It’s kind of about, you dug yourself this ten foot hole and now you got to figure out how to get out of it. You mentioned that this new album, ATTENTION ATTENTION is a concept record, Could you tell us a little bit about the concept behind this record? But I think the songs individually stand up on their own but they’re definitley meant to be and were recorded to be listened to in a sequence.
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So, for this record I would say it’s meant to be listened to as a full piece of work but at the same time I guess people are going to listen to the radio and hear singles and not the record but like the singles cause a lot of people don’t buy records anymore. But it is a story all the way through and it’s not just about one person at the time, it’s about all four people in this band but we’ve never been like “oh we’re going to sit down and write a song about the world,” it’s not really how we do things, we write from personal experience and we’re writing about each other.
Every record is kind of a forward moving lunge if you will, and it sounds nothing like any other ones, but to me it is the most as far as subject manner and furiousness of the record is the closest thing to Sound Of Madness. I would say because it’s got a lot of dark places in it, it’s got a lot of anger in it, and it’s got a lot of pain in it but it’s a concept record and not necessary the traditional concept record like Dark Side Of The Moon or The Black Parade. I don’t like going backwards, it’s kind of never been what this band has been about. What can fans expect from your new album? Your new album, ATTENTION ATTENTION is being released on May 4th, 2018. “DEVIL” goes over amazing, we’ve been playing it towards the end of the set. Yeah, I mean the applause that follows is pretty loud which is kind of what I judge it by and I guess I would be the same way if somebody played a new song that I have never heard before at a show but at the end of the song, it seems to get a very rockish reaction. The crowd reactions have been amazing actually, For “THE HUMAN RADIO” it’s tougher out of the gate just because we have been playing that song before it came out, so I think if you have a bunch of fans, you know like five thousand people out there that has never heard a song before, trying to figure out how to react to it while it’s happening is a bit of a myth I guess.
The plan of attack right now is to make a video for every song on the record, so I think that that gets misinterpreted as a single, it’s actually not the second single. It’s been really good, but “THE HUMAN RADIO” is not a single it is just an instant-grat track, for the fans who preordered the record and get that song instantly. You’re currently out on the road, and I noticed that you are actually performing your two new singles from your forthcoming album, ATTENTION ATTENTION including “DEVIL” and “THE HUMAN RADIO.” What has been the fans reaction to these new songs live so far? Read our entire interview with Myers below and get excited for the released of ATTENTION ATTENTION in May! SHINEDOWN is set to released their highly anticipated, sixth studio album, ATTENTION ATTENTION on Friday, May 4th, 2018 via Atlantic Records (available for preorder, HERE) featuring singles “DEVIL,” and “THE HUMAN RADIO.” With their track “DEVIL” being streamed over 1 million times in the first week, hitting top 10 on active radio rock charts, it is almost a guaranteed that this album will be destined for rapid success. We had the chance to sit down and discuss the new forthcoming album ATTENTION ATTENTION with Shinedown’s lead guitarist Zach Myers earlier today and we discuss their new album, their upcoming tour with Godsmack, the 10 year anniversary of their album Sound Of Madness, Vans Warped Tour Final Trek, the meaning behind their music video “THE HUMAN RADIO,” and their upcoming festival appearances.
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