kind of grew out of that and now I feel like I’m maybe personally in a better place and now I can write more honestly.”
Say Nothing is available everywhere January 31st, and the first of two hometown shows in Vancouver will take place that night. An extensive Canadian tour follows before THEORY hits the U.S. beginning on April 9th.
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