FEELS have announced their sophomore album Post Earth will be released on February 22, 2019 via Wichita Recordings.
Produced by Tim Green (the former guitarist of Nation of Ulysses, who has worked with Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill, Joanna Newsom, and Jawbreaker, among others), Post Earth is a call to arms, interspersed with frustration and hope. “It wasn’t intentional to write a politically charged record,” says bassist Amy Allen. “But the way the world is functioning right now made it impossible to write about anything else. We all need to figure it out; we’re running out of time. The golden age is over.”
Laena Geronimo (guitar/vocals) continues, “If our wildest dreams came true, the album would sound exciting to people while also inspiring awareness and action against hate, prejudice, greed, the destruction of our environment…apathy’s not cool and toppling oppression could be fun if we do it together!”
Watch below the Gina Clyne-directed video for album opener “Car“.
“‘Car’ is a tongue-in-cheek guided tour around a twisted political landscape where everything’s a lie and ignorance is bliss,” explains the band. “For the video, we chose to use collaged footage that one of our best friends captured while on tour with us, being very real and very aware of every mile crossed, and loving it. Escape from madness, Band on the Run style.”
Post Earth track listing and artwork:
1. Car
2. Awful Need
3. Deconstructed
4. Find A Way
5. W.F.L.
6. Sour
7. Last Chance
8. Post Earth
9. Tollbooth
10. Anyways
11. Flowers
FEELS will head back out on tour next month, traveling eastward for a run of shows in Brooklyn, DC, and Durham, NC before traveling back to LA for a hometown show mid-month. The band will also celebrate the release of Post Earth at LA’s The Echo on February 19th.
12/1 Brooklyn, NY @ Alphaville
12/2 Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool
12/4 Washington, DC @ Black Cat*
12/6 Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall**
12/11 Los Angeles, CA @ Gold Diggers (Wichita Holiday Party)
2/19 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo (Record release show)