TOMBSTONES IN THEIR EYES (TITE) have released their brand new fuzzed out, melodic EP A Higher Place via Kitten Robot Records. In addition, the band are premiering their trippy, black & white animated video for “I Know Why” off the EP with Psychedelic Baby Magazine. Produced by Paul Roessler (T.S.O.L., Josie Cotton, Kira), the EP is available now on all DSPs.
“I am so happy that, after a year’s wait, we’re finally getting some new songs out into the world,” says TITE guitarist/vocalist John Treanor. “I hope that fans can see the growth happening in the band’s sound. The songs are getting better and better, and we’re less focused on walls of guitars and getting into some cool territory with the vocals.”
“If I had to pick a favorite track off of the EP, it would definitely be ‘I Know Why’,” Treanor continues “It’s got such beautiful harmonies, a mix of acoustic and fuzz guitar, classic Paul Roessler keyboards and a semi-hidden bass solo in the final chorus,” Treanor continues.
The song itself was written on an acoustic guitar in a cabin California, a rarity forr Treanor who usually writes plugged in. The lyrics, as almost always with TITE, were written in stream of consciousness style. Though the songs are best interpreted by the listener in Treanor’s eyes, ‘I Know Why’ is about trying to repair a damaged relationship. The “I Know Why,” video was animated by ‘friedanimation’ and Adam Toht of Saline Project, who perfectly encapsulated the song with a trippy, black and white visual feast for the eyes.
The six tracks that make up A Higher Place are as diverse in sounds as they are concise. There’sthe acoustic guitar-laden, almost pop-esque intro track “I Know Why” that eventually explodes into the band’s signature fuzzed-out swirl. There’s the driving title track that adds flashes of 2000s indie rock to the band’s sound and features some of TITE’s most memorable guitar riffs and melodies to date. The six-and-a-half minute psychedelic “I’m Not Living In Fear” is also a highlight on the EP, showcasing the band creating a hypnotic drone that coalesces into choir-like layered background vocals. All of this is accompanied by a self-described “depressive’s mantra”that was written to help ease the anxiety and depression Treanor was feeling at the time. The EP closes with the meditative, slow-creeping “The River,” which was inspired by finding comfort in life despite hardship.
