Photo credit: Nick Karp
Held. release their debut album, GREY, today via MNRK Heavy, and they’re about to take it on the road. The band have confirmed an opening slot on Underoath’s U.S. Summer tour, with Neverender Festival and Furnace Fest performances locked in for the fall.
Recorded with producer Jon Markson (Drug Church, Drain, The Story So Far) at The Animal Farm in Flemington, N.J., GREY hits with the urgency of a debut and the confidence of seasoned lifers operating at the peak of their powers. Across eleven tracks, Held., featuring The Sleeping’s Douglas Robinson and Salvatore Mignano, and Coheed and Cambria’s Josh Eppard, balance crushing intensity with deeply personal songwriting, earning praise from Alternative Press, Kerrang!, Revolver, Vice, and Rock Sound.
Eppard, in a recent interview with Rock Sound, said: “I’ve had opportunities over the years and been asked to play in things, and I never bit. It just never felt right. This felt right. And a big ingredient of that is that it’s something new. We’re carving out a place together, and nobody knows what it is, and there’s something really exciting about that.”
Robinson sheds light on the album title and how it factors into the themes behind the album, saying: “Our emotions flow and often crash throughout the channels of our mind, body, and spirit. Sometimes, there is complete darkness and sometimes there is beauty and vibrance. This record acknowledges all frequencies while reluctantly existing in the space between.”
The band has simultaneously released a visualizer for "Waves of Fire," following previously released videos for "New You Anthem" featuring Frank Iero, "Constant Tension," and "Knifepoint" featuring Graham Sayle of High Vis. Directed by Adam Thomson, the trio of interconnected clips create a short film centered around the mysterious pyramid from the band's logo.
