(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- House of Independents in Asbury Park welcomes Tonight Alive from Sydney, Australia and Silverstein from Burlington, Ontario on Monday, February 19, 2018. Openers include Broadside and Picturesque. Admission is $20.
Tonight Alive, a 4-piece band since the departure of guitarist and writer Whakaio Taahi, is composed of vocalist Jenna McDougall, rhythm guitarist Jake Hardy, bassist Cameron Adler and drummer Matt Best. After self-releasing the EPs All Shapes & Disguises and Consider This in 2010, Tonight Alive released What Are You So Scared Of? in 2011/2012. In 2013 the band released The Other Side. The band also contributed the song "The Edge" to The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Soundtrack before releasing their third full length album, Limitless in 2016. The band is on tour in support of their latest release, Underworld, which is due out on January 12, 2018.
Musically, Underworld offers fans unique melodies and heavy hitting rock sounds, while lyrically it is the most personal work they have ever put forth. With additional guest vocal performances from Lynn Gunn (PVRIS) and Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour) on the tracks "Disappear" and "My Underworld," the album is full of moments that pushed the band to explore every aspect of themselves both creatively and emotionally.
The lead single from the upcoming release, "Temple," was shared with fans earlier in the fall. Born out of a time when McDougall was experiencing severe depression and fatigue, the lyrics for this super-charged and energetic track were penned when she was entrapped in being sick in her mind, body and soul.
The band's latest single is "Crack My Heart". On the track, Singer Jenna McDougall shares "The concept of cracking the heart is to allow the precious, vulnerable self to come through and be free. The painful, yet liberating experience involves the emotional and energetic decalcification of the hardened heart. The lyrics follow my conversation with a 'winged man', a conscious figure, who offers space and safety to do my healing with. In my experience, when you are seen as your authentic self by another, you come to recognise your reflection more accurately and lovingly. Crack My Heart is a tribute to the way that love from the divine masculine elevates and holds space for the divine feminine to flourish."
House of Independents is located at 572 Cookman Ave in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Photo by Neal Walters
