Math rockers Shiner have given their new song “The Alligator” its online debut. That song, which comes from the band’s forthcoming new album “BELIEVEYOUME“, can be streamed below. If you’re curious about what inspired the lyrics to the track, the band’s frontman Allen Epley offered:
“It’s about control artists, gaslighters, love bombers, and the ilk who can manipulate others sometimes without even knowing they’re doing it. They hold all the cards in the relationship and can provide and take away. It’s slap and tickle and slap again. Classic abuse and controlling ploys.
The odd-timed groove seemed to draw these lyrics out of me. The first thing put down was the initial two-guitar loop and I then built the chord progression off that. I considered breaking into a straight groove at some point, but the song wanted to feel that five-beat pattern throughout. When we got to the ending section, I didn’t have the chords finished until Jason Gerken came over and hummed the part to me. I was like ‘Ah!’ So really Gerken wrote the ending explosion!”
With their new record headed for a September 26th release date, the band will be out on the road this fall, playing shows in the following cities:
10/05 San Diego, CA – Casbah
10/07 Los Angeles, CA – Permanent Records Roadhouse
10/08 Palmdale, CA – Transplants Brewing
10/09 Pacifica, CA – Winters Tavern
10/10 Eugene, OR – John Henry’s
10/11 Portland, OR – Kelly’s Olympian
10/12 Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
10/13 Boise, ID – Neurolux
10/15 Denver, CO – Hi-Dive
10/16 Manhattan, KS – Press Club
10/17 Omaha, NE – O’Leavers
10/18 Kansas City, MO – Warehouse
11/07 Indianapolis, IN – Black Circle Brewing
11/08 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern
11/09 Rochester, NY – Bug Jar
11/10 Boston, MA – O’Briens
11/11 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
11/12 Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie
11/15 Detroit, MI – Small’s Bar
[via Flood Magazine]
